BCCI Announces Central Contracts For 2024-2025. BCCI has released central contracts for the Indian men’s cricket team for 2024-25. Most of these are expected, but there have been a few surprises. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained under the A+ category, reaffirming their peerless contribution and experience across formats.
The Grade C category gives an impression of the BCCI’s recognition of young potential and performers recently seen. This gives an important opportunity for the candidates to make their claim on a long-term basis.
Full Breakdown of BCCI Central Contracts 2024-25
| Grade A+ (INR 7 crores) | Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Jasprit Bumrah Ravindra Jadeja |
| Grade A (INR 5 crores) | Mohammed Siraj KL Rahul Shubman Gill Hardik Pandya Mohammed Shami Rishabh Pant |
| Grade B (INR 3 crores) | Suryakumar Yadav Kuldeep Yadav Axar Patel Yashasvi Jaiswal Shreyas Iyer |
| Grade C (INR 1 crores) | Rinku Singh Tilak Varma Ruturaj Gaikwad Shivam Dube Ravi Bishnoi Washington Sundar Mukesh Kumar Sanju Samson Arshdeep Singh Prasidh Krishna Rajat Patidar Dhruv Jurel Sarfaraz Khan Nitish Kumar Reddy Ishan Kishan Abhishek Sharma Akash Deep Varun Chakravarthy Harshit Rana |
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The retention of Rohit, Virat, Bumrah, and Jadeja in A+ provides evidence for their continuous domination and relevance across formats. “Some young names such as Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, and Sarfaraz Khan are represented, hinting towards a seriousness in building depth and future stars,” says BCCI. After much uncertainty regarding form and fitness, Ishan Kishan finds himself back on the list.
The BCCI contract list seems to have a clear emphasis on the prime agenda, which counts performance with fitness, and availability right at the top. With a few players among those graded C knocking around the corner for repeated selection.
