Zakir Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Hasan Mahmud and Khaled Ahmed were awarded their maiden national players' contract as Bangladesh Cricket Board declared 21 names for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2023.
Yasir Ali, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam and Mohammad Naim were the four cricketers who were dropped from the central contract list.
Zakir has recently been under the limelight in the national set-up for his century in the recent Test series at home against India, and continued his form in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20.
Young fast bowler Hasan on the other hand has been impressive since his debut in 2020.
Wicketkeeper-batter Zakir has been named under contract for Test format only, while Hasan was handed contract for T20 internationals.
Shakib al Hasan, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed and Mehedi Hasan Miraz were the only four cricketers among the 21 to get contract for all three formats.
Mushfiqur Rahim was contracted for Test and one-day internationals, while Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal got signed for two formats, Test and ODI, as he announced retirement from T20Is.
Another senior player, Mahmudullah got contract for ODI only, which hinted that the team management is no longer keen to consider him for the shortest format.
Mahmudullah has retired from Test cricket but got axed from the T20 format after he was snubbed for the T20 World Cup last year following poor form.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Nurul Hasan received Test and T20 contract, while Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Ebadat Hossain and Khaled got contract for just Test format.
Mustafizur Rahman was handed contract for white-ball cricket only, which shows that the Bangladesh team thinktank is not willing to feature him in longer-version.
Afif Hossain and Shariful Islam were the other two cricketers to get ODI and T20 contract.
Earlier, Shariful was included in all three formats but subsequently dropped from Test format after failing to show his skills.
Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan and Mosaddek got T20 contract only, like Hasan.
All formats
Liton Das, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Shakib al Hasan, Taskin Ahmed
Test, ODI
Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal
Test, T20I
Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nurul Hasan
ODI, T20I
Afif Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shariful Islam
Test
Ebadat Hossain, Khaled Ahmed, Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Zakir Hasan
ODI
Mahmudullah
T20I
Hasan Mahmud, Mahedi Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed
