The BCCI finally on Monday announced the much-awaited central contracts list for 2024-25 season. As per a release by the board, as expected, the top-tier, A+ remains unchanged including players like Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma, while Shreyas Iyer makes a comeback in Grade B, after being ignored last time. Rishabh Pant, a vital member of the Indian team, has been promoted to Grade A.
Shreyas Iyer in Grade B, Rishabh Pant Promoted to A
Last time around, Mohammed Siraj, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya were in Grade A, while this time around, Ashwin, after his retirement has gone out of the list. As for the Grade B, Except for the inclusion of Shreyas, there is no change.
Ishan Kishan Makes a Comeback Too
In Grade C, Avesh Khan and Jitesh Sharma have been overlooked, while Ishan Kishan has made a comeback. The new entrants are Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep and Varun Chakravarthy. The Annual Player Contracts are applicable from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
BCCI Central Contracts 2024-25, Full List
| Grade | Player |
| A+ | Virat Kohli |
| Ravindra Jadeja | |
| Rohit Sharma | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | |
| Grade A | Rishabh Pant |
| Mohammed Shami | |
| Mohammed Siraj | |
| KL Rahul | |
| Shubman Gill | |
| Hardik Pandya | |
| Grade B | Suryakumar Yadav |
| Kuldeep Yadav | |
| Axar Patel | |
| Shreyas Iyer | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | |
| Grade C | 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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