In the draft of the Hundred, there are 16 Bangladeshis including Shakib and Tamim. The upcoming edition of the Hundred, England’s domestic tournament, has listed the names of Bangladeshi cricketers in the player’s draft. Among them are Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal, and Touhid Hriday.
In this tournament of 100 balls, the list of cricketers for the draft was published on Tuesday. There are a total of 890 cricketers registered, including 389 foreign players out of 634 males. Eight teams of boys and eight teams of girls have retained cricketers from the previous season, leaving 75 cricketers available for the draft. Shakib is listed in the category worth 75,000 pounds. Earlier, this spinning all-rounder had given his name three times but never made it to any team.
Tamim and Liton’s base price is 60,000 pounds, Taskin Ahmed and Shariful Islam’s 50,000 pounds. Additionally, the prices for Bangladeshi cricketers such as Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Soumya Sarkar, Rony Talukdar, Tanjid Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, and Shahidul Islam have not been set. Seven cricketers including Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran, Angelo Mathews, and Daryl Mitchell are listed with a top salary of one lakh pounds. Shamir Joseph, who has made a mark in Test cricket, is priced at one lakh pounds.
After a stellar performance in the Abu Dhabi T10 League, this Caribbean pacer has been picked up by teams in the PSL and IPL. In this category of the second-highest salary, there are a total of nine cricketers including David Warner, Sikandar Raza, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Kieron Pollard. Jahannara Alam is the only Bangladeshi cricketer in the women’s draft. She is joined by former Australian captain Meg Lanning, who retired from international cricket last November. The draft will take place in London on March 20. It will be broadcasted on YouTube, TikTok, and the Hundred’s website. The tournament will begin on July 23, with the final scheduled for August 18.
