The BCCI has announced its central contracts for the 2025–26 season, and the new list has brought some big changes for senior Indian cricketers. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are no longer part of the earlier top Grade A+ category, while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been placed in Grade B.
The list was officially shared on Monday by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia through a media release. In total, 30 male and 21 female players have received central contracts this season.
Earlier, Saikia had already said that the BCCI would discontinue Grade A+, which earlier offered ₹7 crore per year. Still, Bumrah’s downgrade surprised many fans. Despite being one of India’s most important all-format players, the team management has rested him frequently in bilateral series over the last two years to manage his workload.
Ravindra Jadeja has retired from T20 Internationals, while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are now single-format players after stepping away from Tests and T20Is. These factors appear to have played a role in the revised grading.
Shubman Gill, India’s current Test and ODI captain, is among the three players placed in the top available grade. Gill, along with Bumrah and Jadeja, has been included in Grade A, which carries a retainer of ₹5 crore.
Senior Men’s Central Contracts
Grade A (₹5 crore):
Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
Grade B (₹3 crore):
Washington Sundar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer
Grade C (₹1 crore):
Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudharsan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad
Senior Women’s Central Contracts
Grade A (₹50 lakh):
Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma
Grade B (₹30 lakh):
Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana
Grade C (₹10 lakh):
Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetri, Arundhati Reddy, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, G. Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis
