Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the national contact for the year 2022 with Shakib Al Hasan named in all formats.

This is the second time BCB announced the different contracts for the different formats of the game. Last year, BCB had included a total of 24 players including some new faces.

Yasir Ali Rabbi and Mahmudul Hasan Joy have been awarded the central contract for the first time. Both have played international matches recently at home and abroad.

A total of 21 players have been awarded the contracts with five— Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Shakib, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam— featuring in all formats.

Read: “Mentally and physically unfit” Shakib to stay away from cricket: Jalal

Tamim Iqbal and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are contracted only for Test and ODI while Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Ebadot Hossain, Shadman Islam, Yasir Ali, and Mahmudul Hasan Joy are contracted only for Test.

Mahmudllah Riyad, Afif Hossain, and Mustafizur Rahman have been awarded the contract of white-ball cricket — ODI and T20I— only while Nurul Hasan Sohan, Nasum Ahmed and Mahedi Hasan are contracted only for T20I.

Five players who were in the previous contracts have been omitted. They are Abu Jayed, Saif Hassan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Soumya Sarkar and Shamim Hossain.

Read: BCB can't run after Shakib: Khaled Mahmud

Recently, Bangladesh played against Afghanistan at home.

The Tigers will travel to South Africa on March 12 for a three-match ODI and two-match Test series. The first match of the series will take place on March 18.