Dhaka Premier League 2018: Player salaries announced

Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) announced that the Dhaka Premier League will have a player draft system. Each team can hold up to five players from their past group. The names of the cricketers must be submitted before January 14. The players’ rundown for the draft of 12 groups has just been sent by CCDM.

According to the confirmation from the CCDM on Thursday, the players draft will take place at a hotel in Dhaka on January 20th. The cricketers have been distributed into seven groups – Icon, A+, A, B+, B, C+, and C. These groups are on the basis of the salary bracket.

The highest pay would be BDT 35 lakh. Five players have been put into this category. Mushrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah are the ones with the highest pay. On the other hand, Sabbir Rahman was left out following his suspension. Rahman has been suspended for 6 months due to his misbehaviour with a spectator.

According to a report on Cricket Country, Cricketers earning 35 and 25 Lakh BDT are classified as icon players. while the ones earning from 20-23 Lakh BDT come under A+ and so on. However, the fifth edition of the DPL is scheduled to start from the 5th of February. Ghazi Group Cricketers are the defending Champions.

 Most earning players of DPL 2018

35 Lakh BDT – Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and, Mahmudullah

25 Lakh BDT – Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Liton Das, Enamul Haque, and, Rubel Hossain

23 Lakh BDT – Mominul Haque

22 Lakh BDT – Saifuddin, Mohammad Mithun, and, Mosaddek Hossain

20 Lakh BDT – Soumya Sarkar, Jahurul Islam, Shuvagata Hom, Shahriar Nafees, Mosharaf Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Alok Kapali, Ariful Haque, Farhad Reza, Sanjamul Islam, Marshall Islam, Al-Amin Jr, Nadif Chowdhury, Mehedi, Maruf, Taijul Islam, Abul Hasan Raju, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nazmul Islam, Abdur Razzak, and, Shafiul Islam

18 Lakh BDT – Sohag Gazi, Nurul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Taskin Ahmed ,Tanvir Haider, Tushar Imran , Saqlain Sajib, Kamrul Islam Rabbi , and Abu Haider Rony

17 Lakh BDT – Arafat Sunny, and Nabil Samad

16 Lakh BDT- Imtiaz Hossain

15 Lakh BDT – Mohammad Ashraful, Rony Talukdar, Junaid Siddique, Farhad Hossain, Muktar Ali, Sohrawardi, Shubho, Al-Amin Hossain, Mohammad Sharif, Raqibul Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Subhashis Roy, Abu Zayed Rahi, and Enamul Jr

12 Lakh BDT – Sadman Islam, and Rajin Saleh

14 Lakh BDT – Mehrab Hossain, and Sharifullah

13 Lakh BDT – Taibur Rahman, Mahmudul Hasan, Abdul Majid, and Nahidul Islam

12 Lakh BDT – Mohammad Shahid, Dhiman Ghosh, Irfan Shukkur, Yasir Ali Rabbi, Monir Hossain, Dilwar Hossain, Tasamul Haque, Fajle Rabbi, Zakir Hasan, Maisukur Rahman, Nazmul Hossain Milan, Afif Hossain, Saif Hasan, Mizanur Rahman, Alauddin Babu, Ilias Sunny, Asif Ahmed Ratul, Shauqat Ali, Samsur Rahman, and, Nafis Iqbal

8 Lakh BDT – Abu Sayem, Shahadat Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Russel Al Mamun, Jayraj Sheikh, Sajedul Islam, Dollar Mahmud, Asif Hasan, Rahatul Firdous, Abdul Halim, Jabid Hossain, Jasimuddin, Shahidul Islam, Amit Majumder, Murad Khan, Nazmus Sadat, Nasum Ahmed, Hamidul Islam, Furkan, Shehnaz Ahmed, Nihadujjaman, Mehbubul Alam, Zubair Ahmed, Rumman Ahmed, Rezaul Karim, Naeem Islam, Abhishek Mitra, Ahmed Sadiqur, Saleh Ahmed Shaon, Rabiul Islam, Mahbubul Karim, Zubair Hossai Likhon, Aizaz Ahmed, Dewan Sabbir, Najim Uddin, Touhidul Islam, Sanjit Saha, Mehedi Hasan, Nur Alam Saddam, Abdur Rahman, Biswanath Haldar, Sajjadul Haque Ripon, Rayhan Uddin

5 Lakh BDT – Mehedi Hasan, Sayem Alam, Pinak Ghosh, Shaqer Ahmed, Imran Ali, Mahmudul Haque, Yasir Arafat, Jony Talukdar, Ghulam Kabir, Shahin Hossain, Monirujjaman, Belal Hossain, Kafi Khan, Suman Saha, Mamun Hossain, Imtiaz Ahmed, Hsanujjaman, Uttam Sarkar, Shahzada Hossain, Tapas Ghosh
Ajmer Ahmed, Iftekar Sajjad Rony, Saeed Sarkar, Salauddin Pappu, Khaled Ahmed, Ibadat Hossain, Hossain Ali, Ashiqujjaman Ashiq

3.5 Lakh BDT – Iman Das, Arafat Sunny, Amitabh Nayan, Manowar Hossain, Abdur Rahman, Mehrab Hossain, Arman Badshah, Ashraful Haque, Yasin Arafat, Mansurul Hasan, Humayan Kabir, Sohag Reza, Rayhan Uddin, Habibur Rahman, Abdullah Al Mamun, Imamul Mostakim, Nur Hossain, Rabiul Islam, Sagir Hossain, Saeed Russel
Zakaria Masood, Abu Bakar, Tipu Sultan, Islamul Ehsan, Anamul Haque, Anisur Rahman, Mashiur Rahman, Giyasuddin Tutul, Ehsanul Haque, Refatuzzaman Abhi, Saiyad Golam, Shafiul Alam, Subrata Sarkar,Victor Barua, Imran Hossain, Masood Rana, Neyamul Hasan, Riazul Karim, Mahmudul Hasan, Albab Masood, Riyad Hossain, Didar Hossain, Rahi Nihad, Touhid Tarique Khan, Toufik Khan, Ishaq, Suman, Fardin Hasan, Saiman Ahmed, Aslam Hossain, Mahbubul Alam, Anjum Ahmed, and Riyajul Hooda

(BDT – Bangladeshi Taka)