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Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, and Ravindra Jadeja are the only players to receive Grade A central contracts for 2025-26. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, now playing only ODIs, have been moved to Grade B.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma won't be offered a Grade A contract from the BCCI. Both the former India captains are now only active in ODI cricket. Kohli and Rohit quit T20I cricket after winning the 2024 World Cup.
Suryakumar Yadav stood tall when the chips were down for India in their T20 World Cup 2026 opener against the USA. Surya scored an unbeaten 84 and won the Player of the Match award for his brilliance as he shattered a huge Virat Kohli record in T20Is.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who were in the A+ category have been demoted to the B category in the central annual contracts list for the 2025-26 period.
The report mentioned that only three players - Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja - will be part of the Group A category.
Virat Kohli announced his T20I retirement after India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024. Kohli was a batting machine in the shortest international format, with his success speaking volumes in the T20 World Cups.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reportedly overhauled its central contracts structure for the 2025-26 season, doing away with the A+ category and introducing a new three-group system.
Virat Kohli took to Instagram to celebrate the win and shared a message applauding the squad as a whole, particularly captain Mandhana, who shares the same jersey number as the talisman.
Virat Kohli said that Smriti Mandhana’s side were deserving winners of the tournament, urging the team to keep the RCB flag flying high.
While Sachin Tendulkar remains the ultimate reference point for prodigious brilliance, Suryavanshi's closest parallel in youth cricket is Virat Kohli.
Star India skipper Suryakumar Yadav put forth an incredible performance in the first innings of game 3 of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026. Taking on the USA, Surya surpassed Virat Kohli and is just behind Rohit Sharma in an elite list.