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  BCCI Contracts: 5 Players to be dropped from list for 2024-25 season

  Cricket | April 21, 2025 12:40 IST

  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday (April 21), finally announced the list of contracted players for the 2024-25 season. Rishabh Pant was promoted from Grade B to Grade A, while a few players were also added. However, five players have been dropped as well.

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  BCCI announces annual central contracts; Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan return, Rishabh Pant promoted

  Cricket | April 21, 2025 12:11 IST

  As many as 34 players were named across four categories for the 2024-25 international season as part of the BCCI's annual retainership, led by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the top grade. The contracts will be for the period from October 2024 to September 2025.

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  CA announces women's central contracts; Voll, Flintoff included for first time, Jonassen dropped

  Cricket | April 17, 2025 12:28 IST

  Cricket Australia zeroed down on an 18-member list for the women's central contracts, with Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath leading the way. The veteran Jess Jonassen, a six-time World Cup winner, was omitted from the list.

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  BCCI announces central contract for women's team; Shreyanka, Reddy included, Shafali retained

  Cricket | March 24, 2025 14:01 IST

  The BCCI announced the annual retainerships for the Indian women's team after a gap of one season with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma being retained in the top grade. The contracts are valid for the period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025.

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  Umar Akmal not given Central Contract; Sarfraz Ahmed promoted in Category A

  Cricket | July 12, 2017 19:51 IST

  The younger Akmal was sent back home from the ICC Champions Trophy in England after failing a fitness test just before the tournament.

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  BCCI enhances retainer, match fee amounts for 32 centrally contracted players; Dhoni in Grade A, Raina out

  Cricket | March 22, 2017 20:30 IST

  The BCCI today doubled the Annual Retainership fee of India's 32 centrally contracted cricketers with current skipper Virat Kohli and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Grade A while Suresh Raina is missing from the list.

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  Alex Doolan and Nathan Coulter-Nile misses Cricket Australia central contract

  Cricket | March 31, 2014 12:59 IST

  SYDNEY:  Incumbent test batsman Alex Doolan and rising fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile are surprising omissions from Cricket Australia's list of centrally contracted players.Doolan, who made his debut and played all three tests on Australia's recent

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  Pakistan players sign central contract

  Cricket | June 13, 2012 22:44 IST

  Karachi, Jun 13: All Pakistani cricketers, who were offered central contracts with pay hikes, have conditionally signed the contracts after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) warned that if they did not sign it, they would