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India veterans Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja might be demoted in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) central contracts for 2025. Last week, the board announced India Women’s central contracts. According to a Dainik Jagran report, chief selector Ajit Agarkar, head coach Gautam Gambhir and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia will attend a meeting in Guwahati on March 29, to take decisions on changes to be performed in the squad to get effective results in upcoming assignments. In the same meeting, the stakeholders will also take decisions on the central contracts for the men's side.
The report also claims there is a division in the committee regarding the future of eminent veterans. It didn’t mention any names but the report alludes to skipper Rohit, Kohli, and Jadeja. Their retirement from T20 Internationals (T20I) should lead them to their domotion ideally. Currently, they are placed in the A+ category, which is provided to players who play for the national team in all three forms of the sport.
Shreyas Iyer set to regain BCCI central contract
India middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer might earn back the central contract from the board. Last year, Iyer’s exclusion from the central contracts 2024 became a huge headline. Along with Iyer, Ishan Kishan was also dropped from the list of contracts released in 2024. In the last one year, Shreyas did a magnificent job for India in white-ball cricket.
Recently, he played an essential role in India’s magnificent title success in the Champions Trophy 2025. The 30-year-old notched up with 243 runs in five matches at an average of 48.60 and ended up as the second-highest run-scorer in the ODI extravaganza played in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai. Besides Shreyas, there might be positive news for Abhishek Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy, and Nitish Kumar Reddy as they are also likely to be handed their maiden contracts from the board.
