BCCI Central Contract 2025: Between IPL 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Central Contract of the players for the upcoming session. According to this, Team India captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have got a place in the A+ grade. The BCCI will pay 7 crore rupees to these 4 players in a year. However, you will be surprised to know that there is also a player who is not named in the Central Contract of BCCI, but he will earn more money than India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma and T20I Captain Suryakumar Yadav.
We are talking about Kolkata Knight Riders all -rounder Venkatesh Iyer, whose name is not in BCCI Central Contract. But he is ahead of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in annual income. In the mega auction before IPL 2025, KKR shed money on Venkatesh Iyer like water and bought them for Rs 23.75 crore.
Venkatesh Iyer will earn more than Rohit-Surya
Venkatesh Iyer made her debut in T20I for India in the year 2021. He was seen as an alternative to Hardik Pandya but did not impress with his performance. After playing 9 T20, he was discharged from the team and since 2022 he has not been able to make a place in Team India. Interestingly, Kolkata Knight Riders decided to release Venkatesh Iyer, but ran fast behind him in the mega auction and bought him for Rs 23.75 crore. Venkatesh’s annual income is more than Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, despite not getting a place in the BCCI Central Contract.
How much Rohit and Surya will earn in a year
BCCI has placed India in the A+ category by BCCI, a T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy. According to this, Hitman will get Rs 7 crore in a year. Talking about IPL, Mumbai Indians retained Rohit for 16.30 crores. Together, the Indian captain will have Rs 23.30 crore. India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has been placed in B category by BCCI. According to this, Surya will get Rs 3 crore in a year. At the same time, Mumbai Indians retained the star batsman for Rs 16.35 crore. Surya will get 19.35 crores in the account of IPL and BCCI salary.
Venkatesh Iyer is proving to be a flop in IPL 2025
Let us know that Kolkata Knight Riders bought Venkatesh Iyer by spending Rs 23.75 crore, but left -handed batsmen have proved to be a flop in IPL 2025 so far. Venkatesh was seen struggling badly in the match against Gujarat Titans on Monday. KKR had a target of 199 runs in front of KKR, but Venkatesh scored a slow innings of 14 runs off 19 balls. In the 8 matches played so far, he has scored 135 runs at an average of 22.50.
BCCI Central Contract List
Grade A+ (4 athlete): Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A (6 athlete): Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya
Grade B (5 athlete): Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal
Grade C (19 athletes): Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurlel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Ishaan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakravarti and Harsh Rana
