Six Bangladesh players in ECB’s Hundred draft

Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal were among six Bangladesh players to have registered for England Cricket Board's (ECB) inaugural draft for the Hundred tournament.

The Hundred is a new competition in which eight freshly formed teams, representing seven cities from around the UK, compete against each other. Each team has both a men's and women's side.

165 overseas players were registered in the full list before the main draft on October 20 with the likes of Rashid Khan, Chris Gayle, David Warner, Aaron Finch and Babar Azam some of the major names that have already signed up.

Along with Shakib and Tamim, the four other Bangladesh players to have signed up were Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Both Shakib and Tamim entered with a reserve price of £100,000 alongside other star names such as Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard.

There were four reserve price brackets with eight players in the highest salary cap of £125,000 while the other reserve price brackets were £100,000, £75,000, £ 50,000, £40,000. Sixty-seven players have not set a reserve price and the four other Bangladesh players in Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman and Mushfiqur Rahim. are expected to be among them.