The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Wednesday, February 28 announced the annual retainership for the senior men's team cricketers for the 2023-24 cycle.

In a big move, the national body removed Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan from the annual retaindership contract list despite both of them featuring in India's ODI World Cup campaign last year.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravinra Jadeja were retained in the top bracket (A+) as 30 players were included in the central contracts list. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have been removed from the annual retainership contract after they missed the majority of the ongoing domestic cricket season.

While Ishan Kishan was in Grade C, Shreyas Iyer was in Grade B of the retainership contracts for the 2022-23 season.

"Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of

recommendations," the BCCI said in a statement.

BCCI CONTRACTS FOR 2023-24: FULL LIST

Grade A+ (4 Athletes)

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade A (6 Athletes)

R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.

Grade B (5 Athletes)

Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.