BCCI Annual Contract List for 2023-24 Out, Drops Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan

The Senior Men’s Annual Player Contracts for Team India were released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday. The contracts cover the period from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.

NEWS 🚨- BCCI announces annual player retainership 2023-24 – Team India (Senior Men) #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/oLpFNLWMJp

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2024

Note Highlights the Non-Consideration of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan

“Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations,” stated the BCCI.

These are the following players based on grades:-

Grade A+ (4 Athletes)

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade A+

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.#TeamIndia

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2024

Grade A (6 Athletes)

R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.

Grade A

R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.#TeamIndia

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2024

Grade B (5 Athletes)

Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Grade B

Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.#TeamIndia

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2024

Grade C (15 Athletes)

Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.

Grade C

Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.#TeamIndia

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2024

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Athletes who fulfill the requirement of participating in a minimum of three Tests, eight ODIs, or ten Twenty20 Internationals during the allotted time will also be automatically added to Grade C. For example, after playing two Test matches so far, Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan will be promoted to Grade C if they play in the Dharamsala Test Match, which is the fifth Test of the current series against England.