On April 21, 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the player central contracts for the 2024-25 season. As many as 34 players are on the annual retainers list. Their contracts will run from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025.
While the usual suspects like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have kept their places, a few new players have entered the list. And a couple of players have returned after missing out on last season’s contract.
So let’s see the Indian players with the central BCCI annual contracts for the 2024-25 season here.
Indian Players with BCCI Contracts for 2024-25 Season
As mentioned earlier, 34 players have earned the contract this season, four more than last season. Twenty-five of those players have retained their spots, while Rishabh Pant is the only one with an upgraded contract. And seven of the remaining nine players have bagged their first-ever central contracts.
Here are the players with the central contract for the 2024-25 season:
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, 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 Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
Players left out of the central contract:
Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jitesh Sharma, KS Bharat, Avesh Khan
BCCI Contract Categories
Now these players have been split into four contract categories. The categories are Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C.
Each category offers a certain salary to the players for the mentioned contract period. The top category, Grade A+, commands the highest salary of INR 7 crore, followed by Grade A (5 crore), Grade B (3 crore), and Grade C (1 crore).
Let’s see how many players are part of each category.
Grade A+ has four players, while six players feature in Grade A. Five players are part of Grade B, while Grade C has the most, with 19 players on the roster.
Indian Cricketers’ Salaries for 2024-25 Season
| Grade | Player | Annual Salary (in INR) |
|---|---|---|
| Grade A+ | Rohit Sharma | 7 crore |
| Grade A+ | Virat Kohli | 7 crore |
| Grade A+ | Jasprit Bumrah | 7 crore |
| Grade A+ | Ravindra Jadeja | 7 crore |
| Grade A | Mohammed Siraj | 5 crore |
| Grade A | KL Rahul | 5 crore |
| Grade A | Shubman Gill | 5 crore |
| Grade A | Hardik Pandya | 5 crore |
| Grade A | Mohammed Shami | 5 crore |
| Grade A | Rishabh Pant (Upgraded from B to A) | 5 crore |
| Grade B | Suryakumar Yadav | 3 crore |
| Grade B | Kuldeep Yadav | 3 crore |
| Grade B | Axar Patel | 3 crore |
| Grade B | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 3 crore |
| Grade B | Shreyas Iyer (New) | 3 crore |
| Grade C | Rinku Singh | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Tilak Verma | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Shivam Dube | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Ravi Bishnoi | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Washington Sundar | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Mukesh Kumar | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Sanju Samson | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Arshdeep Singh | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Prasidh Krishna | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Rajat Patidar | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Dhruv Jurel (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Sarfaraz Khan (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Nitish Kumar Reddy (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Ishan Kishan (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Abhishek Sharma (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Akash Deep (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Varun Chakaravarthy (New) | 1 crore |
| Grade C | Harshit Rana (New) | 1 crore |
On top of their salaries, these players will also earn match fees for their international appearances. And then there’s a special incentive scheme for those who will play Test cricket consistently.
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