Left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam was rewarded for his consistency in all formats this season for the national team Bangladesh as he was anded an all-format contract by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the 2021-22 season. This is the first time ever that Shoriful has been named in the retainer’s list and it couldn’t have been any better getting to the top of the tree straightway.
A total of a 24-members have been centrally contracted by the BCB this time around with only five of them getting an all formats contract. The other four in the list include Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Taskin Ahmed and Liton Das.
Only 20 years old, Shoriful has played just a solitary Test, four ODIs and 10 T20Is having made his international debut in a T20I against New Zealand in March this year.
The BCB introduced a format-wise contract system this year replacing its red and white ball contract system which was in place in 2019 and 2020.
While Mohammad Mithun, Nayeem Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Rubel Hossain and Aminul Islam failed to retain their contracts, all-rounder Mahedi Hasan, wicket-keeper batter Nurul Hasan Sohan, spinner Nasum Ahmed and lower-order hitter and part-time spinner Shamim Hossain were named in the central contracts list for the first time. All of them were named in the only T20 lists.
Total contracted players: 24
All format players (five): Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam
Tests and ODIs (three): Tamim Iqbal, Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam
ODIs and T20Is (four): Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin and Afif Hossain
Only Tests (six):Mominul Haque, Abu Jayed, Najmul Hossain, Shadman Islam, Saif Hassan and Ebadot Hossain
Only T20Is (six): Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Mahedi Hasan, Nurul Hasan, Nasum Ahmed and Shamim Hossain