The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India Senior Men and Senior Women for the 2025-26 season (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026). Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been demoted to Grade B in BCCI’s central contract list for 2025-26. Thirty senior men’s cricketers have been awarded central contracts, with the BCCI doing away with the A+ grade. Only three cricketers – Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja – have been placed in Grade A, the top tier as per the latest decision by the BCCI.
As per the 2024-25 BCCI contracts, any player in Grade A would receive Rs 5 crore annually, while Grade B players would get Rs 3 crore. Grade C players would get Rs 1 crore. Earlier, Grade A+ players (Kohli, Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja) used to receive Rs 7 crore. The BCCI has not yet officially declared whether the payment structure for 2025-26 will be any different.
In Grade B, the following players havebeen included: Washington Sundar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya.
