Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan Axed From Bangladesh Central Contracts List

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has come down heavily on its players and has excluded certain key players from its new central contracts list. The decision has come as a surprise not only to fans but the cricketers as well. BCB has decided not to go along with Mashrafe Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan anymore and has axed them from their fresh contracts list.

Bangladesh Cricket team (Credits: Twitter)Batsman Mahmudullah and pacer Mustafizur Rahman were axed from the Test contract list and were being handed only a partial contract for the white-ball cricket.

Mashrafe Mortaza Axed From Bangladesh Central Contracts List:

The BCB during a meeting of the Board of Directors finalized a list of 16 players to be included in the national payroll, but only seven of them were offered a contract for both red and white-ball cricket.

The most shocking exclusion, however, has been that of all-rounders Mortaza and Shakib.

Mortaza has not been in a good form since a long time now, but he recently expressed his assent of playing limited-overs cricket. Shakib, on the other hand, has been facing a one-year ban from the ICC for contacting a bookie.

Bangladesh Cricket Board Comes Down Hard On Its Players:

Test captain Mominul Haque, spinner Nayeem Hasan, pacers Abu Jayed and Ebadot Hossain were given a contract only for red-ball cricket, while Mahmudullah, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim were given contracts only for ODIs.