Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan back in BCCI annual contract list

For the 2024–25 season (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the senior men's Team India yearly player contracts. Only fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, star batsman Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, who guided India to the Champions Trophy victory in Dubai last year, are included in the Grade A-plus category.  

Shreyas Iyer rejoined the Grade B retainership list, and Rishabh Pant, who had been in Grade B till last year, was upgraded and moved up to Grade A to replace Ashwin. Iyer and Ishan Kishan both had frequent appearances in domestic cricket before losing their spots on the central contracts list. After leading India in runs during the Champions Trophy victory run, Iyer, in particular, had a fantastic year with IPL and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy victories as captain, was elected a permanent member of the ODI team, and was recently named the ICC Player of the Month for March. 

Due to his retirement from international cricket during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last year, R Ashwin was the most noteworthy missing. Total 34 players in all were given yearly retainer contracts for the 2024–25 campaign, which included games played from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025.

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BCCI Annual contract list for 2024-25:

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

Grade A: Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed 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.

According to the BCCI's announcement last year, players who fulfill the requirements of participating in at least three Test matches, eight ODIs, or ten T20Is within the allotted time frame would be admitted to Grade C automatically on a pro rata basis.

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