Shakib Al Hasan announced as Bangladesh T20I Captain

Bangladesh has formally affirmed Shakib Al Hasan as the new Captain of their T20I side. Shakib will assume control from Mashrafe Mortaza, who resigned from the format not long ago, BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Saturday(April 22).

"There were different names that we considered, however, Shakib's form and abilities in T20s is exceptional so he was nearly picked of course," Hassan said in Mirpur.

The BCB boss had beforehand demonstrated that Shakib was the likeliest hopeful, among three others, and the choice was taken at the board's initially meeting in 2017. Shakib has past captaincy involvement in the briefest configuration, yet Bangladesh has lost every one of the four diversions with the allrounder in charge, in the vicinity of 2009 and 2010.

BCB report climbs for contracted players

In another real improvement, BCB likewise raised the compensation of Bangladesh's contracted players for 2017. The most noteworthy review - An or more - had their salary climbed by 38% to BDT 400,000 (USD 5000) every month. The four different classifications - A, B, C and D - got an augmentation going between 25 for every penny to 33 for each penny. The choice was endorsed by players allegedly requested an equality in yearly contracts when contrasted with that of alternate sides. The players' match expense has additionally been expanded - BDT 350,000 (USD 4375) for a Test, BDT 200,000 for an ODI and BDT 125,000 for T20I.

BCB, however, have not discharged the rundown of agreement players for the year. "We are marginally confounded by our reviewing arrangement of the players. They get all the more evaluating focuses by playing more matches yet that occasionally isn't reasonable for players like Mustafizur Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain and Mehedi Hasan who likewise perform yet haven't played many matches. So we will have a moment look where we consider the players' execution and our rating framework," Hassan said.