Big names included as India announce annual player contracts

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Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan who had missed out on contracts during the 2023-24 season make a return to the list

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja are a part of the elite A+ category, as 34 players have been handed the men’s central contracts by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The list sees Iyer return to Grade B, while Kishan is a part of Grade C. Both players had been excluded from the central contracts for the 2023-24 season. The Indian contracts run from 01 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

Iyer returns on the back of a sensational run in the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy, which saw him lead his side to the title, and also won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for March for his contributions. Kishan has been a back-up wicketkeeper-batter in the India setup for quite some time now, and started the recent domestic Indian Premier League with a century to his name.

Wicketkeeper-batters Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, seamers Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya and batter Shubman Gill are a part of Grade A.

These will be the maiden contracts for: Abhishek Sharma, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Varun Chakravarthy, all of whom are in the Grade C.

Grade A+

1. Rohit Sharma

2. Virat Kohli

3. Jasprit Bumrah

4. Ravindra Jadeja

Grade A

5. Mohammed Siraj

6. KL Rahul

7. Shubman Gill

8. Hardik Pandya

9. Mohammed Shami

10. Rishabh Pant

Grade B

11. Suryakumar Yadav

12. Kuldeep Yadav

13. Axar Patel

14. Yashasvi Jaiswal

15. Shreyas Iyer

Grade C

16. Rinku Singh

17. Tilak Verma

18. Ruturaj Gaikwad

19. Shivam Dube

20. Ravi Bishnoi

21. Washington Sundar

22. Mukesh Kumar

23. Sanju Samson

24. Arshdeep Singh

25. Prasidh Krishna

26. Rajat Patidar

27. Dhruv Jurel

28. Sarfaraz Khan

29. Nitish Kumar Reddy

30. Ishan Kishan

31. Abhishek Sharma

32. Akash Deep

33. Varun Chakaravarthy

34. Harshit Rana

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