India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been rewarded for her heroics in India’s maiden title win during the Women’s World Cup 2025 last year by being promoted to Grade A in the latest BCCI Central Contract List 2025-26. She was India’s third-highest run-scorer in the ICC event with 292 runs at a stellar average of 58.40, which included an unbeaten masterclass of 127* against Australia in the semi-final.
The Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper, who recently also guided the franchise to the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026) final, will now join India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, batting stalwart Smriti Mandhana and key all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the top grade.
Richa Ghosh, Shafali Verma and Renuka Singh Thakur were the constants in Grade B.
On the other hand, Harleen Deol has made a return to the BCCI Central Contract List 2025-26 in Grade C after missing out the last time.
Multiple young talents also received their maiden contracts. Names who were in the previous contract list but have been snubbed this time are Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, and Titas Sadhu.
Grade A: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma
Grade B: Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana
Grade C: Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetry, Arundhati Reddy, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis
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Alongside Jemimah climbing upto Grade A, all-rounder Sneh Rana too earned a promotion, getting named in Grade B after featuring in Grade C the previous year. The bowling all-rounder was also a key cog in India’s title-winning Women’s World Cup 2025 side.
Shreyanka Patil missed out on a spot after being on the sidelines due to injury. She suffered a string of issues following her higly successful WPL 2025 season. The talented spinner fractured her finger during the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 and while she made a return for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in October, she soon suffered Grade 3 shin splints in both legs, further ruling her out of action. Next, Shreyanka got a stress reaction in her wrist which also forced her to miss the WPL 2025 season and the subsequent ODI World Cup, eventually making a return in WCPL 2025.
Pooja Vastrakar too had been riddled with injuries, with her last India appearance coming in October 2024, in the T20 World Cup against Australia. She missed the WPL 2025 and was also not included in the Women’s World Cup 2025 squad. Furthermore, she underwent shoulder surgery last year and again suffered a hamstring injury prior to the WPL 2026 season this year.
Young fast bowler Titas Sadhu too have suffered a similar fate.
In the bid to continue promoting youngsters and building a strong pool of talent, Shree Charani, Gunalan Kamalini, Kashvee Gautam, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud and Tejal Hasabnis are amongst the new players to have earned their maiden Women’s BCCI Central Contract.
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