“I will definitely play [the two Sri Lanka Tests at home],” Shakib said on Wednesday. “I don’t think there was a doubt. I think I took the decision [to play in the DPL] in an hour. I thought it would be a good idea to play a few matches ahead of the Sri Lanka series. There has been a bit of a gap. I haven’t played cricket for a month. These four matches gives me a chance to get back into the game.”
Meanwhile, the premier Bangladesh cricketers signed their annual central contracts during a meeting at the BCB office on Tuesday. Cricket Operations Committee chairman Jalal Yunus, team director Khaled Mahmud, and BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury attended the meeting.
Yunus said later that the players had mentioned their availability for each format over the next 12 months in the contracts. “We discussed cricket among ourselves. We all got together to sign the contracts,” he said. “There were 17-18 of us. I think a few didn’t show up due to personal reasons.
“They have signed contracts according to their availability in the different formats. I think it’s time the board tells the player that we want them in a certain format. He can then inform us if he is available or not. The board should decide the format.”
Source: ESPN Crickinfo