The BCCI is all set to announce the Central Contracts for the senior men’s team for 2026/27 in a few days, amid the IND vs NZ T20I series which commences from Wednesday. A total of 34 cricketers bagged the prestigious contract in the previous year, spread across four categories – A+, A, B and C. Unverified reports have claimed that the BCCI could do away with the top category, which means there will only be three slabs.
A host of stars are expected to find themselves snubbed from the BCCI central contracts for 2026/27 as they hardly featured for India in the past year. Barring a few new entrants, some of the existing players may also earn promotions. It remains to be seen how the veteran trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja will be treated – given that they are limited to one format.
Predicted BCCI central contracts list
| Grade | Player Name |
|---|---|
| A | Rohit Sharma |
| A | Virat Kohli |
| A | Jasprit Bumrah |
| A | Ravindra Jadeja |
| A | Md. Siraj |
| A | KL Rahul |
| A | Shubman Gill |
| A | Hardik Pandya |
| A | Rishabh Pant |
| B | Suryakumar Yadav |
| B | Kuldeep Yadav |
| B | Axar Patel |
| B | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| B | Shreyas Iyer |
| B | Tilak Varma |
| B | Washington Sundar |
| B | Harshit Rana |
| B | Nitish Kumar Reddy |
| C | Rinku Singh |
| C | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| C | Shivam Dube |
| C | Ravi Bishnoi |
| C | Sanju Samson |
| C | Arshdeep Singh |
| C | Prasidh Krishna |
| C | Dhruv Jurel |
| C | Ishan Kishan |
| C | Abhishek Sharma |
| C | Akash Deep |
| C | Varun Chakaravarthy |
| C | Sai Sudharsan |
| C | Jitesh Sharma |
Demotions (From A+ to A)
- Rohit Sharma (Active only in ODIs)
- Virat Kohli – (Active only in ODIs)
- Ravindra Jadeja – (Active in Tests, ODIs)
*Should the A+ category be scrapped, then these stars along with Bumrah will automatically be in the top category ‘A’, unless the BCCI decides to give them a lower grade
Promotions (From C to B)
- Washington Sundar (All-format player)
- Tilak Varma
- Harshit Rana (All-format player)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
New entrants
- Sai Sudharsan (Made his Test debut in 2025 vs ENG)
- Jitesh Sharma
Exits
- Mohammed Shami – Out of the favour of selectors
- Mukesh Kumar
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Rajat Patidar
