The Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to expand its central contract list this year. The number of contracted players will rise from 22 to 27. The board has almost finished preparing the new list. Only the official announcement is left.
The central contracts will cover the full year. They will run from 1 January to 31 December. As in previous years, the list includes players from the national team across formats.
Several players are set to join the central contract for the first time. Saif Hassan, Hasan Murad, Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanvir Islam are expected to be included in the new list.
Taskin Ahmed will not be part of the contract across all three formats. He is currently playing for the national team in two formats, excluding Tests. Najmul Hossain Shanto, the Test captain, may be the only player to feature in contracts for all formats. Nurul Hasan Sohan is not included in the list this year either.
Player salaries were increased last year. This time, the board has decided to keep the salary structure unchanged.
The probable list of 27 centrally contracted cricketers includes:
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Kumar Das, Taskin Ahmed, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Towhid Hridoy, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Shadman Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Naim Hasan, Tanvir Islam and Hasan Murad.
