The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finalized the central contracts for senior men and women cricketers for 2026-27, as per reports. As reported earlier, the A+ category which was introduced in 2018 has been scrapped and only three cricketers (men) have been retained in the A category. In women’s cricket, four players have been slotted in the A category, including World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana.
BCCI Central Contracts finalized
Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and India’s ODI and Test captain have been slotted in the Grade A category, as per Times of India. The report states that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – who were previously in the A+ category, have been demoted to B, as they are currently active only in the ODI format. Washington Sundar has been promoted from C to B. Sai Sudharsan, who made his Test debut last year, has received a Grade C central contract. Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Sarfaraz Khan and Rajat Patidar have not been given new contracts.
| Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | Washington Sundar | Axar Patel |
| Shubman Gill | Rohit Sharma | Tilak Varma |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Virat Kohli | Rinku Singh |
| KL Rahul | Shivam Dube | |
| Mohammed Siraj | Sanju Samson | |
| Hardik Pandya | Arshdeep Singh | |
| Rishabh Pant | Prasidh Krishna | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Akash Deep | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Dhruv Jurel | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Harshit Rana | |
| Shreyas Iyer | Varun Chakravarthy | |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | ||
| Abhishek Sharma | ||
| Sai Sudarshan | ||
| Ravi Bishnoi | ||
| Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
|---|---|---|
| Harmanpreet Kaur | Renuka Thakur | Radha Yadav |
| Smriti Mandhana | Shafali Verma | Amanjot Kaur |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | Richa Ghosh | Pratika Rawal |
| Deepti Sharma | Sneh Rana | Kranti Gaud |
| Uma Chhetri (wk) | ||
| Arundhati Reddy | ||
| Shree Charini | ||
| Yastika Bhatia | ||
| Harleen Deol | ||
| Kashvi Gautam | ||
| G Kamlini (wk) | ||
| Vaishnavi Sharma | ||
| Tejal Hasbnis |
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