The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India senior men and women teams for the 2025-26 season (October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026).
Star Pakistan players Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been demoted to Category B from A as the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the men's central contract list for 2025/26 on Tuesday.
Right-hand batter Georgia Voll and all-rounder Tess Flintoff have earned their first central contracts for the national side as Cricket Australia revealed their list of 18 contracted players for the 2025/26 season, as per the ICC.
India stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are set to continue their A+ grade BCCI central contract list for 2025-26, while Shreyas Iyer is expected to return to the list after being dropped on the previous occasion due to reportedly missing domestic cricket.
Explosive opener Sam Konstas and left-arm orthodox spinner Matthew Kuhnemann have been rewarded for their rollercoaster summers and have been added to Cricket Australia's central contract list for 2025-26.
Promising all-rounder and ICC Emerging Women's Player of the Year 2024 Annerie Dercksen has been given a maiden national contract as Cricket South Africa (CSA)confirmed the Proteas Women's contracted squad for the 2025/26 season, as per the ICC official website.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its men's central contracts list for 2025, with right-arm quick Taskin Ahmed featuring as the only player in the A-plus category, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Shreyas, who was snubbed from BCCI's central contract list last year, made a comeback to the Indian team by compelling the selectors with his consistent performances in the domestic format.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday unveiled their Central Contract list for women's national players for the period of 1st October 2024 to 30th June 2025.
The list was announced on Friday and saw a total of 29 players getting the central contracts. This included seven two-year contracts, 19 annual contracts and three development contracts. as per ICC.