Virat, Rohit retain ₹7 crore contracts; Shreyas Iyer makes a comeback in BCCI’s 2024–25 list

BCCI has released its central contract list for 2024-25 with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja continuing to be the highest paid players by the Indian board. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have also found themselves as part of the BCCI contract.

BCCI’s central contract list: 

BCCI has decided to award its annual contract to a total of 33 players with the top four players in the A+ category remaining the same. 

Meanwhile, 6 players including KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj have found a place in the Grade A category. Indian T20I captain Surykaumar Yadav, along with Shreyas Iyer and 3 other cricketers have found a place in the Grade B category. 

The highest number of players (18) are in the Grade C category which includes the likes of Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma. 

Who earns what? 

Players in Grade A+ category earn the most at ₹7 crore annually, followed by Grade A at ₹5 crore annually and so on. Below is the full break up of pay scale for each category of players.

Full list of players with BCCI central contract:

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