2012 Bangladesh Premier League player auction explained

The players auction for the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League was held on 19 January 2012 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. Each franchise can sign a total of 10 local players and 8 foreign players, and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each franchise will also have one domestic icon player in their team. Players were allowed to set their base price between $20,000 to $100,000.^[1]

Player list

Domestic players

Domestic players with top three base prices for the auction are listed below:Icon players will receive 15% salary more than the highest cost local player.

Icon players ($210,000):

Grade A ($45,000):^[2]

Mahmudullah
Abdur Razzak
Nasir Hossain
Junaid Siddique
Imrul Kayes
Mashrafe Mortaza

Grade B ($30,000):^[2]

Nazimuddin
Raqibul Hasan
Elias Sunny
Suhrawadi Shuvo
Rubel Hossain
Shafiul Islam
Nazmul Hossain
Farhad Reza
Mithun Ali
Jahurul Islam
Shahadat Hossain
Naeem Islam

International players

International players with one of the top two base prices for the auction are listed below:

Grade A ($100,000):^[2]

Grade B ($50,000):^[2]

Sold players

List of bought players.^[3]

Player	Winning bid	Base price
Shahid Afridi	$700,000	$100,000
Chris Gayle	$551,000	$100,000
Marlon Samuels	$360,000	$50,000
Kieron Pollard	$300,000	$100,000
Nasir Hossain	$200,000	$45,000
Shoaib Malik	$150,000	$100,000
Dwayne Bravo	$150,000	$100,000
Brad Hodge	$140,000	$100,000
Mahmudullah	$110,000	$45,000
Jahurul Islam	$110,000	$30,000
Sanath Jayasuriya	$110,000	$100,000
Muttiah Muralitharan	$100,000	$100,000
Nasir Jamshed	$100,000	$25,000
Abdul Razzaq	$100,000	$100,000
Saeed Ajmal	$100,000	$100,000
Sohail Tanvir	$100,000	$50,000
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan	$100,000	$50,000
Kamran Akmal	$100,000	$50,000
Herschelle Gibbs	$100,000	$100,000
Naeem Islam	$90,000	$30,000
Abdur Razzak	$85,000	$45,000
Nazimuddin	$85,000	$30,000
Imran Nazir	$85,000	$25,000
Andre Russell	$85,000	$50,000
Mithun Ali	$80,000	$30,000
Shuvagata Hom	$80,000	$20,000
Yasir Arafat	$80,000	$50,000
Niall O'Brien	$80,000	$50,000
Elias Sunny	$75,000	$30,000
Peter Trego	$75,000	$50,000
Junaid Siddique	$70,000	$45,000
Rubel Hossain	$70,000	$30,000
Mohammad Sami	$70,000	$25,000
Shafiul Islam	$65,000	$30,000
Mosharraf Hossain	$65,000	$20,000
Alauddin Babu	$65,000	$20,000
Fidel Edwards	$60,000	$50,000
Farhad Reza	$55,000	$30,000
	$55,000	$20,000
Darren Sammy	$55,000	$50,000
Imrul Kayes	$50,000	$45,000
Arafat Sunny	$50,000	$20,000
Nazmul Islam Apu	$50,000	$20,000
Imran Tahir	$50,000	$50,000
Brad Hogg	$50,000	$50,000
Ahmed Shehzad	$50,000	$50,000
Stuart MacGill	$50,000	$50,000
Dwayne Smith	$50,000	$50,000
Jerome Taylor	$50,000	$50,000
Mashrafe Mortaza	$45,000	$45,000
Suhrawadi Shuvo	$45,000	$30,000
Shamsur Rahman	$45,000	$20,000
Fawad Alam	$45,000	$25,000
Sabbir Rahman	$40,000	$20,000
Ziaur Rahman	$40,000	$20,000
Sanjamul Islam	$40,000	$20,000
Hameed Hassan	$40,000	$25,000
Nazmul Hossain Milon	$35,000	$20,000
Saqlain Sajib	$35,000	$20,000
Alexei Kervezee	$35,000	$25,000
Nazmul Hossain	$30,000	$30,000
Shahadat Hossain	$30,000	$30,000
Nadif Chowdhury	$30,000	$20,000
Rizwan Cheema	$25,000	$25,000
Frederik Klokker	$25,000	$25,000
Jos Buttler	$25,000	$25,000
Gary Keedy	$25,000	$25,000
Darren Stevens	$25,000	$25,000
Qaiser Abbas	$25,000	$25,000
Faisal Iqbal	$25,000	$25,000
Rameez Raja	$25,000	$25,000
Kyle Coetzer	$25,000	$25,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	$25,000	$25,000
Kevon Cooper	$25,000	$25,000
Lendl Simmons	$25,000	$25,000
Sean Ervine	$25,000	$25,000
Farhad Hossain	$20,000	$20,000
Mominul Haque	$20,000	$20,000
Faisal Hossain	$20,000	$20,000
Aftab Ahmed	$20,000	$20,000
Sohag Gazi	$20,000	$20,000
Noor Hossain	$20,000	$20,000
Asif Ahmed	$20,000	$20,000
Mukhtar Ali	$20,000	$20,000
Syed Rasel	$20,000	$20,000
Al Amin	$20,000	$20,000
Dolar Mahmud	$20,000	$20,000
Arafat Salahuddin	$20,000	$20,000
Dhiman Ghosh	$20,000	$20,000
Anamul Haque	$20,000	$20,000
Soumya Sarkar	$20,000	$20,000
Maisuqur Rahman	$20,000	$20,000
Marshall Ayub	$20,000	$20,000
Tanveer Haider	$20,000	$20,000
Saghir Hossain	$20,000	$20,000
Kamrul Islam Rabbi	$20,000	$20,000
Ariful Haque	$20,000	$20,000
Mizanur Rahman	$20,000	$20,000
Talha Jubair	$20,000	$20,000
Nabil Samad	$20,000	$20,000

Unsold players

These players remained unsold at the auction.

Source:^[4]

Post-auction signings

Many franchises signed players after the BPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under BPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.

Signed Player	Replaced Player	Team	Signed amount	Reason for replacement
			$20,000	Injury Shane Harwood
			$50,000	Pakistan call up
			$100,000	Injury to Lendl Simmonds
			$100,000	Personal issues
			$50,000	Personal issue
			$100,000	Local league
			$50,000	National commitments

Notes and References

Web site: Local players in line for jackpot in BPL auction. ESPNCricinfo. Mohammad Isam. 2012-01-18.
News: BPL players' list revealed . The Daily Star . 13 January 2012 .
Web site: Afridi and Gayle fetch highest BPL prices. ESPNCricinfo. Mohammad Isam. 2012-01-19.
Web site: Bangladesh Premier League Player List . Cricinfo . 2012-01-20 .