Shreyas, Kishan return to BCCI central contract record; Pant promoted to Grade A

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Shreyas, Kishan return to BCCI central contract record; Pant promoted to Grade A

Ishan Kishan has been positioned in Grade C whereas Shreyas Iyer made it to Grade B.
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Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have been handed a central contract whereas Rishabh Pant has been promoted from Grade B to A because the BCCI introduced the record of 34 male cricketers with annual retainers for 2024-25.

The much-delayed contracted gamers’ record from October 2024 to September 2025 was made public on Monday. While Shreyas expectedly returned to Grade B, Kishan made a shock return to Grade C, the bottom tier of the 4 brackets, which has 19 cricketers in all.

Both Shreyas and Kishan weren’t thought-about for the earlier cycle as a disciplinary motion after not turning up for his or her respective state groups within the Ranji Trophy.

The Hindu understands that Kishan has been included within the record with the nationwide selectors contemplating him as a part of the goal pool for the limited-overs squads.

Pant, one of many few potential all-format specialists, has been promoted to the second-highest bracket after recovering from a highway accident and marking his return within the earlier cycle. The wicketkeeper-batter will now have to translate the religion proven in him by the nationwide selectors and the BCCI office-bearers into constant performances.

None of the stand-by pacers, who had been handed contracts within the earlier cycle, have been awarded a contract this time round.

Also omitted from the record are wicketkeepers Jitesh Sharma and Okay.S. Bharat together with all-rounder Shardul Thakur.

The record:

Grade A+ (₹7 crore every): Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade A (₹5 crore every): Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Okay.L. Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya.

Grade B (₹ 3 crore every): Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Grade C (₹1 crore every): Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.

In: Varun, Jurel, Sarfaraz, Nitish, Kishan, Abhishek, Harshit, Shreyas, Akash Deep.

Out: Shardul Thakur, Jitesh Sharma, Okay.S. Bharat, Avesh Khan, V. Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal, Vidwath Kaverappa, R. Ashwin (retired).

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