BCCI demotes Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma in annual contracts list; top tier reduced to just three players: Report

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been moved from A+ to B category in BCCI's 2025-26 contracts. Suryakumar Yadav joins them in Group B, while Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja remain in Group A.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been dropped to B category in the BCCI central contract list, as per a report(PTI)

Indian cricket stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been demoted from A+ category to B category in the BCCI's annual central contracts list for the year 2025-26, according to a new report by Dainik Jagran.

Reportedly, India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav is also placed in the Group-B category.

Meanwhile, the only thre players in the Group A category this time are said to be Indian Test captain Shubman Gill, pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Here's a look at the full list, as reported by Dainik Jagran:

Group A: Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.

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

Group C: Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurail, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudarshan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad.

BCCI annual contracts for the women's team:

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