Central Contracts for the National Team Announced, Salaries Revealed

Sports Desk
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has released the list of central contracts for national team cricketers for 2026. The big surprise in this year’s contract is that no cricketer has got a place in the top tier, i.e. ‘A+’ category. While Taskin Ahmed was the only cricketer on the list last year, he has been demoted from there this time.

​BCB sources said that considering the lack of regular cricketers in the three formats and the performance criteria, the ‘A+’ category has been kept vacant this time. However, the board has not made any major changes in the salary structure; the salary fixed last year will remain the same this time too.

In the 2025 contract, Taskin Ahmed was the only player in the ‘A+’ category with a salary of Tk 1 million. However, in the new list for 2026, Taskin has been downgraded to ‘A’ grade. As a result, the slot for the highest-paid player on the board remains empty.

All three captains are in ‘A’ grade
. There has been a big change in the ‘A’ category in this year’s contract. The three captains of the three editions of the national team – Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Kumar Das and Mehedi Hasan Miraj – are in this category with a salary of 8 lakh taka. Taskin Ahmed has been placed in this category along with them.

Salary Structure and Grading:
A total of 28 cricketers have been divided into five levels in this contract. The salaries have been kept the same as before:
Grade A (8 lakh taka): Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Kumar Das, Mehedi Hasan Miraj and Taskin Ahmed.

B Grade (6 lakh taka): Mushfiqur Rahim, Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Mostafizur Rahman, Towhid Hridoy, Sadman Islam, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Rishad Hossain, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana.

​C Grade (4 lakh taka): Soumya Sarkar, Zaker Ali Anik, Shariful Islam, Tanjim Hasan Shakib, Nasum Ahmed and Syed Khaled Ahmed.

D Grade (2 lakh taka): Saif Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanvir Islam, Naeem Hasan, Hasan Murad, Shamim Hossain and Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan.