David Miller and Shane Watson to play for Rangpur Riders

Batsman David Miller and Australian Star All-rounder Shane Watson will join with Rangpur Riders. They will be available from the third phase matches in Dhaka. To improve the batting strength, Rangpur Riders are decided to include themselves in the squad. 

After back to back comprehensive win in the ongoing AKS  Bangladesh Premire League 2016, Rangpur Riders lost to one of the strongest side Dhaka Dynamites by a big margin of 78 runs.

On that match their batsman totally failed to keep with the chase. Lots of fault were seen which were made by the Riders batsmen on that match. As a result to keep up batting side with the bowling department they are going to bring some new world class batsman. The franchise believe that It would be good for them.

BPL in new channels from next season

The first three seasons of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was telecasted by Channel Nine. The national television channel is telecasting the ongoing season four as well. But the television channel will no longer exist as the official broadcaster of the franchisee base cricket league from next season. 

The national television channels Gazi Television and Masranga Television will telecast the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) from the next season. Both the channels has got the television right for the next three season, which will start from the year 2017.

“Actually we sold the international media rights of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to Impress Matra. The Gazi Television (G TV) and Masranga Television will telecast through Impress Matra. They will have the right for the next three years.”

Recently the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sold the international television rights for the tournament to Impress Matra Consortium. They sold it to two channels, Gazi television known as G TV and the Masranga Television. Yesterday, in a press briefing Mr. Afzalur Rahman Sinha the chairman of Bangladesh Premier League governing council announced this to the media.

Mr Ismail Haider Mallik member of the governing council were also present in the press briefing. They said this year the tournament is telecasted in 120 countries in the world. To telecast in more countries they have sold the rights to two television channels this time.

Mr Ismail said, “Actually we sold the international media rights of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to Impress Matra. The Gazi Television (G TV) and Masranga Television will telecast through Impress Matra. They will have the right for the next three years.”

Mushfiqur eager to score runs in BPL !

After a  successful test series against England Cricket team, captain Mushfiqur Rahim is now focusing on the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He is confident he will be able to regain his form in the tournament. Mushfiq who is among the top scorers of the League will be playing for Barisal Bulls this season.

This will be his fourth team in four seasons. He played for Duronto Rajshahi in the innaugral season, followed by Sylhet Royals and Sylhet Superstars in the 2nd and 3rd season respectively. In season one he scored 234 runs at an average of 39 for the Duronto Rajshahi. Next season while playing for Sylhet Royals he scored 440 runs at an average of 40 in 13 innings. Including the knock of 86 runs which is still his highest scorer in Twenty/20 career.

Last season he was not at his best, scoring 157 runs only in 9 matches for Sylhet Superstars. He also struggled in national team after that failing to score two digit knocks on 5 occasions in his 9 next innings. Mushfiq who have played 169 first class Twenty/20 believes this format is not any ‘fun game’, as its said at times. He said, ” here every single ball is important. One or two ball can change the course of the whole game. Its very small but tensed game.”

The wicket keeper batsman wants to make of this season of Bangladesh Premier league (BPL) to improve his ability for the Twenty/20 format, ” I was unhappy with my performence last season. I have worked really hard to make a comeback this season. I want to contribute for my team, for which they selected me. The more I score, the more it will benifit my team”.

Naeem Islam to lead Rangpur Riders in BPL

The Rangpur Riders have announced Naeem Islam as their captain for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season four. Their media manager M A Baqi have confirmed it in media today. Rangpur Riders were due to play new franchisee Khulna Titans in the inaugural day of the season four. But continuous heavy rain cause that match to be abandoned with out a ball being bowled. 

But good news is that Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) governing council has announced to restart the tournament from 6th November including the abandoned matches due to rain. The Riders had Soumya Sarker as their Icon player as well as, spinner Arafat Sunny and few more national team players, but the franchisee have selected all-rounder Naeem Islam as their leader.

It was heard that the franchisee will announce Pakistani hard hitter cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi as their captain, but the name of Naeem Islam came as a surprise. The Rangpur Riders have said they done so to promote the local players more than overseas players in the competition. The franchisee have formed a balanced this this season.

The last seasons semifinalists have appointed Legendary cricketer Javed Omar this season. And have Mohammed Mithun, Rubel Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Ziaur Rahman, Elias Sunny, Pinak Ghosh, Mukhtar Ali, Mehrab Hossain and Shahbaz as their local players. Along with Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Mohammed Shehzad, Dashun Sanaka, Gidron Pope, Richard Glisson, Nasir Jamshed, Senanayke and Rupasinghe among their overseas players.

The Highest paid cricketers of BPL

The wait is over, the mega event Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL) season four has started from today. Since the arrival of ”Players Draft” system in the tournament, the name of the most expensive player of the competition has been a mystery so far. On papers there is no cricketer to get the highest payment, as all the players, local and overseas are distributed in different categories. Each player from a particular category has the same value, which is fixed. 

Therefore various players are held to get same  payment. The Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL) governing council has already announced all rounder Shakib Al Hasan as the highest-paid local player in this season and is set to receive Tk 55 lakh (approx. $68,750), the cap set for his payment. Mushfiqur, Tamim, Mashrafe and Mahmudullah will get at least Tk 50 lakh each from Barisal, Chittagong, Comilla and Khulna respectively. Sabbir and Sarkar, also in the A-category players, will get Tk 40 lakh each from Rajshahi. But still most franchisees has signed overseas players beyond the payment limit set by the governing council of  Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL).

The exact season fee amount of these overseas players is known only by the players and its franchisee, sometimes may be the governing council as well. As a result we are not aware who are going to cash how much wealth from the season, still we tried to find it out. After talking with numerous officials of almost every franchisee, we have got an idea about the the actual value of some high profile overseas players. One thing is clear, as per match fee none are near Chris Gayle this season. The Jamaican hard hitting opener will be the highest paid cricketer once again as he was the last season. Its said he is going to earn around Tk 3 Crores (approx. $3,75,000) from Chittagong Vikings for the four matches he is going to play.

Gayle will be followed by his country fellow Andre Russel. Its said he is going to earn 22000 Dollars each match. That means he can earn Tk 2.5 Crores (approx. $3,12,500) if he plays the full season. The former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi is also among the highest paid cricketers of Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL) season four, he will earn Tk 1 Crore and 60 Lacs (approx. $200,000) this season from his team Rangpur Riders. But one thing is clear since none of the franchisee are providing any official statement, these amount are not official.

Abul Khair Steel to be the title sponsor of BPL – 4

Abul Khair Steel (AKS), a sister concern group of Abul Khair Industries Limited became the title sponsor of the fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). BPL governing body has announced the decision today in a press briefing today at the Sher – E – Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.

The official title of BPL season now sounds as – ‘AKS BPL Powered by Shah Cement’. The fourth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League is going to kick off from 4th of November (tomorrow) with seven teams; the seven franchises are Dhaka Dynamites, Comilla Victorians, Chittagong Vikings, Rangpur Riders, Khulna Titans, Rajshahi Kings and Barisal Bulls.

Defending champion Comilla Victorians will face new franchise Rajshahi Kings in the opening match of the tournament. Two matches will take place in a day – the first one is scheduled to occur on 2 pm and the second match is scheduled to start from 7 pm.

Shahid Afridi might open for Rangpur Riders in BPL – 4

Shahid Khan Afridi, one of the most popular foreign cricketers in Bangladesh, is going to arrive in Dhaka at Wednesday (today) afternoon to participate in the imminent fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He is a recruit of Rangpur Riders – previously Shahid Afridi played for Sylhet Royals in the third edition of BPL. 


Meanwhile Shahid Afridi, during a conversation with one of the Pakistani well circulated daily newspaper that he might step into the field to open for Rangpur Riders. He said, “I’m eagerly thinking of opening the innings for Rangpur Riders if the management want me to do that. It would be big challenge for me because I did not perform as an opener for a long time. I will finalize the decision after scrutinizing my performance in the practice sessions.”

BPL T20 Cricket Broadcasting rights

The telecast rights have also been sold at very good prices which will help to maintain the healthy financial status of the league.

Geo Super will be the official broadcaster in Bangladesh. Apart from that a host of other networks will telecast the matches live across the globe. The list of the remaining broadcasters and their regions is as follows:

Network	Region
Geo Super, Channel 9	Bangladesh
Neo Sports	India
GEO Super	Pakistan
MTV Sports	Sri Lanka
Channel 9 UK	UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Channel 9 UK	Northern Europe
SportsMax	Caribbean
BeIN Sports	Middle East

Apart from the above broadcast networks, BCB is also showing the matches on live streams to ensure greater viewing of the league via Channel9, Geo Super, Neo Prime and Premier Sports. This will help in adding another revenue stream which would be very useful considering the financial issues which have blighted the league earlier.

BPL 2016 tickets available from Now

BPL Governing Council has announced the ticket prices of BPL which is starting from 4 November will be available from tomorrow (Sunday). Tickets can be bought from three websites. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed it at a press release. 

The fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 is set kick off on next Friday. The BPL Governing Council has already announced the ticket infirmations of this BPL. Prices of seven stands of Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur are announced. The prices are bit higher this time.

Grand Stand will cost 2000 takas while VIP Stand, Shahid Mushtaque Stand and Shahid Jewel Stand will cost 500 takas. Prices of Northern and Southern Stands are 300 takas. The cheapest is the Eastern Stand which will cost 200 takas. Tickets can be bought from tomorrow (30 October) at Mirpur Indoor Stadium Ticket Booth.

Tickets can be purchased in three websites. They are: paypoint.com.bd, gadgetbangla.com and shohoz.com.Shohoz.com sold tickets of Afghanistan and England home series recently.

The ticket information of Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong will be announced later, according to BCB.

BPL 2016 will begin on November 4 in the match between defending champions Comilla Victorians and new franchise Rajshahi Kings at SBNCS. Out of 46 matches, 36 of them will be played in Mirpur including the knockout stages. Rest of the ten games will be played at ZACS in Chittagong.

BPL – 4 to launch without any opening ceremony

The fourth season of the largest domestic T20 tournament in Bangladesh – the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is going to inaugurate on 4th of November, 2016. Unlike other three previous seasons, this year’s BPL will not entertain the crowds with dazzling opening ceremony crowned by Bollywood film stars.

One of the members of BPL Governing Council, Sheikh Sohail said, “We haven’t found enough time to arrange an opening ceremony of BPL due to ongoing bilateral series against England. We had no time to contact with Indian film stars; you know the matches of England series has been taking place in two venues in Dhaka and Chittagong, so we have literally no time to spare.”

But Sheikh Sohail informed a new feature to cheer up the crowd has been decided to add in the feature of BPL. He said, “We have included a new mode of entertainment for the crowd – that is musical concert. Prominent and rising musicians and musical band groups will perform on stage beside the field during the interval of two matches. The musicians from Close – up One and Channel I music competition will present there. Eminent musician Maqsood, band group Chirkut and Warfaze will also make their presence on stage.”

The BPL Governing Council member also assured about lighting up of fireworks during the match presentation after every match. Along with that a semi – concert will also be arranged two hours before the final match of the tournament.

Comilla Victorians unveiled their jersey for season – 4

Comilla Victorians, the defending champion of the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), has unveiled their jersey for the fourth season in a grand ceremony at Westin, Dhaka today.

The program was hosted by popular inspirational speaker Solaiman Shukhon and started with the melodious singing of Momtaz, the most popular female folk singer of Bangladesh.

Former International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Mostofa Kamal made his speech about the past and future phenomenon of Bangladesh cricket. The main phase of the program began with the speech of Comilla Victorians Chairperson Nafisa Kamal.

She officially introduced the coach of the team, Salahuddin, along with all the old and new member of the franchise. A multimedia slide had also been presented showing the foreign recruits of the the team as well.

Nafisa Kamal highly appreciated skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s contribution towards building the team atmosphere and success. She said, “We always find a lot of courage when Mashrafe is there. We won the first title for everyone’s craving for success in the team; hope we will be able to continue our success run in this season too.”

Watch: Launching Event of Rajshahi Kings

Whatmore to coach Barisal Bulls

Dav Whatmore is coming back in Bangladesh once again. But he is not coming for the national team. Barisal Bulls the runners-up of the third edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has appointed him as their head coach for the fourth edition of BPL which is going to be in the field from 4th November.

The owner of Barisal Bulls Abdul Awal Chowdhury has confirmed the news regarding the joining of Whatmore as the new coach. He said – “Dav Whatmore is going to be our head coach.” South African Graham Ford was the coach of Barisal Bulls in the last season of BPL.

The Australian was the head coach of Bangladesh National Cricket Team from 2003 to 2007. Under his coaching tigers had gathered a lots of happy memories. Especially this man had introduced the Bangladeshi tigers with the winning habit. Bangladesh has beaten teams like Australia, South Africa, and India for the first time under his coaching.

Before coming in Bangladesh he was the coach of Sri Lanka National Cricket Team and helped them to win their one and only World Cup in 1999. Later he became the coach of Pakistan and Zimbabwe National Cricket team.

Looks of Seven teams after player draft

The most excitement segment of the fourth season of Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL) , the players draft has come to end. This segment of BPL has taken place today at 6:30 pm at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in capital city Dhaka. Channel Nine who is the official broadcaster of BPL has telecasted it live for all the cricket lovers across the world.

All the seven franchises who are participating in this edition of BPL have chosen their preferable players from this players draft segment .Let’s have a look how the team looks now –

Barishal Bulls : Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Al-Amin Hossain , Taijul Islam, Dilshan Munabera , Mohammad Nawaz , Karlos Brafet , Shamsur Rahmam , Abu Haider Rony, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Nadif Chowdhury, Carlon Brathwaite, Josh Cobb, Mehedi Hasan, Monir Hossain Khan, Shahriar Nafees.

Chittagong Vikings : Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Taskin Ahmed, Anamul Haque , Cris Gayle, Dwayne Smith , Shoieb Malik , Chaturanga de Silva , Mohammad Nabi, Grant Elliot, Imran Khan Jnr, Abdur Razzak, Shubashis Roy, Johurul Islam , Najmul Hossain Milon, Jeavan Mendis, Tymal Mills, Jakir Hasan, Md Shohidul Islam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Jubair Hossain, .

Comilla Victorians : Mashrafe Bin Mortoza, Imrul Kayes, Liton Kumar das, Sohel Tanvir, Emad Wasim,Asgar Zaidi, Nuan Kulasekara , Tesara Perera , Khalid Latif, Shahzib Hasan ,Mohammad Al-Amin, Najmul Islam Shanto, Nahidul Islam, Md Saifuddin, Jeson Holder, Shahzaib Hasan, Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Mohammad Shorif, Nabil Samad, Jasim Uddin, Shoikat Ali, Rasel Al Mamun, Jeson Holder .

Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Mosaddek Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Kumar Sangakkara, Andre Russel, Mahela Jawabardane, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lowis, Rovi Bopara , Seekuge Prasanna , Wayne Parnell, Sanjamul Islam, Alauddin Babu ,Shohrawardi Shuvo, Mehedi Maruf, Mohammad Shorif, Imran Shukkur, Tanvir Haidar Khan, Usama Mir .

Khulna Titans : Mahmudullah Riad ( Icon), Mosharrof Rubel, Shofiul Islam, Nicholas Puran, Ricky wales, Kevin Cooper, Mohammad Asgar, Benny Hawal, Lendl Simmons, Ben Laughlin, Shuvagoto Hom, Ariful Haque, Md Abdul Majid, Andre Fletcher, Alok Kapali, Junaid Khan, Ariful Haque, Md Hasanuzzaman, Naem Islam jnr, Nur Hossain Saddam, Saidur Rahman, Abdul Halim .

Rajshahi Kings : Sabbir Rahman (Icon), Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Darren Summy, Mohammad Summy, Milinda Siriwardana, Upul Tharanga, Mominul Haque,Farhad Reza, Najmul Hasan opu, Raqibul Hasan, Samit Patel, Abul Hasan Raju, Roni Talukdar, Salman Hossain, Ibadat Hossain, Samit Patel .

Rangpur Raiders : Soumya Sarkar ( Icon) , Mohammod Mithun, Arafat Sunmy, Shohid Afridi, Sharjil Kha, Babor Azam,Mohammad Shehzad, Dasun Shanaka, Gidron Pop, Richard Glison, Nasir Jamshed, Suchitra Sananayeka, Rubel Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Jiaur Rahman, Naem Islam, Pinak Gosh, Muktar Ali, Mehrab Hossain Jossy, Shahbaz Chouhan, Sharjil Khan, Gihan Rupasinghe.

Khulna Titans target exciting cricket in BPL

Khulna Titans, new franchise for this year’s Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20, officially launched their logo yesterday at a city hotel, ahead of the players’ draft, scheduled for today at Radisson Water Garden Hotel.

Directors of Gemcon Group and the Bangladesh Cricket Board, members of the BPL governing council, Khulna’s category “A+” player Mahmudullah and the team’s technical advisor, national selector Habibul Bashar were present among others at the logo-launching ceremony.

During the ceremony, BCB director Kazi Inam Ahmed declared Mahmudullah as the captain of Khulna for the upcoming fourth edition of the money-spinning tournament, slated for November 4.

Australian coach Stuart Law has been named as the head coach of the team while Kazi Emdadul Bashar Ripon was declared as the assistant coach.

Former Bangladesh opening batsman Nafees Iqbal is the team manager.

“We (Khulna) want to play exciting, honest and fun cricket. We have a dynamic young management. We are delighted to have our icon player Mahmudullah Riyad as the captain of the team. We hope, under his leadership, we will play good cricket and win the hearts of our fans,” said Inam.

On the other hand, Bashar said he is looking forward to some exciting cricket from Khulna.

“I think we have worked hard with our strategy for the players’ draft. I cannot say if we will end up as the champions but I hope we will be able to come up with a decent squad with the aim of giving some exciting cricket to the Khulna supporters and BPL,” said Bashar.

Meanwhile, Mahmudullah also echoed the same sentiment.

“I am happy to have become a part of such a wonderful team. Like Sumon bhai (Bashar) said, we will play positive and exciting cricket and give our best shot in every match that we play.”

All the franchises retained 2 players

A total of 38 foreign players have been bought by the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 franchises ahead of the players’ draft, scheduled to be held on Friday. The most eye-catching purchase was perhaps that of West Indies big-hitter Chris Gayle, who will feature for Chittagong Vikings in the fourth edition of the money-spinning tournament.

Gayle was signed for five matches and the left-hander will be available for the latter stages of the tournament that gets underway on November 4. The Jamaican cricketer previously played for Barisal Bulls in the last edition.

Meanwhile, according to the member secretary of the BPL governing council, Ismail Haider Mallick, there will be no icon player in the upcoming edition as they have decided to change it into “A+” category where the players can choose their own team.

Shakib al Hasan will receive Tk55 lakhs, the highest among the seven A+ players, and turn out for Dhaka Dynamites.

Tamim Iqbal will once again play for Chittagong, Mushfiqur Rahim for Barisal and Mahmudullah for Khulna Titans while Mashrafe bin Mortaza was retained by defending champions Comilla Victorians. Each of these four A+ cricketers will pocket Tk50 lakhs.

Sabbir Rahman and Soumya Sarkar, the new A+ category players, will feature for Rajshahi and Rangpur Riders and get Tk40 lakhs each.

“The seven icons, who are the most senior players, came to us officially and asked us to let them choose their own team. In other countries, the local players get the same as foreign players. Thirty-eight foreign players have already been bought. And their pricing is very high. For example, Gayle, Andre Russell, Kumar Sangakkara and Imad Wasim; they are getting a lot more than the A+ players. So we adjusted accordingly,” Mallick told the media on Wednesday.

The “A” grade category players will receive Tk25 lakhs, “B” Tk18 lakhs, “C” Tk12 lakhs and “D” Tk five lakhs.

On the other hand, the BPL GC has decided that the franchises can retain two A category players from the previous season.

Dhaka retained Mosaddek Hossain and Nasir Hossain, Chittagong kept Taskin Ahmed and Anamul Haque, Rangpur retained Arafat Sunny and Mohammad Mithun, Comilla kept Imrul Kayes and Liton Kumar Das while Barisal retained Al Amin Hossain and Taijul Islam.

It was also decided that the foreign coaching staff of the Bangladesh team will not be able to be a part of any franchises. However, the local coaches can be a part of the teams, along with the national selectors, who were not allowed to take part in the previous edition.

Foreign players signed by franchises before draft:

Chittagong Vikings: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Chaturanga de Silva and Mohammad Nabi

Comilla Victorians: Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ashar Zaidi, Nuwan Kulasekera and Thisara Perera

Dhaka Dynamites: Kumar Sangakkara, Andre Russell, Mahela Jayawardene, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis and Ravi Bopara

Khulna Titans: Nicholas Pooran, Riki Wessels, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Asghar and Benny Howell

Rajshahi: Darren Sammy and Mohammad Sami

Rangpur Riders: Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Mohammad Shahzad, Dasun Shanaka, Gidron Pope and Richard Gleeson

Barisal Bulls: Dilshan Munaweera

Local players retained by franchises before draft:

Dhaka Dynamites: Mosaddek Hossain and Nasir Hossain

Chittagong Vikings: Taskin Ahmed and Anamul Haque Bijoy

Rangpur Riders: Arafat Sunny and Mohammad Mithun

Comilla Victorians: Imrul Kayes and Liton Kumar Das

Barisal Bulls: Al Amin Hossain and Taijul Islam

168 overseas players added in BPL-4 draft

The fourth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is all set to begin on November 4. The Players’ Draft will be held on the 30th of September. Each team must draft a minimum of eight and a maximum of 11 players must be selected from the draft. Rajshahi and Khulna the two new BPL teams will get the first pick from each category and the second pick from the B, C and D categories. 

A total of 168 foreign players have registered for this year BPL. Each team have to pick a minimum of three and a maximum of 12 foreign players. BPL governing council has already made the list of ‘Players draft’. There are most 42 Pakistani cricketers, then England have 36, West Indies 35, Srilanka 15,  Zimbabwe 12,  Afghanistan 10,  Australia 4, Netherlands 4,  South Africa 3,  Ireland 2, New Zealand 2, Scotland 1,  Canada 1.

Let’s have a glance on the foreign players list:

‘A’ Catagory (70,000 USD) : Ryan Ten Doschate, Grant Elliot, Ahmad Shahzad, Misbah Ul Haque, Mohammad Hafeez, Harschelle Gibbs, Seekkuge Prasanna, Jason Holder, Lendl Simmons.
 
‘B’ Catagory (50,000 USD) : Liam Dawson, Jade Dernbach, James Vince, Chris Nash, Owais Shah, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Maqsood, Junaid Khan,Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Aizaz Cheema, Kamran Akmal, Sami Aslam, Mohammad Nawaz, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Graeme van Buuren, Chamara Kapugedara, Upul Tharanga, Sachithra Senanayake, Kaushal Silva, Ryad Emrit, Fidel Edwards, Denesh Ramdin, Assad Badyr Fudadin, Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite, Jerome Everton Taylor, Johnson Charles, Sean Williams.

‘C’ Catagory (40,000 USD) : Ben Hilfanhaus, Ben Laughlin, Yasir Arafat, Joe Denly, Ajmal Shahzad, Peter Trego, Graham Onions, Ross Andrew Whiteley, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Gary Wilson, Kevin O’Brien, James Franklin, Mohammad Irfan, Salman Butt, Abdur Rehman, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Faisal Iqbal, Asad Shafiq, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Ehsan Adil, Zulfiqar Babar, Asad Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Kyle James Coetzer, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardana, Ravi Rampaul, Shane Shillingford, Navin Stewart, Andre Fletcher, Tino Best, Krishmar Santokie, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Suliman Benn, Kirk Anton Edwards, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, Malcolm Waller, Hamilton Masakadza.
 
‘D’ Catagory (30,000 USD) : Rashid Khan, Ashghar Stanikzai, Najibullah Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Nawraz Mangal, Gulabdin Naib, Samiullah Shenwari, Shapoor Zardan, Hameed Hasan, Evan Gulbis, Tom Beaton, Nikhil Dutta, George Edwards, Tymal Mills, Max Waller, Kishen Shailesh Velani, Phil Mustard, Rob Ian Keogh, Adeel Malik, Luis Michael Reece, Michael John Richardson, Usman Arshad, James Foster, John Simpson, Daryl Mitchell, Mohammad Azharullah, Joshua Cobb, Alex George Wakely, Adam Rossington, Sajid Mahmood, Brett Hutton, Nathan Buck, Harry Gurney, Monty Panesar, Ahsan Malik, Mudasser Bukhari, Peter Boren, Rumman Raess Khan, Mohammad Hassan, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Azeem Ghumman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Zafar Gohar, Amer Yamin, Muhammad Irfan, Hasan Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Shahzaib Hasan, Fawad Alam, Awais Zia, Anwar Ali, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Junior, Usama Mir, Ajantha Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Udara Jayasundera, Ramith Rambukwella, Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa, Danushka Gunathilaka, Gihan Rupasinghe, Angelo Perera, Mohammad Naveed Saleem, Imran Khan, Akeal Hosein, Chris Barnwell, Miguel Cummins, Leon Johnson, Raymond Anton Reifer, Devon Sheldon Smith, John Dillon Campbell, Shimron Odilon Hetmyer, Veerasammy Permaul, Jonathan Lyndon Carter, Ronsford Rodwick Beaton, Kyle Rico Mayers, Danza Pacino Hyatt, Chadwick Walton, Jason Mohammed, Narsingh Deonarine, Craig Ervine, Chris Mpfou, Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Raza Butt, Sean Ervine.

Noted that, There will 46 matches, including three play-off games and the final. All matches will be held in Dhaka and Chittagong and will run for over a month, with the final slated for December 9.

Gayle to play for Chittagong Vikings in BPL 2016

Chris Gayle has signed up to play five matches in the Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 for Chittagong Vikings, and will be available for the latter half of the tournament that begins on November 4 in Dhaka. Gayle, who played for Barisal Bulls in the 2015-16 edition, is among the 31 foreign players signed up by the seven franchises before the players' draft scheduled for September 30.

Apart from Gayle, Chittagong, who finished as the bottom-ranked team in 2015-16, have signed four other foreign players - Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik (played for Comilla Victorians last season), Chaturanga de Silva and Mohammad Nabi (from Rangpur Riders).

Foreign players signed by franchises before the draft

• Barisal Bulls: Dilshan Munaweera
• Chittagong Vikings: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Chaturanga de Silva, Mohammad Nabi
• Comilla Victorians: Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ashar Zaidi, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thisara Perera
• Dhaka Dynamites: Kumar Sangakkara, Andre Russell, Mahela Jayawardene, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Ravi Bopara
• Khulna Titans: Nicholas Pooran, Riki Wessels, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Asghar, Benny Howell
• Rajshahi Kings: Darren Sammy, Mohammad Sami
• Rangpur Riders: Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Mohammad Shahzad, Dasun Shanaka, Gidron Pope, Richard Gleeson

Gayle had scored 139 runs in four matches for Barisal last season, while Nabi took seven wickets and scored 37 runs for Rangpur in seven matches. Smith had last played the tournament in 2013, while de Silva was the top wicket-taker in this year's Dhaka Premier League one-day tournament.

Ryan ten Doeschate, Grant Elliott, Ahmed Shehzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Herschelle Gibbs, Seekugge Prasanna, Jason Holder and Lendl Simons will enter the draft and have been placed in the A category for foreign players. Their salary cap is $70,000 while foreign players in categories B, C and D can earn up to $50,000, $40,000 and $30,000 respectively.

Australian players Ben Hilfenhaus, Ben Laughlin, Tom Beaton and Evan Gulbis will also be a part of the draft. Thirty-six English players are part of the draft list, including James Vince, Liam Dawson, Jade Dernbach and Graham Onions.

Defending champions Comilla Victorians have signed on Imad Wasim, Thisara Perera and Sohail Tanvir while retaining Ashar Zaidi and Nuwan Kulasekera. Imad, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, is set to make his first appearance in the Bangladesh Premier League, while Perera and Tanvir played for Rangpur Ryders and Sylhet Super Stars last season.

Kumar Sangakkara will be joined by Mahela Jayawardene at Dhaka Dynamites. The franchise has also signed Andre Russell (from Comilla), Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis (from Barisal) and Ravi Bopara (from Sylhet).

Rangpur Riders have enlisted Shahid Afridi (from Sylhet Superstars), Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Mohammad Shahzad, Dasun Shanaka, 19-year-old West Indies batsman Gidron Pope and English pace bowler Richard Gleeson. This will be the first BPL appearance for the six new players in the Rangpur squad. Pope had impressed scouts in Bangladesh with his big-hitting abilities in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, where he scored 232 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 107.9.

While Barisal Bulls have only signed up Dilshan Munaweera so far, Rajshahi Kings have picked Darren Sammy and Mohammad Sami. Nicholas Pooran, Riki Wessels, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Asghar and Benny Howell have been signed by Khulna Titans.

133 cricketers included in the ‘Palyers draft of BPL4

Ahead of the fourth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), BPL governing council has made  the list of ‘Players draft’.  From where the franchises will pick their preferred cricketers in their teams for the upcoming BPL. After the meeting of the technical committee of BPL, they has made a list of 133 cricketers by dividing them in five categories including ‘Icon’ category for the ‘Players draft’.

The clash of ‘Players draft’ between the participating teams will be held on 30 September in Dhaka.

Alongside with the 7 cricketers of  ‘Icon cricketers’ , the technical committee has put the name of 11 cricketers on ‘A category’, 35 cricketers on ‘B category’, 53 cricketers on ‘C category’ and 27 cricketers on ‘D category’.

The technical committee has  also fixed the base price of those categories. According to their taken decision the base price of the cricketers are fixed respectively 25 lacs, 18 lacs, 12 lacs and 5 lacs for the cricketers of ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ categories.

Now, let’s have a look on the list of ‘Palyers draft’ for BPL season 4-

Icon Cricketers: Shakib Al Hasan (base price 55 lacs), Mushfiqur Rahim (50 lacs), Tamim Iqbal (50 (50 lacs), Mahmudullah (50 lacs), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (50 lacs), Sabbir Rahman and Soumya Sarkar (40 lacs Taka).

‘A’ Category (base price 5 lacs Taka): Imrul Kayes, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Litton Kumar Das, Hom Chowdhury, Nasir Hossain, Md Mithun, Mominul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain and Abdur Razzak.

‘B’ category (18 lacs): Nurul Hasan Sohan, Alok Kapali, Sohag Gazi, Abu Haider Ronnie, Mosharraf Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam, Shamsur Rahman, Ali beach, beach Mosaddeq Hossain, Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Naeem Islam, Rony Talukder, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Jahurul Islam , Rafiqul Hasan, Marshall Ayub, Mohammad Al-Amin, Mahmud Hasan, SCC, Abul Hasan, Ziaur Rahman, Muktar Ali, Alauddin Babu, Shafiul Islam, Mohammad Shahid, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, prayers judgment, Saqlain spirited, Enamul Haque Jr, Sanjamul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Apu, Shuvo and Mehdi Hasan Miraz.

‘C’ category (12 lacs): Abdul Majid, Mehedi Maruf, Imtiaz Hossain Tanna, Asif Ahmed Ratul, nadipha Chowdhury, tasamula Haq, Mohammad Sharif, Zubair Hussain, writing, Rajin Saleh, Tushar Imran, Mehrab Jr., maisukura Rahman, Irfan Sukkur, Abhishek Mitra, Mahbub Karim, Amit Majumder , Dhiman Ghosh, Tanvir Haider, Hamidul Islam Himel, Shadman Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Zubair Ahmed, Ahmed Fazle Rabbi, jabida Hussein, Yasser Ali Saif Hassan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Junaid Siddique, Farhad Hossain, Mehdi Hassan, Saifuddin, sariphaullaha, Mohammad Furkan, Rabiul Islam, Delwar Hossain, Mahbub Alam, Abu Zaid traveler, Dewan Sabbir Rahman, Shahidul Islam, Dollar Mahmud, Sajedul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Elias Sunny , nihadujjamana, Asif Hasan, Naeem Jr., Monir Hossain, Biswanath Halder, Rahatul Ferdous, Nabil Samad, Nur Hossain and Shahadat Hossain Munna.

‘D’ category (5 lacs): Jayaraj Sheikh, Pinak Ghosh, Shafiul ridaya Hayat, Anik Ali Zaker, Sayeed government, manager Ashiquzzaman, Noor Alam Saddam, worship Hossain, Abdul Halim, sanajita Saha, Johnny Ariful Islam, Shaon Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed sadikura Rahman, Mehrab Hossain Josie Russell al Mamun, Rajib Karim, Johnny Habibur Rahman, Cheap Russell, Mehdi Hasan Rana, isamula Abir Ahsan, nasuma Ahmed, Iftikhar Sajjad, Murad Khan, Humayun Kabir Shahin, Nayan Ghosh, Ghosh Rony and Jupiter Ghosh.