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.”

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.

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.