New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced the annual player contracts for India’s senior men’s and senior women’s teams for the 2025-26 season. Interestingly, senior star Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohliwho has retired from T20Is and Tests in the past few years but is a regular in ODIs, was placed in Grade B. In the previous edition, he was the only name to feature in Grade A+ along with Jasprit Bumrah. Ravindra Jadeja.
These contracts run from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, and are a way for the board to reward players based on performance, importance to the team and consistency.Simply put, contracts are divided into grades, with Grade A being the highest. Players in this category usually play a key role in match-winners and are regular starters. For this season, Shubman GillJasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were ranked in Grade A for the men’s team. This shows how important Gill, especially Gill as the top batsman and Bumrah as India’s main fast bowler, are to India’s future plans.On the women’s side, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemima Rodriguez and Deepti Sharma are in Grade A. These players are the backbone of the Indian women’s team and have led the team in major tournaments with strong performances with both bat and ball.While players like Kohli and Rohit are still big names and experienced leaders, this change could reflect a transition to younger players and a new phase for the team. indian cricketthe focus is gradually shifting to the next generation.BCCI annual player contract with Indian senior men’s team
- Grade A: Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
- Grade B: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer
- Grade C: Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jhurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarti, Nitish Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudarsan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Annual player contract with BCCI’s Indian women’s senior team
- Grade A: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemima Rodriguez, Deepti Sharma.
- Grade B: Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sune Rana.
- Grade C: Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chhetri, Arundhati Reddy, Sree Chalani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvi Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis.