Will Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma stay in Grade A+ Central Contract after Test retirement?: Will Kohli & Sharma be in Grade A+ post Test retirement?

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma recently retired from Test cricket. Both veteran batsmen announced their retirement on May 12 and 7 respectively. Although Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are currently involved in the grade A+ category of BCCI, but now after their retirement, there is a lot of speculation about whether the two players will be able to keep their grade A+ status in the Central Contract of BCCI.

Let us tell you that the period of this Central Contract is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. And players who are regular in all three formats are given grade A+ contract. At the same time, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has made the situation clear about the situation of Kohli and Rohit.

According to India Today, Saikia said, ‘Both players (Virat and Rohit) are playing for India, so why the question of not keeping them in A+ category? Both will remain in the same grade and they will get all the facilities of that grade.

Both can be demot in the next cycle

In the current period, apart from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Jaspreet Bumrah are two players who are in the A+ grade. Since both have retired from T20 Internationals and Tests, they will now be seen playing only in ODI format. In such a situation, both players can be deemoted in the next period.

At the same time, the Indian team has to visit England in June, where they have to play a five -match Test series. It is now to see how Team India performs without Kohli and Rohit. Shubman Gill has a strong possibility of becoming a captain in the longest format of the game. Jasprit Bumrah is also in the race. The BCCI may soon appoint a Test captain.