Despite not featuring regularly in domestic cricket, former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Mortaza is included in the highest category of the local player's draft for the upcoming Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League.
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Mortaza makes it to highest category in BPL local player draft
Mortaza's last competitive game was in December 2020. © AFP
According to the player draft list obtained by Cricbuzz, six leading players are included in the A category - Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mustafizur Rahman - being the other five members.
The inclusion of Mortaza in the highest category raised quite a few eyebrows considering he is not playing cricket regularly and is occupied with his duty as a member of a parliament.
Mortaza's last competitive match was the