Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 21: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2024–25 season, and Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are back in the mix after being left out last year.
- 🏏 Shreyas Iyer: Placed in Grade B
- 🧤 Ishan Kishan: Slotted into Grade C
Their previous exclusion followed controversy over their absence from the Ranji Trophy, drawing criticism from the board.
🔹 Contract Categories (2024–25):
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
- Shreyas Iyer
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Axar Patel
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
Grade C (Includes emerging and fringe players)
- Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and more
🔥 Rohit Sharma Becomes IPL’s All-Time POTM Leader
Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 76 off 45 balls for Mumbai Indians (MI), including 6 sixes and 4 fours, to help MI win their 38th match of the season — and grab his 20th Player of the Match (POTM) award in IPL history, surpassing Virat Kohli (19 POTMs).
🥇 Most POTM Awards in IPL History:
- AB de Villiers – 25
- Chris Gayle – 22
- Rohit Sharma – 20 ✅
- Virat Kohli – 19
- MS Dhoni & David Warner – 18 each
Also, with that knock, Rohit:
- Surpassed Shikhar Dhawan to become the 2nd highest run-getter in IPL history
- Total IPL runs: 6,786
- This season (2025 IPL): 158 runs in 7 innings, SR: 154.90, Avg: 26.33