BCCI announces Annual Contracts for 2025-26 season, Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma placed in Grade B

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Annual Player Contracts for the Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s Indian teams for the 2025-26 season, which runs from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026.

A total of 30 men cricketers and 21 women cricketers have been included in the annual retainership list. Indian veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been downgraded from Grade A+ to Grade B, as both players are currently active in only one format, ODIs, for the Men in Blue.

Meanwhile, Indian Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have been placed in Grade A. From the Indian women’s team, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Deepti Sharma have been placed in Grade A.

Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, who is leading the side in the T20 World Cup 2026, has been placed in Grade B of the BCCI’s annual contracts. India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer and Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant have also been included in Grade B.

Several players currently participating in the T20 World Cup, Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, and Abhishek Sharma, have been placed in Grade C.

From the Indian women’s team, Renuka Thakur, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, and Sneh Rana feature in Grade B. Meanwhile, Women’s World Cup winners Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetry, and Sree Charani, along with young sensations G Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma, have been awarded contracts in Grade C.

Indian Men’s Team Annual Contracts 2025-26:

Grade A

Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja

Grade B

Washington Sundar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, 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 Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Indian women’s Team Annual Contracts 2025-26:

Grade A

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma

Grade B

Renuka Thakur, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana

Grade C

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