The Player Draft of the 5th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 was held today (Sep 16).Among the local players, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman is the only one to have been placed in Grade A+(60,000).
There are seven foreign players in the Grade A ($70,000) category: Azhar Ali ( Pakistan), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka), Gary Balance (England), Kamran Akmal (Pakistan), Misbah-Ul-Haq (Pakistan), Tim Bresnan( England) and Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka).
A total of 208 foreign players took part in the BPL players' draft. England forms the largest contingent of foreign players with 62 players. Pakistan have 46 players and there are 26 players from Sri Lanka among the 208 players.
Cricketers from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, UAE, Ireland and Afghanistan complete the rest of the list.
The foreign players are divided among six categories, grade A to F. The A category players have been priced at $70,000 and the F category players are priced at $10,000.
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim has joined Rajshahi Kings for this edition of the BPL while the inspirational Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has signed for the Rangpur Riders.
Here is the complete squads list:
Rajshahi Kings: Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Mominul Haque, Luke Wright, Lendl Simmons, Malcom Waller, James Franklin, Farhad Reza, Darren Sammy, Samit Patel, Mehidy Hasan, Kesrick Williams, Mohammad Sami, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Nihaduzzaman, Rony Talukdar, Usama Mir, Raja Ali Dar, Hossain Ali, Naeem Islam jnr, Kazi Anik
Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Mehedi Maruf, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Evin Lewis, Cameron Delport, Mosaddek Hossain, Shane Watson, Kevon Cooper, Rovman Powell, Shahid Afridi, Sunil Narine, Graeme Cremer, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammed Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ronsford Beaton, Abu Hider, Jahurul Islam, Nadif Chowdhury, Saqlain Sajib, Joe Denly, Akeal Hosein, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Shadman Islam, Noor Hossain Saddam
Chittagong Vikings: Soumya Sarkar (Icon), Misbah-ul-Haq, Anamul Haque (wk), Luke Ronchi (wk), Jermine Blackwood, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Jeevan Mendis, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Sunzamul Islam, Al-Amin, Alauddin Babu, Tanbir Hayder, Najibullah Zadran, Luis Reece, Irfan Sukkur, Naeem Hasan, Yasir Arafat
Comilla Victorians: Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Imrul Kayes, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Shoaib Malik, Jos Buttler, Liton Das (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammed Nabi, Rashid Khan, Hassan Ali, Imran Khan Jr, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Alok Kapali, Mahedi Hasan, Solomon Mire, Rumman Raees, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Enamul Haque, Raqibul Hasan
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah (Icon), Rillee Roussow, Dawid Malan, Ariful Haque, Chadwick Walton, Sarfraz Ahmed, Carlos Brathwaite, Seekkuge Prasanna, Shadab Khan, Mosharraf Hossain, Kyle Abbott, Benny Howell, Junaid Khan, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Abu Jayed Rahi, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Shehan Jayasurya, Jofra Archer, Imran Ali, Mukter Ali, Dhiman Ghosh, Saif Hassan
Rangpur Riders: Mashrafe Mortaza (Icon), Adam Lyth, Kusal Perera, Johnson Charles, Mohammad Mithun, Ravi Bopara, Thisara Perera, David Willey, Sohag Gazi, Samuel Badree, Rubel Hossain, Shahriar Nafees, Nazmul Islam Apu, Ziaur Rahman, Fazle Mahmud, Sam Hain, Samiullah Shenwari, Abdur Razzak, Ebadat Hossain, Elias Sunny, Nahidul Islam, Zahir Khan
Sylhet Sixers: Sabbir Rahman (Icon), Babar Azam, Andre Fletcher, Davy Jacobs, Nasir Hossain, Andre McCarthy, Ross Whiteley, Nurul Hasan, Dasun Shanaka, Taijul Islam, Wanidu Hasaranga, Liam Plunkett, Usman Khan Shinwari, Krismar Santokei, Abul Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Nabil Samad, Chaturanga de Silva, Ghulam Mudasser Khan, Mohammad Sharif, Imtiaz Hossain, Mohammad Sharifullah
According to new regulations, a team can play between three to five foreign players. The franchises have to pick a minimum of seven loacal players and two overseas players.
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