BCCI Central Contracts 2026 : BCCIThe central contract of 2026 will be announced from The deal is likely to have some shocks for Indian cricketers. The deal is expected to see changes in the ranks of some veteran players. There is talk that some young players will get a big promotion. This is the most discussed issue Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma This agreement will continue. Both are still in A+ grade so far. But, the central contract of 2026 is likely to see these veteran players downgraded to A grade.

Central Contract of 2026

Also looking at current form Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill and Akshar Patel can be promoted to A+ grade. Also apart from this, players like Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel and Sanju Samson can be retained in B grade. Devdutt Padikkal, who performed strongly in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, is also likely to be part of the central contract this time. But, this time Mohammad Shami can get a big shock.

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Players in 2025 Central Contract A+ Grade

BCCI retained Kohli and Rohit in A+ grade despite their contractual retirement from T20 between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025. Generally, only players who are active in all three formats are placed in this grade. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah were the four players in the A+ grade in the previous contract. Of these, Bumrah is now active in all three formats. Jadeja has retired from T20.

Possible BCCI Central Contract 2026

A+ Grade – ₹7 crore per annum – Jasprit Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Shubman Gill

A Grade – ₹5 crore per annum – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammad Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer,

B Grade – ₹3 crore per annum – Dhruva Jurel, Arshdeep Singh, Rituraj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Varun Chakraborty, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan.

C Grade – ₹1 crore per annum – Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Famous Krishna, Sarfraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana.

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