Bangladesh veteran versatile Mahmudullah Riyad has given up a great hint of his retirement from the International Crown, because he has decided against the renewal of his central contract. Mahmudullah, as he reported, decided on the Central Treaty of the Bangladesh Cricket (BCB) Committee for 2025.
The official of the Bangladesh Cricket Committee revealed that Riyad had informed the Committee that he was not interested in obtaining a central contract for next season, starting with March 2025. His brave move came after he had faced a fierce criticism for bad appearances in the ICC ICC champion Trophy 2025.
Mahmudullah gives up the central BCB contract
According to Cricbuzz, a BCB senior official has confirmed that the 38-year-old consciously asked the Committee not to include it in the upcoming Central Agreement cycle.
Cricbuzz said by the BCB official: “He asked the Committee that he did not consider him in the central contract since March onwards.”
Initially, the former Bangladesh captain was listed in relation to the BCB proposed contract, but made it clear that he did not want to be part of the central contracts for the upcoming cycle, which means that Riyadh would receive his salary only for January and February before he officially rejected.
Mahmudullah Riyad faces intense warmth after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ICC Champions Catastrophe
Mahmudullah’s decision was followed by his catastrophic outing for the Tigers at the ICC Trophy 2025 ICC champion, where his battle fights were brutally exposed, especially against New Zealand, because he only managed to only four rides.
Bangladesh endured a flawless campaign on the CT 2025. After which former crickets and analysts strongly demolished the Tigers and experienced versatile.
Among them, the former Wasim Jaffer Dough scored Mahmudullah’s bad choice, calling his approach to reckless. It is significant that Jaffer had previously worked with a Bangladesh team.
Mahmudullah Riyad ready to withdraw from the Krixket !!
Since Mushfiquir Rahim has already withdrawn from the Krixket, Mahmudullah Riyada’s decision not to receive a central contract has added a fuel speculation that he is also in line to invite his career time. Riyada also reportedly informed the BCB that he would not participate in the ODA 2027 World Cup in South Africa, which suggested that his career was almost close to the end.
However, Riyad is still one of Bangladesh’s most likely crisletters, which has collected 4,976 rides in 239 ODOs during his 18-year career. His future in the crisis t20i is also uncertain, but his withdrawal from the central contract could be the last chapter of his plain inheritance.
BCB announces central contracts for 2025
In the meantime, BCB has announced a list of players who have received central contracts for the upcoming season. A total of 22 players received contracts this time.
Players in the A+ class will get 10 lakh likes as a salary. Class A players will get 8 lakh taka, while class B and class C earn 6 lakh such and 4 lakh such. Those in class D will get 2 lakh such.
Degree A+: Taskin Ahmed
Class a: Hossain Shato’s Najmul, Mehidy Hasan dowry, Litton Das, Mushfiqui Rahim
Class b: Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman, Towhid Hridoy, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Wound
Degree C: Shadman Islam, Souumya Sarkar, Jaker Ali, Tanzid Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan, Mahedi Hasan
Degree d: Nasum ahmed, khaled ahmed
