He was bought by RCB for INR 2.6 crores at the IPL 2025 auction.
A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) new recruit has been awarded a central contract from his country’s cricket board following his recent impressive debut.
21-year-old English batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell, who was bought by RCB for INR 2.6 crores at the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) auction last month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, made his debut for England earlier last week during the New Zealand vs England 1st Test in Christchurch.
Bethell made an impressive start to his Test career, scoring a maiden half-century in the second innings to help secure England’s win at Hagley Oval.
Following his heroics, the England Cricket Board (RCB) upgraded his development contract to a central contract, which will run for two years until September 2026. Notably, Bethell was given his development contract only last month.
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The ECB has handed out central contracts in a two-year and one-year model. Top names to feature in the two-year list include the likes of Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jos Buttler.
On the other hand, IPL stars like Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone amongst others have been enlisted in the one-year list.
The ECB also ensured to hand three of their prominent seamers – Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Jofra Archer, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer Brydon Carse, and Matthew Potts extended contracts until September 2026.
List of England Men Centrally Contracted Players 2024/2025
Two-Year Contracts: Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood (Durham)
One-Year Contracts: Rehan Ahmed, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Josh Tongue, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
England Development contracts: Josh Hull and John Turner
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