Gill, Bumrah, Jadeja in Grade A of annual retainership as BCCI disbands Grade A+ for 2025-26

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has removed Grade A+ in the players' contract list for the 2025-26 season and have included only three players in Grade A.

Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja find their names in Grade A as the trio play all three formats of the game. Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who were part of Grade A+ have been demoted to Grade B as the duo play only the ODIs. Grade B includes 11 players while Grade C includes 16 players.

It should be recalled that Grade A+ last season included four players -- Bumrah, Kohli, Rohit and Jadeja. The annual retainership for Grade A+ was Rs 7 crore. Grade A players get Rs 5 crore, Grade B Rs 3 crore and Grade C is Rs 1 crore.

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces 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 Indian cricket board said in a statement.

Axar Patel, who has played all three formats for India in the 2025-26 season, has been surprisingly kept in Grade C and not even Grade B.  

Grade A: Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja

Grade B: Washington Sundar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer

Grade C: Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudharsan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Tags : Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, BCCI