India’s Updated Test, ODI, And T20 Squads After BCCI Central Contracts Reveal

BCCI Central Contracts 2024–25:  The BCCI announced on Monday that 34 players have been given annual contracts for the 2024-25 season, which is more than last year.

Rohit Sharma (the captain), Virat Kohli (former captain), Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah are in the highest category, Grade A+. Out of these four, only Bumrah plays all three formats – Test, ODI, and T20I. The other three have retired from T20Is but still play regularly in Tests and ODIs.

Grade A+ to C: Full Breakdown of BCCI Central Contracts

The BCCI has given Grade A contracts to six players: Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya. Five players, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, received Grade B contracts.

19 players got Grade C contracts, including Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, and others.

Out of the 34 total players, seven are getting central contracts for the first time, while four have lost theirs.

With the contracts announced, we now get a clearer idea of how India’s squads might shape up across formats this season.

India Squads After BCCI Central Contracts Announcement

Test Squad (Captain: Rohit Sharma)
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar

ODI Squad (Captain: Rohit Sharma)
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh

T20I Squad (Captain: Suryakumar Yadav)
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah

BCCI Central Contracts 2024–25

Grade A+
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja

Grade A
Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya

Grade B
Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Grade C
Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

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