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Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan make comeback as BCCI announces central contracts

Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who missed out on central contracts last year, have bagged their annual contracts after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced central contracts for the 2024-25 season. Shreyas Iyer features in grade B, while Kishan is in grade C.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja are in the A+ category. Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant are in grade A.
Grade A+ - Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A - Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant
Grade B - Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer
Grade C - Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan
Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
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