The 2024-2025 contracts of the Indian Cricket Players will come to an end on 30 September 2025. On 21 April 2025, the BCCI updated their central contract, retaining some of the previous players and adding new cricketers. This change took place due to the players’ performance from 2024 to April 2025.
The Indian Cricket team’s performance in the major trophies of the 2024 T20I World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy was flawless. Their victory in these two has placed them as the team with the most titles in these two competitions.
They failed to qualify for the 2025 WTC finals, coming in as 3rd on the table. However, we did witness a star player during India’s match against Australia – Nitish Kumar Reddy. His batting skills placed him in the list of several records.
Indian Cricket Players Salary 2025-26: Full List of Players And Their Salaries
After considering the players based on their performance, the BCCI places them into one of 4 Grades. The players can be promoted or demoted depending on their performance. Each Grade provides a different annual salary. The players are also given a match fee based on the format of the game.
| Player | BCCI Grade | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | A+ | ₹7 crore |
| Virat Kohli | A+ | ₹7 crore |
| Jasprit Bumrah | A+ | ₹7 crore |
| Ravindra Jadeja | A+ | ₹7 crore |
| Rishabh Pant | A | ₹5 crore |
| KL Rahul | A | ₹5 crore |
| Shubman Gill | A | ₹5 crore |
| Hardik Pandya | A | ₹5 crore |
| Mohammed Siraj | A | ₹5 crore |
| Mohammed Shami | A | ₹5 crore |
| Suryakumar Yadav | B | ₹3 crore |
| Shreyas Iyer | B | ₹3 crore |
| Kuldeep Yadav | B | ₹3 crore |
| Axar Patel | B | ₹3 crore |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | B | ₹3 crore |
| Abhishek Sharma | C | ₹1 crore |
| Arshdeep Singh | C | ₹1 crore |
| Sanju Samson | C | ₹1 crore |
| Dhruv Jurel | C | ₹1 crore |
| Rinku Singh | C | ₹1 crore |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | C | ₹1 crore |
| Mukesh Kumar | C | ₹1 crore |
| Harshit Rana | C | ₹1 crore |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | C | ₹1 crore |
| Akash Deep | C | ₹1 crore |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | C | ₹1 crore |
| Sarfaraz Khan | C | ₹1 crore |
| Rajat Patidar | C | ₹1 crore |
| Prasidh Krishna | C | ₹1 crore |
| Ishan Kishan | C | ₹1 crore |
| Washington Sundar | C | ₹1 crore |
| Ravi Bishnoi | C | ₹1 crore |
| Shivam Dube | C | ₹1 crore |
| Tilak Verma | C | ₹1 crore |
1) Grade A+
Grade A+ is the highest level of contract issued by the BCCI to a player. Players in Grade A+ have an annual contract worth Rs. 7 crores. The Grade A+ players list has not changed and remains the same. Grade A+ players will be the Grade A players.
- Rohit Sharma (ODI Captain)
- Virat Kohli
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Jasprit Bumrah
2) Grade A
There are some shifts in Grade A. Players with a Grade A contract are awarded Rs. 5 crores in acknowledgement of their contracts. Ravichandran Ashwin has announced retirement from all formats of International cricket.
Finally, Rishabh Pant is being promoted from Grade B to Grade A contract, given that he has demonstrated some consistency and improvement in his game.
- Mohammed Siraj
- KL Rahul
- Shubman Gill (Test Captain)
- Hardik Pandya
- Mohammed Shami
- Rishabh Pant (Promoted)
3) Grade B
The players in the Grade B are paid annual contracts worth Rs. 3 crores. Rishabh Pant’s elevation to Grade A was one of the two changes. Shreyas Iyer was included in the contract after he was excluded for not showing up in domestic cricket. He became the top scorer and played consistently in the Champions Trophy 2025, which is why he got back in.
- Suryakumar Yadav (T20I Captain)
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Axar Patel
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Shreyas Iyer (Reinstated)
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4) Grade C
Seven new players are involved in a Grade C contract and the reinstatement of Ishan Kishan. The Grade C contract players receive an annual earnings of Rs. 1 crore. Ishan Kishan had to fulfil the playing criteria for a domestic cricket match – the Ranji Trophy, to be part of the cricket team.
- Ishan Kishan (Reinstated)
- Rinku Singh
- Tilak Verma
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Shivam Dube
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Washington Sundar
- Mukesh Kumar
- Sanju Samson
- Arshdeep Singh
- Prasidh Krishna
- Rajat Patidar
- Dhruv Jurel (New)
- Sarfaraz Khan (New)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (New)
- Abhishek Sharma (New)
- Akash Deep (New)
- Varun Chakaravarthy (New)
- Harshit Rana (New)
