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The future of Tamim Iqbal in Bangladesh remains
uncertain after he was excluded off the BCB’s central contracts list for 2024.
Less than a day had passed since Tamim’s July 2018
retirement from international cricket before Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister
of the nation, talked him out of it. After a split with the BCB, he resigned as
captain and declared himself available for the World Cup.
However, Tamim’s relationship with the board has been
largely cordial in recent months. During the BPL, Tamim had stated that he
would make an announcement regarding his status as an international cricket
player.
Even though Tamim might yet make a comeback in ODIs
and Tests, this BCB announcement strongly suggests that he is no longer in
their plans for 2024.
Of the twenty-one cricketers who received national
contracts, Shoriful Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto, the new captain, received
all-format deals. With the BCB, Taskin Ahmed, who held the triple contract the
previous year, now has an ODI and T20I agreement. It has been claimed that he
recently wrote to the BCB requesting to not be considered for testing.
Taskin is recovering from a shoulder injury he
sustained during last year’s World Cup in India. He was absent from the
subsequent home Tests against New Zealand and the December white-ball tour to
New Zealand. His current team, Durdanto Dhaka, is a participant in the BPL.
In addition to Tamim, the individuals on the central
contracts list that are not included include Ebadot, Afif, and Mosaddek
Hossains. Towhid Hridoy, Tanzim Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Naeem Hasan, and
Nurul Hasan are some of the newcomers for 2024.
In the meantime, 85 players have contracts for the
2024 first-class cricket season after the BCB authorised their salaries.