BCCI Central Contract 2025: The Board of Control Cricket in India (BCCI) will announce the new Central Contract for this year’s tenure. With new contracts, new roles along with salary raise will also be presented to new and existing players.
In this contract, there is a buzz around one player who’s been a sensational star and played in Team India’s lead bowler in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy and that player is Jasprit Bumrah.
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Jasprit Bumrah Injury Concerns
Bumrah, who has been undergoing rehabilitation at the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, is expected to rejoin the squad by early April, subject to medical clearance. MI have three matches scheduled in March, meaning he could miss a significant portion of the tournament’s early stages, as per ESPNcricinfo.
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Reason Of Injury
The pacer suffered a stress-related back injury on the second day of the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Sydney on January 4. As a result, he was ruled out of the Champions Trophy, which India went on to win earlier this month. This marks the first recurrence of his back issues since he underwent surgery in March 2023.
When India’s squad for the Champions Trophy was announced in January, chief selector Ajit Agarkar stated that Bumrah had been advised by the BCCI medical team to offload for at least five weeks following the Sydney Test. Although initially named in India’s provisional squad, he underwent fresh scans in early February and continued to experience discomfort, ultimately missing the tournament.
It remains uncertain how many IPL matches Bumrah will be unavailable for, with no confirmed timeline for his return. MI’s first two matches are away fixtures–against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai on March 23 and Gujarat Titans (GT) in Ahmedabad on March 29. Their first home game is against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on March 31, followed by fixtures against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow on April 4 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Mumbai on April 7.
Will Jasprit Bumrah’s Injury Hamper His Grade
With Bumrah is being sidelined for now, there is a speculation related to his grade in the upcoming Central Contract. But the question is “will his injury hamper his grades?”, the answer is “No”. There is no chance that his grades will be changed as he is a star bowler who bowled a pivotal role in India’s memorable victories.
The Current Central Contract
| Grade | Athletes |
|---|---|
| A+ | Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja |
| A | R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya |
| B | Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| C | Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar |
