Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday left its top A+ category vacant while announcing the men’s national players’ contracts for 2026, with 28 cricketers awarded deals across four active salary grades.
No player was included in the highest A+ grade, which carries a monthly salary of Tk1,000,000.
Four players — Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das, and Taskin Ahmed — were placed in Grade A, earning Tk800,000 per month.
Grade B, worth Tk600,000 per month, features Mushfiqur Rahim, Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Towhid Hridoy, Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, and Nahid Rana.
Soumya Sarkar, Jaker Ali Anik, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed, and Syed Khaled Ahmed were named in Grade C (Tk400,000), while seven players — Saif Hassan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanvir Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Hasan Murad, Shamim Hossain, and Qazi Nurul Hasan Sohan — received Grade D contracts worth Tk200,000 per month.
