Jemimah Rodrigues has been awarded the highest grade within the BCCI girls’s central contracts for 2025-26. Rodrigues’ promotion comes on the again of a shocking turnaround in type that was instrumental in India successful their first-ever World Cup in November final 12 months.
Whereas the BCCI didn’t specify the worth of the completely different contract grades, ESPNcricinfo understands there was no change to final 12 months’s construction, which pegs Grade A at INR 50 lakh, Grade B at INR 30 lakh, and Grade C at INR 10 lakh.
Rodrigues, whose semi-final century knocked Australia out, is the only addition to Grade A, which additionally consists of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Deepti Sharma.
Rawal was India’s second-highest run-getter on the World Cup, tallying 308 runs in six innings at a mean of 51.33 earlier than being injured, whereas Gaud impressed most notably in India’s ODI collection win in England final July, the place she picked up a career-best 6 for 52.
In the meantime, Sneh Rana additionally earned a step as much as Grade B following a sensational worldwide comeback halfway by way of 2025, along with her 15 wickets within the Sri Lanka tri-series incomes her the Participant of the Event award. Like final 12 months, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, and Renuka Singh continued within the center tier.
Barring Yastika Bhatia, who’s recovering from a knee damage, Grade C was full of new entrants, most notably Shree Charani and Harleen Deol, each a part of the World Cup squad. Charani was India’s second-highest wicket-taker (14), behind Deepti (22), whereas Harleen featured in seven matches throughout the marketing campaign.
All-rounders Shreyanka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar have been notable omissions. Each held Grade C retainers throughout the earlier cycle and spent the following 12 months on the sidelines rehabbing from a number of accidents. Patil and Vastrakar featured lately in RCB’s triumphant WPL marketing campaign final week; Patil has since been named in India’s T20I squad for the Australia collection starting subsequent week.
Grade A: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma
Grade B: Renuka Thakur, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetry, Arundhati Reddy
Grade C: Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis
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