Soumya Sarkar Named in A-Plus Category in New Central Contract of BCB

After missing out on the central contract initially, Soumya Sarkar was eventually identified in the A-plus tier of the newly announced Central Cricket Contract with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

On Tuesday night, the Board sent a press release announcing Soumya Sarkar's deal for white-ball cricket in the A-plus category and confirming the status of other national cricketers.

The BCB, however, is yet to disclose the remunerations of different categories of national cricketers. 

A total of 17 cricketers, including Soumya, have been included in this year's Central Contract, while cricketers demanded that at least 30 cricketers be included in the Central Contract during their demonstration last October. At that point, BCB had committed to their plan, but did not keep the promise

Seven out of 17 players are included in the main contract for both white and red-ball cricket, six for white-ball cricket and four for red-ball cricket.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal are in the A-plus category in both white and red-ball cricket while Mahmudullah Riyad and Soumya Sarkar are also in the A-plus category only for white-ball cricket. Test captain Mominul Haque is in the A category for red-ball cricket only. 

Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are in B category in both white and red-ball cricket while Taijul Islam in the same category only for red-ball cricket. Mustafizur Rahman also in the same category for white-ball cricket. 

Mohammad Mithun, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed Rahi, and Ebadot Hossain are in D category for red-ball cricket while Taijul Islam and Najmul Hossain in D category for white-ball cricket. 

Afif Hossan, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Mohammad Mithun, and Mohammad Saifuddin are in the C category for white-ball cricket.

Along with recent-past ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan, eight players were dropped from the previous central contract.

This year, six players won the central contract for both the red and white-ball cricket after losing the last season.

They are Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal (A-plus), Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (B), Taijul Islam (B in red-ball, C in white-ball), Mohammad Mithun (D in white-ball, C in white ball), Najmul Hossain Shanto (D). 

Cricketers, who got the central contract for red-ball cricket only are Mominul Haque (A), Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed Rahi and Ebadot Hossain (D). 

Players, who got the central contract for white-ball cricket only are Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar (A-plus), Mustafizur Rahman (B), Mohammad Saifuddin (C), Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim Sheikh (D).