The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Player Retainer ship list for the 2024-25 Team India (Senior Men) cricket team on Monday. The player retainership for 2024-25 started from 1st October 2024 to 30th September 2025 on Monday.
According to the data, almost 34 Indian Cricketers were selected by the BCCI for central contracts, including 19 players in the C category of the contract. The good thing is that some fresh faces of the cricket team were also invited for the Player Retainership 2024-25.
What are BCCI Central Contracts, and when did they start?
The BCCI Central Contracts are the player retainership agreement between the BCCI and some selected Indian Cricketers, where players are given a fixed amount according to their performance, consistency, and the value of their game in the national setup.Â
The BCCI Central Contract setup was started in 2004 to provide a structure in the game and some financial assistance to the players. These contracts are divided into four different grades, that is A+, A, B, and C. Each grade has its importance in the contract.
The A+ category is the best and top-class category in the central contract, comprising the list of the best players of the Indian cricket team who act as the spine of the Indian National Cricket team. The last category which is C category in the Central Contracts is the lowest, which defines the rising stars of the team.Â
Grade-Wise List of the Players Added in the Player Retainership 2024-25
In the BCCI Player Retainership 2024-25, some quite several Indian players managed their way to secure a central contract. However, some fresh faces, including Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana, also got a chance to secure their place in the central contract under the ‘C’ category. Here is a list of players who have been added to the player Retainership 2024-25.
| Grades/Category | Name of the Player |
|---|---|
| A+ | Rohit Sharma |
| Virat Kohli | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | |
| A | Md. Siraj |
| KL Rahul | |
| Shubman Gill | |
| Hardik Pandya | |
| Md. Shami | |
| Rishabh Pant | |
| B | Suryakumar Yadav |
| Kuldeep Yadav | |
| Axar Patel | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | |
| Shreyas Iyer | |
| 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 |
