Grade A+ category has been abolished for the 2025-26 season.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday (February 9) announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India Senior Men and Senior Women for the 2025-26 season (October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026).
The BCCI Central Contracts are divided into three categories – Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. Grade A+ category has been abolished for the 2025-26 season.
In a major development, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who remain active only in the ODI format, have been demoted to Grade B.
India’s Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill bagged the top contract (Grade A), alongside Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
Rishabh Pant has been offered a Grade B contract despite being a regular in Test team. He was appointed the Test team's vice-captain in 2025. Shreyas Iyer, the ODI team's deputy, has also been placed in Grade B, alongside KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya among others.
In the women's category, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma were offered a Grade A contract. Renuka Thakur, Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh are among the 10 players in Grade B.