2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League Explained

2017 Bangladesh Premier League
Fromdate:4 November 2017
Todate:12 December 2017
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:Double round-robin and playoffs
Host:Bangladesh
Champions:Rangpur Riders (1st title)
Participants:7
Matches:46
Player Of The Series:Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders)
Most Runs:Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) (485)
Most Wickets:Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) (22)
Website:BPL
Previous Year:2016
Previous Tournament:2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League
Next Year:2019
Next Tournament:2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League 2017, also known as BPL Season 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and features seven teams from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions.[1] This year, Pakistani players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league.[2]

In the championship match, Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match Chris Gayle was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.

Draft

The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.[3]

A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.

Venues

A total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.

ChittagongDhakaSylhet
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 18,500
Matches: 10Matches: 28Matches: 8

Teams and their icons

The teams that played in this season are:

Mustafizur Rahman was chosen as the icon player for Barisal Bulls until they were excluded.

Results

Points table

League Progression

League stage

A total of 42 matches was played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, next sixteen in Dhaka, next ten in Chittagong and final eight in Dhaka.

Phase 1 (Sylhet)

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Phase 2 (Dhaka)

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Phase 3 (Chittagong)

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Phase 4 (Dhaka)

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Play-offs

Preliminary

Qualifier 2

Final

See main article: 2017—18 Bangladesh Premier League Final.

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Runs
Chris Gayle11 11 48553.88 176.36 146* 2 2 2947
Evin Lewis12 12 39636.00 159.03 75 0 337 27
Ravi Bopara15 13 36540.55 115.50 59 0 223 9
Tamim Iqbal10 10 332 36.88 132.80 64* 0 2 45 7
Mohammad Mithun15 13 32929.90117.50 50* 0 122 10
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017

Most wickets

Player Team
Shakib Al Hasan131344.53291225/1613.226.4912.211
Abu Jayed1212410367184/3520.388.9513.610
Hasan Ali9934.50245165/2015.317.0313.001
Mohammad Saifuddin1313440343163/2221.437.7916.500
Shahid Afridi88301210154/1214.007.0012.020
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017

Highest team totals

Team Total Opponent Ground
213/5 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
211/5 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
206/1 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barisal Bulls out of BPL 2017 . 9 August 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: PCB makes domestic T20 participation mandatory for NOCs.
  3. BPL season 5 Players' draft 2017. 23 September 2017. Dhaka. Rabbitholebd Sports.