BPL teams after Player Draft

The Player Draft of the eighth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was held on Monday at a local hotel in the city.

Six teams are vying for the coveted trophy this year but BCB found five franchisees which took the ownership of five divisions. Rupa Fabrics Ltd & Marn Steel Ltd (Consortium) got the ownership of Dhaka Division but they had to be left out at the eleventh hour due to failing to meet the requirements of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

BPL governing council secretary IH Mallick said Dhaka will be run by BCB for the time being and later they will decide whether they would take sponsor or ownership for the team.

Fortune Shoes Limited had acquired the ownership of Barishal, Delta Sports Limited (Akhter Group) owned Chattogram, Comilla Legends Limited obtained Comilla, Mind Tree Ltd took Khulna and Pargoti Green Aturo Rice Mills Ltd bought the rights of Sylhet.

A total of 34 matches will be held by double round robin league followed by three playoffs and a final in three venues-Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram and Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

The BCB had earlier announced that the Champions Team will be awarded BDT 1 crore while the runners-up will get BDT 50 lac.

For local players there were six category types with the Category A players’ price fixed at BDT 70 lac. For Category B, C, D, E and F the price fixed at BDT, 35 lac, 25 lac, 18 lac, 12 lac, and 5 lac respectively.

For foreign players there were five categories with the Category A players’ price fixed at US$ 75, 000. For Category B, C, D and E the price is at US$ 50,000, US$ 40,000, US$ 30,000 and US$ 20,000.

A team could recruit one local player from any category as a direct signing prior to the Player Draft.

A team was entitled to register a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 local players. Except for the one direct signing, all other local players were obtained from the Player Draft.