Dhaka, Mar 10 (IANS): Amid the uncertainty over his future, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday was handed an all-format contract because the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) introduced a 21-member checklist of centrally-contracted cricketers for the 2022 season.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board BCB) on Wednesday granted relaxation to Shakib from all types of worldwide cricket until April 30 to get better from psychological and bodily fatigue and there have been clouds over his profession with the nationwide staff. Nonetheless, an all-format contract clears the air relating to his availability for Bangladesh’s worldwide matches sooner or later.
The announcement was made hours earlier than Shakib’s arrival from UAE and the cricketer is predicted to take a seat with the BCB president Nazmul Hasan to debate his future.
In response to a report in Cricbuzz, the all-rounder had verbally assured them that he might be obtainable for the nationwide staff throughout codecs after he was given a break from the tour of South Africa. Nonetheless, a BCB official stated that the board won’t pay wage to a cricketer for the timeframe he’s unavailable until he’s injured.
“If anybody is unavailable to carry out nationwide obligation apart from harm in that case he won’t be paid for that time-frame when the staff is enjoying,” he stated.
Shakib is amongst solely 5 cricketers, additionally together with Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das, to be handed the 9all-format contracts. The board launched a format-specific contract system from final yr.
Tamim Iqbal and Mehedy Hasan earned contracts in Checks and ODIs whereas Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman and Afif Hossain earned a contract for ODIs and T20Is.
The likes of Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan are the one two new faces within the contract checklist as they’re included for Checks. Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Jayed, Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar and Shamim Hossain didn’t make the minimize whereas Taijul Islam is given solely a Take a look at contract though he was included in ODIs over the past yr.
Contracts for 2022:
All codecs: Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam
Checks and ODIs: Tamim Iqbal and Mehidy Hasan
Solely Checks: Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shadman Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure
ODIs and T20Is: Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman and Afif Hossain
Solely T20Is: Mohammad Naim, Mahedi Hasan, Nurul Hasan and Nasum Ahmed
New Inclusions: Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure
