Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan back as BCCI announces annual contracts for 2024-25-OxBig News Network

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the annual central contracts for the senior men’s team for the 2024-25 season on Monday, April 21. 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.

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.