These 2 players have made cricket only by staying away from Tests, notes are printing every month

Cricket: Even though the bat is moving less on the ground of cricket, these two veterans are raining crores every month. Despite being distance from Test cricket, the highest contract of BCCI is intact on these-and this is the reason why these players are using cricket as their personal ATM machine.

Match may play less, but is still at the top of earnings on the strength of brand value and old records. After all, how? Let’s know the whole matter.

The two cricketers we are talking about making Cricket (Cricket) ATM is none other than Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The BCCI released the annual player contracts for the 2024-25 season on 21 April.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were once again included in the A+ grade, giving them ₹ 7 crore annually. That is, both these veterans are earning about ₹ 58 lakhs every month only from retainership, they too stayed away from Test cricket.

Tea20 and retirement from Test, yet on top of earning

After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, both Virat and Rohit retired from T20 International. After this, in May 2025, he also said goodbye to Test Cricket. Despite this, both these players are still in the list of the highest payments.

Because he played enough matches in the first 8 months of the year. According to the conditions of BCCI, a player has to play at least 3 Tests, 8 ODIs or 10 T20s to get grade C. Both Virat and Rohit have played more matches (6-8 Tests and 7-8 ODIs) than the condition.

Emptiness in leadershipNew generation is getting responsibility

After retiring from Virat and Rohit’s test, India’s captaincy has been handed over to Shubhman Gill. India is currently playing a 5-match Test series against England, in which Team India is currently trailing 2–1.