BCCI annual contracts: Shafali retained in Grade B; Patil, Reddy among new entrants

The BCCI has awarded 16 contracts in all from the 17 they introduced beforehand in April 2023. Contracts for the 2023-24 season weren’t made public.

Allrounders Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar, who have not performed for the reason that T20 World Cup in October final 12 months, retained their Grade C retainers. Vastrakar continues to get better from a long-standing again harm that additionally compelled her out of WPL 2025, whereas Rana hasn’t performed for the nationwide crew since 2023. Yastika Bhatia too retains her spot regardless of having battled kind and health considerations over the previous 12 months.

Batters Harleen Deol and Pratika Rawal, and legspinner Priya Mishra are among the notable absentees. Deol returned from a protracted harm layoff to smash her maiden worldwide century through the house ODIs towards West Indies in January, whereas Rawal made a robust begin to her worldwide profession.

No lady has scored extra in her first six innings than the 444 runs Rawal has made. Mishra, in the meantime, has featured in each single squad since making her ODI debut towards New Zealand in October, and was one of many breakout Indian gamers at WPL 2025.

The record, really useful by the ladies’s senior choice panel chaired by Neetu David and head coach Amol Muzumdar, is for a 12-month period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.

India is subsequent set to play ODI tri-series in Sri Lanka, additionally that includes South Africa, in April adopted by a tour of England in the summer season as a part of their FTP calendar, in the run-up to the 50-over World Cup they’re slated to host in September.

In: Shreyanka Patil, Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy, Uma Chetry, Amanjot Kaur

Out: Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Anjali Sarvani