Soumya in, but list still too short
It took almost 48 hours for the Bangladesh Cricket Board to rectify the mistake of not including A-plus category player Soumya Sarkar in the list of centrally-contracted cricketers for the year 2020.
In a press release yesterday, the board drafted Soumya into the A-plus category for white-ball formats and released a revised list of 17 cricketers with new central contracts.
After its meeting on Sunday, the BCB had disclosed the names of 16 players for new central contracts. But many eyebrows were raised as Soumya was left off the list.
After chief selector Minhajul Abedin admitted to it being a mistake, the BCB moved to include him. However, during the players' revolt last year, the board had pledged to include at least 30 players under central contracts. It remains to be seen if including just half that number was a mistake too. And if so, then will it be rectified as well?
SALARY STRUCTURE
Category: A plus (Monthly salary Tk 4 lakh)
Red Ball: Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal
White Ball: Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar
Category: A (Monthly salary Tk 3 lakh)
Red Ball: Mominul Haque
White Ball: None
Category: B (Monthly salary Tk 2 lakh)
Red Ball: Liton Das, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam
White Ball: Liton Das, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman
Category C: Monthly salary 1.5 lakh)
Red Ball : None
White Ball: Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin
Category: D (Monthly salary Tk 1 lakh)
Red Ball: Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed, Ebadot Hossain
White Ball: Taijul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim
* Players to feature in both red and white-ball formats will draw full amount of their salary in one format and half of the other format.
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