The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reportedly updated its annual player contracts for the 2025–26 season. Media reports confirm that senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli received a demotion from Grade A+ to Grade B.
Contract Category Changes
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have stopped playing Test and T20 cricket. The players now compete exclusively in One-Day International matches. Both players used to belong to Grade A+ which provided them with an annual salary of ₹7 crore.
- Grade A players receive ₹5 crore per year under the current payment system. The system grants Grade B players ₹3 crore while Grade C players receive an annual payment of ₹1 crore.
- Reports exist that the organization plans to eliminate the Grade A+ category from its system. The BCCI has not yet confirmed the new payment structure.
Current Player Grades (As Reported)
Grade A
- Shubman Gill
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Ravindra Jadeja
Grade B
- Rohit Sharma
- Virat Kohli
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Washington Sundar
- KL Rahul
- Hardik Pandya
- Mohammed Siraj
- Rishabh Pant
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Shreyas Iyer
Grade C
- Axar Patel
- Tilak Varma
- Rinku Singh
- Shivam Dube
- Dhruv Jurel
- Harshit Rana
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Abhishek Sharma
- Sai Sudharsan
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
Tags Cloud
