The players' draft of the upcoming fourth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Twenty20 got underway at a city hotel on Friday. Khulna Titans got the right to call first ahead of Rajshahi Kings.
Left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain and paceman Shafiul Islam were brought by Khulna.
On the other hand, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Mehedi Hasan Miraz were purchased by Rajshahi.
Earlier, BPL governing council member secretary Ismail Haider Mallick informed that there will be no icon player in the upcoming edition as they have decided to change it into “A+” category where the players can choose their own team.
Shakib al Hasan will receive Tk55 lakhs, the highest among the seven A+ players, and turn out for Dhaka Dynamites.
Tamim Iqbal will once again play for Chittagong, Mushfiqur Rahim for Barisal and Mahmudullah for Khulna while Mashrafe bin Mortaza was retained by defending champions Comilla Victorians. Each of these four A+ cricketers will pocket Tk50 lakhs.
Sabbir Rahman and Soumya Sarkar, the new A+ category players, will feature for Rajshahi and Rangpur Riders and get Tk40 lakhs each.
BPL draft: Round by roundFifth round (local)Rangpur – Mehrab Hossain Josy and Shahbaz ChouhanKhulna – Abdul HalimComilla – Rasel al MamunChittagong – Jubair Hossain
Fourth round (local)Rangpur – Muktar AliChittagong – Shahidul Islam and Yasir Ali ChowdhuryDhaka – Tanveer HaiderKhulna – Noor Hossain Saddam and Taibur RahmanRajshahi – Salman Hossain and Ebadat HossainBarisal – Shahriar NafeesComilla – Jasimuddin and Saikat Ali
Third round (local)Dhaka – Mohammad Shahid and Irfan ShukkurChittagong – Zakir Hasan and Saqlain SajibRangpur – Elias Sunny and Pinak GhoshBarisal – Mahedi Hasan and Monir Hossain KhanRajshahi – Abul Hasan and Rony TalukdarKhulna – Hasanuzzaman and Naeem Islam JrComilla – Mohammad Sharif and Nabil Samad
Second round (foreign)Rajshahi – Samit PatelChittagong – Jeevan Mendis and Tymal MillsDhaka – Usama MirBarisal – Josh CobbRangpur – Gehan RupasinghaKhulna – Andre Fletcher and Junaid KhanComilla – Jason Holder
Second round (local)Rajshahi – Nazmul Islam and Raqibul HasanBarisal – Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Nadif ChowdhuryKhulna – Abdul Majid and Alok KapaliChitttagong – Jahurul Islam and Nazmul Hossain MilonComilla – Nahidul Islam and Mohammad SaifuddinRangpur – Ziaur Rahman and Naeem IslamDhaka – Suhrawadi Shuvo and Mehedi Maruf
First round (foreign)Rangpur – Nasir Jamshed and Sachithra SenanayakeComilla – Khalid Latif and Shahzaib HasanChittagong – Grant Elliott and Imran Khan JrKhulna - Lendl Simmons and Ben LaughlinRajshahi – Milinda Siriwardana and Upul TharangaBarisal – Mohammad Nawaz and Carlos BrathwaiteDhaka – Seekugge Prasanna and Wayne Parnell
First round (local)Dhaka – Sanjamul Islam, Alauddin BabuKhulna – Shuvagata Hom, Ariful HaqueRajshahi – Mominul Haque, Farhad RezaChittagong – Abdur Razzak, Subashis RoyBarisal – Shamsur Rahman, Abu HiderRangpur – Rubel Hossain, Sohag GaziComilla – Al-Amin, Nazmul Hossain Shanto
BPL teams so far .....
