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.”