2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Explained

Bangladesh Premier League 2019
Fromdate:5 January 2019
Todate:8 February 2019
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:Double round-robin and playoffs
Host:Bangladesh
Count:2
Participants:7
Matches:46
Player Of The Series:Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites)
Most Runs:Rilee Rossouw (Rangpur Riders) (558)
Most Wickets:Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) (23)
Website:BPL
Previous Year:2017
Previous Tournament:2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League
Next Year:2019–20
Next Tournament:2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League 2019, also known as BPL Season 6 or UCB BPL 2019 Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth 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), featuring seven teams from seven cities. Teams are restricted to having four overseas players per side, instead of five in the previous edition of the tournament.[1] Rangpur Riders were the defending champions.[2]

Originally, the season was scheduled to start on 1 October 2018 and end on 16 November 2018.[3] However, in May 2018, it was reported that the tournament might be moved to January 2019, because of security concerns around the Bangladeshi general election, which took place in December 2018.[4] In July 2018, it was confirmed that the tournament would start in January 2019.[5] [6] For this edition of the tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) were used for the first time.[7]

In the final match, Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs to win their second title.[8] In the final match, Tamim Iqbal was awarded the man of the match award, after scoring 141 not out.[9] Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 558 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets and also won the player of the tournament award.

Draft and squads

By 30 September 2018 the team franchises announced the names of their retained players for the tournament and their icon players. A players' draft was initially scheduled to take place on 25 October 2018.[7] However, the date was moved to 28 October due to a schedule clash with the ODI series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The rest of the players were bought from the Players' Draft, which was held on 28 October 2018.[10] Litton Das and Mustafizur Rahman were new additions to the list while Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman were excluded from the list.[11] Initially, Steve Smith was barred from playing in the tournament by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).[12] However, the BCB overturned its decision, allowing Smith to take part in the competition.[13] [14]

Venues

A total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final will be held at Dhaka. This season 3 venues will host all matches in 4 phases. In the first phase Dhaka will host 14 matches then Sylhet will host 8 matches in the second phase. Dhaka will again host 6 matches in the third phase while then Chittagong will host 10 matches of fourth phase. Final tournament will return to Dhaka again for playoffs and Final matches.[15]

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

Results

Points table

League progression

League stage

A total of 42 matches were played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 8 matches in Sylhet and 10 in Chittagong.[15]

Phase 1 (Dhaka)

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Phase 2 (Sylhet)

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Phase 3 (Dhaka)

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Phase 4 (Chittagong)

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Phase 5 (Dhaka)

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Playoffs

Qualifiers

Qualifier 1----
  • Qualifier 2
  • Final

    See main article: 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final.

    Statistics

    Most runs

    Player Team Runs
    Rilee Rossouw14 13 55869.75 150.00 100* 1 5 49 24
    Tamim Iqbal14 14 46738.91 133.81 141* 1 2 41 23
    Mushfiqur Rahim13 13 42635.50 139.21 75 0 3 36 18
    Nicholas Pooran11 11 37947.37 159.91 76* 0 3 27 28
    Laurie Evans11 11 33937.66 137.80 104* 1 2 37 10
    Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 8 February 2019

    Most wickets

    Player Team
    Shakib Al Hasan15 15 56 2 406 234/16 17.65 7.25 14.6 1 0
    Taskin Ahmed12 12 37.1 0 318 224/28 14.45 8.55 10.1 2 0
    Mashrafe Mortaza14 14 55 1 387 224/11 17.59 7.03 15.0 1 0
    Rubel Hossain15 15 52.4 1 407 224/23 18.50 7.72 14.3 2 0
    Mohammad Saifuddin13 13 46 2 356 204/22 17.80 7.73 13.8 1 0
    Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 8 February 2019

    Highest team totals

    Team Total Opponent Ground Result
    239/4
    237/5
    214/4
    Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 28 January 2019

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Four foreigners per side in BPL 2018 . 18 April 2018 . The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
    2. Web site: Gayle's record 146* carries Rangpur to maiden title . 18 April 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
    3. Web site: BPL teams to have a maximum of four overseas players in 2018 . 18 April 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
    4. Web site: BPL likely to be delayed due to general elections . 16 May 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
    5. Web site: Zimbabwe's tour of Bangladesh now set for October 2018 . 24 July 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
    6. Web site: BPL VI to start on January, 2019 . bdcrictime . 29 July 2018 . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230445/https://www.bdcrictime.com/2018/07/bpl-six-to-start-on-january-2019/ . dead .
    7. Web site: DRS set to be introduced in BPL 2019 . CricBuzz . 2 September 2018.
    8. Web site: Tamim Iqbal's 141* leads Comilla Victorians to second BPL title . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 February 2019.
    9. Web site: Comilla clinch BPL title after Tamim's heroic knock . The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 8 February 2019.
    10. Web site: Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19 . Bangladesh Cricket Board . 29 October 2018.
    11. Web site: Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19. Bangladesh Cricket Board. 25 November 2018.
    12. Web site: BCB bars Steven Smith's BPL participation on technical grounds . ESPN Cricinfo . 23 December 2018.
    13. Web site: BCB changes rules to let Steven Smith play in the BPL . ESPN Cricinfo . 27 December 2018.
    14. BPL Season 6 Player Draft 2018-19 — FULL. Rabbitholebd Sports. Dhaka. 28 October 2018.
    15. Web site: বিপিএলের পূর্ণাঙ্গ সূচি দেখুন এখানে. Prothom Alo. 25 November 2018.