West Indian Twenty20 superstar Chris Gayle will wear the jersey of Barisal Bulls in the upcoming third Bangladesh Premier League. The franchise unveiled its logo and theme song at a city hotel yesterday where managing director Rezwan Bin Faruk also confirmed the service of three other foreigners.
Former Zimbabwe captain Brandon Taylor, West Indies bowling all-rounder Kevon Cooper and Caribbean opening batsman Evin Louis have been secured while the side appointed former Sri Lanka and current Surrey coach Graham Ford.
Gayle featured for Barisal in the inaugural edition of the cash-rich tournament before switching to Dhaka Gladiators for the second season. Taylor and Cooper also have previous experience of playing in BPL as they were teammates in Chittagong Kings in 2013.
Meanwhile, the date for the BPL-3 players’ draft has been rescheduled. The draft which initially was supposed to be held on October 26, will now be held tomorrow at a city hotel. BPL member secretary IH Mallick informed that the decision to reschedule was taken following requests from the franchises.