Shakib Al Hasan was signed on to play for the Bangladesh cricket team, yet he has not been paid for the four final months of 2024, even while Monday saw the BCB announce a pay rise and increase in match fees for its players.
Bangladesh Cricket Board officials admitted that Shakib is yet to receive his outstanding salary but argued that his accounts had been frozen.
“It’s true that he’s owed his salary for September, October, November, and December. But that’s mainly because his account got frozen,” Cricbuzz quoted an official as saying.
The payment is in Bangladeshi currency and is not affected by taxes, amounting to BDT 48 lakhs, translating to USD 38400, which is around Rs 33 lakh.
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He retired from international cricket for the 37, a former lawmaker in the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. The star all-rounder MP from his hometown Magura was sometimes the focus of public anger and was a target of public rage on August 5 and one of 147 people named in an FIR for an alleged murder, with political unrest erupting during this period, following the effective resignation from office of the current government after 15 years.
“It’s true that he’s owing for the months of September, October, November, and December,” one official quoted in Cricbuzz said. “But this has largely to do with the fact that his bank account got frozen.”
Cricbuzz reported that Shakib will be receiving BDT 48 Lakhs (USD 38400), on the note of taxes which are around Rs 33 lakh.
Shakib had completed his international cricket career as the 37-year-old, is also a former lawmaker in the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. The star all-rounder, a member of the parliament from his hometown Magura, was a target of public anger and was one of 147 people mentioned in the FIR for the alleged murder during the political riots that transpired since August 5, the day their government effectively resigned from power after 15 years.
BCB chairman of cricket operations Nazmul Abedin confirmed that Shakib will get his salary according to the contract. “He will get his salary as per the contract because there is an agreement in place: if you play or not, there is a commitment, and surely we will try to fulfil our commitment according to the agreement,” Nazmul reportedly said on Cricbuzz.
