Published 19:11 IST, February 28th 2024
BCCI Central Contracts: Who is IN, who is OUT as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retain top spots
India skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja figured in the A plus category, the highest bracket of the BCCI's central contract.
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BCCI on Wednesday anunced Annual Player Contracts for senior men's cricket team. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have been excluded from list, which consists of 32 names, including two on standby list. Veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's contract has also been terminated. BCCI urged players to also show interest in participating domestic cricket for ir respective teams.
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Full list of BCCI's Annual Player Contracts
India skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jeja figured in A plus category, highest bracket of BCCI's central contract.
Six cricketers feature in A category including R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.
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Suryakumar Yav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal have got B category contracts.
Gre A+ (4 Athletes)
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jeja.
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Gre A (6 Athletes)
R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.
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Gre B (5 Athletes)
Surya Kumar Yav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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Gre C (15 Athletes)
Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekw, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.
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Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel will be included in Gre C list if y are selected for fifth Test match against England in Dharamsala, marking ir third Test appearance for India. According to regulations, a player must participate in a minimum of three matches for India to qualify for inclusion in annual player contracts list.
Who is in?
Rinku Singh
Tilak Varma
Ruturaj Gaikw
Prasidh Krishna
Avesh Khan
Rajat Patidar
Mukesh Kumar
Shivam Dube
Who is out?
Yuzvendra Chahal
Shreyas Iyer
Ishan Kishan
Cheteshwar Pujara
Umesh Yav
Shikhar Dhawan
Deepak Hooda
(With inputs from PTI)
19:04 IST, February 28th 2024