Overview
- The new list, effective January 1 to December 31, 2026, increases contracted players from 22 last year to 28, as cited by the ICC website.
- Taskin Ahmed, last year’s lone A+, is placed in Grade A as the A+ tier is scrapped for 2026, with his 2025 Achilles injury having kept him out of Tests.
- Mushfiqur Rahim moves to Grade B following his 2025 retirement from ODIs, reflecting his reduced format load.
- Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Rishad Hossain and Mahedi Hasan are promoted to Grade B following standout 2025 returns, including Tanzid’s 775 T20I runs and Rishad leading Bangladesh’s ODI and T20I wicket charts.
- Grade A features Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das and Taskin Ahmed, while the Grade D cohort expands to seven players from two last year.