BCCI on Monday announced the annual contract for the year 2024-25 for the Indian men's cricket team. While Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan returned to the fold after missing out last year, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retained their places in the top bracket -- Grade A-plus despite retiring from T20I format in 2024.
A total of 34 players were handed annual retainership for the 2024-25 season, taking into the account the period of play between October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
This time four players have been included in the Grade A+ category, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspris Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
At the same time, six players are included in the Grade A category, five in the Grade B category and 19 in the Grade C category.
Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.
Grade A: Md. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Md. Shami, Rishabh Pant.
Grade B: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer.
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.