Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in BCCI Central Contracts Grade 2

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced its central contracts list for the 2025–26 season. In the top-tier Grade A category, Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained, reflecting their consistent performances and importance to the Indian team across formats.

Grade B features several senior and key players, including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Suryakumar Yadav, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. The Grade C list includes a mix of emerging and established talents such as Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sai Sudharsan, Ravi Bishnoi, and Ruturaj Gaikwad.