Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the most liked players in India right now. Of course, both of them now play for Team India only in ODI format, but the fans’ craze for them is continuously increasing. In the latest contract of BCCI, there are 4 players including Virat and Rohit, who get an annual salary of Rs 7 crore. Both of them get crores of rupees from IPL, they also earn huge money from advertisements. Know who are the top-5 highest earning players of India in the year 2025.

Compared to other sports in India, cricket is the most famous, the craze for which is spread in every region of the country. That’s why every big company wants cricketers who have played at the national level to advertise for their companies. The bigger the player, the greater his demand and for this the companies also have to pay more money. Currently, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the biggest players of India, who have retired from T20 and Test.

1. Virat Kohli (250-300 crores)

Virat Kohli is at second place in the ICC ODI batting rankings, having scored 2 centuries in the 3-match series against South Africa. Kohli earns Rs 7 crore per year from BCCI contract, apart from this he gets Rs 21 crore from RCB in IPL. Apart from this, Kohli earns huge amount from many advertisements, he also has his own company. According to the report, his earning in the year 2025 will be between Rs 250 to 300 crore.

2. Rohit Sharma (150-180 crores)

Rohit Sharma is second in the list, who has earned Rs 150 to 180 crore in the year 2025. His annual salary from BCCI contract is Rs 7 crore. In the last edition, Mumbai Indians had retained him for Rs 16 crore. Apart from this, Rohit earns a lot from per match fees and advertisements.

3. Rishabh Pant (100-120 crores)

Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for a record amount in the last IPL edition, he got Rs 27 crore for one edition. This time also Lucknow has retained him. Pant is in A grade in the BCCI’s central contract list, whose annual salary is Rs 5 crore. Apart from this, Pant earns from advertisements.

4. Jasprit Bumrah (90-110 crores)

Jasprit Bumrah is also in Grade A+ along with Kohli and Rohit, whose annual salary is Rs 7 crore. Bumrah plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL, this year Jasprit Bumrah was retained by Mumbai for Rs 18 crore. He is the most expensive player of MI team. His earning in 2025 is said to be between Rs 90 to 110 crore.

5. Hardik Pandya (80-100 crores),

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya is in A grade in BCCI’s central contract, in which he gets Rs 5 crore annually. Hardik is the fifth highest earning Indian player in the year 2025. His IPL salary is Rs 16.35 crore. Apart from this, Hardik does advertisements for many companies, from which he earns a lot. According to the report, Hardik’s earnings in the year 2025 will be between Rs 80 to 100 crore.

The Indian cricket team has been transformed within the last one year. The ODI captaincy has also gone from the hands of Rohit Sharma, who has retired from T20 and Tests. Shubman Gill has become the new captain of the Indian ODI team, so Gill will be seen commanding the Indian team in the ODI against Australia. Will Rohit Sharma be cut off from BCCI’s salary by snatching the captaincy? Here you will get the answer to this question.

All the players who come to the Central Contract List of BCCI are given salary according to the grade system. Players are divided into Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. It does not matter whether the player is the captain or the vice -captain.

Rohit Sharma falls in grade A+ category, BCCI gives a salary of Rs 7 crore annually to the players coming in it. Even after the captaincy, Rohit will remain in the grade A+ category, so there will be no effect on the tank he received. Let us tell you that apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are the 3 cricketers who get a salary of Rs 7 crore a year.

Shubman Gill was placed in grade A in BCCI’s 2024-25 Central Contract List. BCCI gives a tank of Rs 5 crore to the new captain of the Indian ODI team, Shubman Gill. If you look at all classes, players with grade A+ get 7 crores annually, grade A players get 5 crores annually and grade B cricketers get 3 crore rupees a year. At the same time, cricketers coming in grade C get one crore rupees annually.

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from both Tests and T20 cricket. Now only Rohit and Kohli, who play ODI, take heavy salary from BCCI. The BCCI’s salary system is such that the players are divided into 4 parts. There are only 2 such players in Indian cricket, who take equal salary as Rohit and Virat.

How many salary do Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma take?

In the Central Contract List of BCCI, players are divided into four grades. These players are tanked under Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. Grade A+ cricketers get 7 crores annually, 5 crore to grade A players with Grade B and Grade C players get a tank of Rs 1 crore in a year.

Since Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fall in the grade A+ of the Central Contract List, BCCI gives them a tank of Rs 7 crore for a year.

Only these 2 players get 7 crores

Apart from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, only Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are present in Grade A+. Therefore, BCCI gives a salary of Rs 7 crore annually to Bumrah and Jadeja with Virat and Rohit.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were last seen representing Team India in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025. Both of them will not play in the Asia Cup, which will be played in T20 format, but Virat and Rohit have said goodbye to T20 cricket. If Virat and Rohit play in all ODI matches for Team India in 2025, then they will be seen playing only 6 more matches this year.

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from both Tests and T20 cricket. Now only Rohit and Kohli, who play ODI, take heavy salary from BCCI. The BCCI’s salary system is such that the players are divided into 4 parts. There are only 2 such players in Indian cricket, who take equal salary as Rohit and Virat.

How many salary do Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma take?

In the Central Contract List of BCCI, players are divided into four grades. These players are tanked under Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. Grade A+ cricketers get 7 crores annually, 5 crore to grade A players with Grade B and Grade C players get a tank of Rs 1 crore in a year.

Since Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fall in the grade A+ of the Central Contract List, BCCI gives them a tank of Rs 7 crore for a year.

Only these 2 players get 7 crores

Apart from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, only Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are present in Grade A+. Therefore, BCCI gives a salary of Rs 7 crore annually to Bumrah and Jadeja with Virat and Rohit.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were last seen representing Team India in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025. Both of them will not play in the Asia Cup, which will be played in T20 format, but Virat and Rohit have said goodbye to T20 cricket. If Virat and Rohit play in all ODI matches for Team India in 2025, then they will be seen playing only 6 more matches this year.

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Indian cricket is in a period when it has different captains for all three formats. The ODI captaincy is currently with Rohit Sharma, last year Suryakumar Yadav was appointed as T20 captain and this year Shubman Gill has become the new Test captain. After landing on the field, the captain has to take more tension than other players, he has to decide how to use the bowlers and when to set up how many aggressive fielding to be used. Does this mean that the captain gets more Indian Cricketers Salary than other players? Here you will get the answer to this question.

Does the captain get more salary?

Does the captain get more salary? The direct answer to this question is ‘no’. In fact, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has divided the salary system of cricketers into four grades. Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C, the players under them get a tank in crores of rupees. Grade A+ with 7 crores annually, grade A players 5 crores a year, players under Grade B take 3 crores in a year, while players with grade C get 1 crore rupees a year.

Through the grade system, sometimes the captain may be getting more salary. Like ODI captain Rohit Sharma comes in Grade A+, so his annual salary is Rs 7 crore. As a captain, he will be getting more conflict than most of the players of the ODI team. Such Test captains come in grade A, so they must be earning more than players with B and C grade.

Players get match fees separately

Indian cricketers get different match fees in Test, ODI and T20 matches. All other players, including the captain, get a match fee of Rs 15 lakh to play a Test match, Rs 6 lakh to play ODI and a match fee of Rs 3 lakh to play a T20 match.

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Bcci Central Contract Salary List: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have retired from 2 Surma T20 and Test format of Indian cricket. He will now play only in ODIs and is being speculated that Virat and Rohit can continue to play till 2027 ODI World Cup. Since Rohit and Virat have now retired from two formats, have they reduced the salary from BCCI? Know here how much salary the BCCI is giving them right now.

The BCCI released the Central Contract list for the 2025-26 session in April this year. In it, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were kept in grade A+. Players coming in this grade get a salary of Rs 7 crore annually. Remind that despite the T20 retirement, they were kept in grade A+, while in this grade those players are kept who are playing in all three formats.

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Shubman Gill was recently made the new captain of the Indian Test team. He was placed in grade A of Central Contract. BCCI gives a annual Rs 5 crore to the players under this grade. Other players who come to Grade A are Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami.

Talking about grade B, BCCI pays Rs 3 crore to the players involved in a year. This grade includes Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akshar Patel. At the same time, many players including Rinku Singh and Shivam Dubey are included in Grade C. BCCI gives Rs 1 crore annually to the players coming in grade C.

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