The players' draft of the sixth edition of the BPL T20 took place at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka Sunday.
FULL SQUADS
Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe bin Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers, Alex Hales, Benny Howell, Oshane Thomas, Abul Hasan, Fardeen Hossain, Nahidul Islam, Nadif Chowdhury, Ravi Bopara, Rilee Rossouw, Farhad Reza, Mehedi Maruf, Shafiul Islam and Sohag Gazi
Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Hazratullah Zazai, Naeem Sheikh, Asif Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Qazi Onik, Mizanur Rahman, Andrew Birch, Ian Bell, Rony Talukdar, Shuvagata Hom, Rubel Hossain and Nurul Hasan
Sylhet Sixers: Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Das, Sohail Tanvir, David Warner, Sandeep Lamichhane, Pat Brown, Nicholas Pooran, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Gulbadin Naib, Andre Fletcher, Alok Kapali, Zakir Ali, Nabil Samad, Ebadat Hossain, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Irfan, Al Amin Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain and Taskin Ahmed
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan, Ali Khan, Brendan Taylor, Lasith Malinga, Yasir Shah, Tanvir Islam, Mahidul Ankon, Subashish Roy and Junaid Siddique, Zaheer Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Taijul Islam, Al Amin, Jahurul Islam and Shariful Islam
Comilla Victorians: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoaib Malik, Asela Gunaratne, Liam Dawson, Amin Yamin, Evin Lewis, Waqar Salamkheil, Shamsur Rahman, Sanjit Saha, Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Shahid, Shahid Afridi, Thisara Perera, Abu Haider Rony, Anamul Haque, Mehedi Hasan and Ziaur Rahman
Rajshahi Kings: Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Qais Ahmed, Christiaan Jonker, Mohammad Sami, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ryan ten Doeschate, Marshall Ayub, Kamrul Rabbi, Isuru Udana, Laurie Evans, Arafat Sunny, Soumya Sarkar, Fazle Rabbi and Alauddin Babu
Chittagong Vikings: Mushfiqur Rahim, Sikandar Raza, Luke Ronchi, Sanjamul Islam, Mohammad Shahzad, Robbie Frylinck, Shadman Islam, Najibullah Zadran, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Nihaduzzaman, Mohammad Ashraful, Robiul Haque, Cameron Delport, Dasun Shanaka, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nayeem Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain and Abu Jayed
Foreign, Set 3
Comilla Victorians (Call 1 and 7) - Amin Yamin (Pakistan) and Pass
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) – Mohammad Sami (Pakistan) and Pass
Chittagong Vikings (Call 3 and 5) – Pass and Pass
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 4 and 4) – Pass and Pass
Khulna Titans (Call 5 and 3) – Pass and Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe)
Rangpur Riders (Call 6 and 2) – Pass and Pass
Sylhet Sixers (Call 7 and 1) – Pat Brown (England) and Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)
Local, Set 5
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 1 and 7) – Naeem Sheikh and Pass
Chittagong Vikings (Call 2 and 6) – Shadman Islam and Pass
Rangpur Riders (Call 3 and 5) – Pass and Pass
Comilla Victorians (Call 4 and 4) – Pass and Pass
Rajshahi Kings (Call 5 and 3) – Pass and Pass
Sylhet Sixers (Call 6 and 2) – Mehedi Hasan Rana and Pass
Khulna Titans (Call 7 and 1) – Pass and Pass
Foreign, Set 2
Sylhet Sixers (Call 1 and 7) – Gulbadin Naib (Afghanistan) and Andre Fletcher (West Indies)
Rangpur Riders (Call 2 and 6) – Benny Howell (England) and Oshane Thomas (West Indies)
Comilla Victorians (Call 3 and 5) – Evin Lewis (West Indies) and Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan)
Rajshahi Kings (Call 4 and 4) – Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands) and Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka)
Khulna Titans (Call 5 and 3) – Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) and Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 6 and 2) – Pass and Pass
Chittagong Vikings (Call 7 and 1) - Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan) and Pass
Local, Set 4
Chittagong Vikings (Call 1 and 7) – Yasir Ali Chowdhury and Nihaduzzaman
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) – Pass and Pass
Rangpur Riders (Call 3 and 5) – Abul Hasan and Fardeen Hossain
Comilla Victorians (Call 4 and 4) – Shamsur Rahman and Sanjit Saha
Khulna Titans (Call 5 and 3) – Tanvir Islam and Mahidul Ankon
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 6 and 2) – Asif Hasan and Shahadat Hossain
Sylhet Sixers (Call 7 and 1) – Alok Kapali and Zakir Ali
Local, Set 3
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 1 and 7) – Qazi Onik and Mizanur Rahman
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) – Marshall Ayub and Kamrul Rabbi
Chittagong Vikings (Call 3 and 5) – Mohammad Ashraful and Robiul Haque
Sylhet Sixers (Call 4 and 4) – Nabil Samad and Ebadat Hossain
Rangpur Riders (Call 5 and 3) – Nahidul Islam and Nadif Chowdhury
Comilla Victorians (Call 6 and 2) – Mosharraf Hossain and Mohammad Shahid
Khulna Titans (Call 7 and 1) – Subashish Roy and Junaid Siddique
Mohammad Ashraful has been roped in by Chittagong Vikings for the forthcoming BPLT20. #BPLPlayersDraft #BPLT20 #BPL2019
— Imran Hasan (@Imranhasan02) October 28, 2018
Foreign, Set 1
Sylhet Sixers (Call 1 and 7) – Fabian Allen (West Indies) and Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan)
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) – Isuru Udana (Sri Lanka) and Laurie Evans (England)
Khulna Titans (Call 3 and 5) – Zaheer Khan (Afghanistan) and Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies)
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 4 and 4) – Andrew Birch (South Africa) and Ian Bell (England)
Rangpur Riders (Call 5 and 3) – Ravi Bopara (England) and Rilee Rossouw (South Africa)
Comilla Victorians (Call 6 and 2) – Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka)
Chittagong Vikings (Call 7 and 1) – Cameron Delport (South Africa) and Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka)
Local, Set 2
Rangpur Riders (Call 1 and 7) - Farhad Reza and Mehedi Maruf
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) - Arafat Sunny and Alauddin Babu
Chittagong Vikings (Call 3 and 5) - Syed Khaled Ahmed and Nayeem Hasan
Sylhet Sixers (Call 4 and 4) - Al Amin Hossain and Towhid Hridoy
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 5 and 3) - Rony Talukdar and Shuvagata Hom
Khulna Titans (Call 6 and 2) - Taijul Islam and Al Amin
Comilla Victorians (Call 7 and 1) - Mehedi Hasan and Ziaur Rahman
WELCOME SOUMYA SARKAR IN THE KINGDOM!!! OUR FIRST PICK IN THE PLAYER DRAFT OF BPL SEASON 6!#KingsOnTheMove#LeGhireLe pic.twitter.com/NDQvcre2Ys
— Rajshahi Kings (@RKingsOfficial) October 28, 2018
Local, Set 1
Khulna Titans (Call 1 and 7) - Jahurul Islam and Shariful Islam
Rajshahi Kings (Call 2 and 6) - Soumya Sarkar and Fazle Rabbi
Chittagong Vikings (Call 3 and 5) - Mosaddek Hossain and Abu Jayed
Dhaka Dynamites (Call 4 and 4) - Rubel Hossain and Nurul Hasan
Sylhet Sixers (Call 5 and 3) - Afif Hossain and Taskin Ahmed
Comilla Victorians (Call 6 and 2) - Abu Haider Rony and Anamul Haque
Rangpur Riders (Call 7 and 1) - Shafiul Islam and Sohag Gazi
Chittagong Vikings recruit Mushfiq
Just prior to the draft, BPL governing council approved Chittagong Vikings' application for Mushfiqur Rahim's inclusion as a retained player as the franchise do not have any A+ category player.
@Official_BPLT20 governing council has approved @CtgVikings' application for @mushfiqur15's inclusion as a retained player as the franchise do not have any A+ category player, it was learned from a sourcehttps://t.co/uY4vGhBXi4#CHITTAGONGVIKINGS #MUSHFIQURRAHIM #MUSHFIQ #BPLT20
— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) October 28, 2018
BCB president Nazmul Hasan started off proceedings by giving the opening speech.
The draft was conducted by Mahbub Anam, senior vice president of the BCB.
Grand BPL draft set to be staged on Sunday https://t.co/nOYLc4TpSx
— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) October 27, 2018
The players’ #draft of the sixth edition of the #BangladeshPremierLeague T20 is all set to take place tomorrow.
As many as 366 foreign players were available in the draft, highest in the history of the BPL.
The premier T20 tournament of the country will be held from January- February next year.
@ridersofhope have signed South African batsman @ABdeVilliers17 and @englandcricket opener @AlexHales1, according to the directly signed players' list given by the Bangladesh Premier League T20 governing council.https://t.co/VpmFmZ8ENA#RANGPURRIDERS #RANGPUR #RIDERS #DEVIILIERS
— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) October 27, 2018
BPL squads before the players draft
Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe bin Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers and Alex Hales
Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Hazratullah Zazai
Sylhet Sixers: Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Das, Sohail Tanvir, David Warner and Sandeep Lamichhane
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan and Ali Khan
Comilla Victorians: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoaib Malik, Asela Gunaratne and Liam Dawson
Rajshahi Kings: Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Qais Ahmed and Christiaan Jonker
Chittagong Vikings: Sikandar Raza, Luke Ronchi, Najibullah Zadran, Sanjamul Islam, Mohammad Shahzad and Robbie Frylinck
The live blog of the BPL 6 players' draft has been brought to you by the Dhaka Tribune Sports team: Ali Shahriyar Amin Bappa, Rashad Banna, Syed Faiz Ahmed and Muhammad Sadman
