BCCIはまだ中央契約を呼び出していない、私が2025年である限り「非公式に」議論された

Earlier, there were reports that the BCCI would announce the men’s central contracts for 2024-25 after the Champions Trophy, but then according to a report in The Hindu, the discussions are yet to begin about the same. “We have had some deliberation on the women’s central contracts, but the men’s contracts is not on the agenda in the near future,” Devajit Saikia, the BCCI secretary, told The Hindu on Thursday.

The report further suggested that the BCCI office-bearers are likely to discuss the retainer list informally with chief selector Ajit Agarkar, during the IPL 2025 opening match in Kolkata on Saturday. As a norm, the BCCI announces the central contracts list in October, with them ending in September in the next year. But the last cycle saw the retainer list being announced on Feb 24.

Now, there are also demands that the new cycle be re-structured from April to March. “With no international cricket commitments for the Indian team in April and May, the gradation can be finalised during the IPL and the players will be more secure at the start of a new international cycle,” said a player.

This year, the delay was further caused with Jay Shah moving to the ICC, and Agarkar being busy with the Australia tour. And hence, the entire process was postponed. Last time around, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were removed from the central contracts; with the latter more-or-less certain to make a comeback again in the list.

BCCI’s Current Central Contracts List

• Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja
  Grade A: R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya
  Grade B: Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
  Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar