BCCI announces central contracts; Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma demoted

On Monday, February 9, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the central contracts for the 2025–26 season. These contracts cover the period from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026.

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In the men’s contracts, talismanic batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been demoted from Grade A+ to Grade B, following their retirement from Tests and T20Is. On the other hand, Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja are part of the top bracket of Grade A, with the BCCI removing the Grade A+ category.

Moreover, young top-order batter Sai Sudharsan is the lone player to receive a central contract for the first time. On the other hand, Sarfaraz Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Rajat Patidar, and Mukesh Kumar have been axed from the list.

Delving into the details of the women’s contracts, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Deepti Sharma continue to retain their places in the Grade A category. Meanwhile, Jemimah Rodrigues has been promoted to the top grade.

On the other hand, Sneh Rana witnessed a promotion from Grade C to Grade B. Also, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Kashvee Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Tejal Hasabnis have all been awarded maiden central contracts. Shreyanka Patil, Pooja Vastrakar, and Titas Sadhu have been axed from the list.

BCCI Men's Contracts

Grade A - Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade B - Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer.

Grade C - Axar Patel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma, 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.

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BCCI Women's Contracts

Grade A - Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma.

Grade B - Renuka Thakur, Sneh Rana, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh.

Grade C - Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetry, Arundhati Reddy, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis.

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