The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the list of their players who have got the central contract till December 2022.
While the contracts of Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Jayed, Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar and Shamim Hossain haven’t been renewed, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Yasir Ali have been signed as the newly contracted players for tests only.
Also, two experienced campaigners, Mahmudullah and Mustafizur Rahman have been given contracts only in white-ball cricket.
In a significant development, Shakib Al Hasan is among the five players handed central contracts for all three formats despite his controversial decision to seek leave for the South African tour.
As per the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, Shakib has stepped back from his initial request to keep him away from the game's longest format until mid-November. Therefore, the BCB expects him to be available for the rest of the Tests to be played this year.
Earlier, BCB had granted him rest from all formats till April 30, considering his physical and mental condition.
Apart from Shakib, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed, and Shoriful Islam are the four players who have got this contract for all three formats.
On the other hand, the experienced Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal who announced to take a six-month-long break from T20Is this year, has been handed contracts in tests and ODIs.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz is the only other name to be included in this list alongside Tamim Iqbal. Among other players, Afif Hossain has been contracted for ODIs and t20Is, whereas Nurul Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Naim and Mahedi Hasan have got on T20I contracts.
However, the BCB hasn’t announced the monthly salary or the match fees for each format.