2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft explained

2019–20 Bangabandhu BPL players' draft
Logosize:	100
Sport:	Cricket
Date:	17 November 2019
Time:	6:00 PM
Location:	Raddison Blu, Dhaka
Network:	Gazi TV
Sponsor:	Akash DTH
League:	Bangladesh Premier League
Teams:	7
Prev:	2019
Next:	2021-22

The 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League players draft took place in 17 November 2017.

During the player's direct signing period, a Conflict of Interests aroused between BCB and all other franchise. Subsequently, in September BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.^[1]

On 16 November 2019, BCB unveiled the logo and name of the all seven teams for the current season. 5 out of 7 teams were sponsored by private companies while Rangpur Rangers and Cumilla Warriors are sponsored by BCB itself.^[2] Chattogram Challengers is sponsored by Akhtar Furnishers, Dhaka Platoon is sponsored by Jamuna Bank, Khulna Tigers is sponsored by Premier Bank Limited, Rajshahi Royals by IPC Group and Sylhet Thunder is sponsored by Jivani Footwear Company.^[3] The players auction for the 2019 Bangabandhu BPL T20 was held on 17 November 2019 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. A total of 181 domestic players and 439 foreign players signed up for the players' draft.^[4]

Rules for players' draft

BCB set some rules for players' draft. Those are-^[5]

• Each team can buy a minimum of 9 domestic and 6 foreign players.
• Any team can not buy more than 19 players, 11 being domestic and 8 foreign.
• Each team can make direct signing of maximum 2 foreign players outside of draft.
• Each team can buy 1 domestic A+ category player, but there only 4 player being listed in A+ category, other teams, who were not able to buy A+ category player, can buy maximum 2 A category player instead of A+.
• Each team can buy maximum 1 player from A category, 3 each from B and C category, and 2 each from D and E category.
• Each team has to buy a pacer who can bowl at a speed of 140 km/h or more.
• Each team has to include a Leg-spinner.

Draft Summary

A total of 620 player, 181 domestic and 439 foreign players from 22 nations signed up for draft.^[6]

Country	Signed up	Sold
Bangladesh	183	74
Afghanistan	42	10
Australia	9	6
England	103	13
India	3	0
Ireland	7	0
New Zealand	4	3
Pakistan	89	6
South Africa	35	3
Sri Lanka	45	6
West Indies	72	13
Zimbabwe	9	1
Canada	14	0
Germany	0
Hong Kong	3	0
Namibia	1	0
Nepal	2	0
Netherlands	2	0
Oman	4	0
Scotland	6	0
United Arab Emirates	5	0
United States of America	7	0
Total	634	140

Salary Cap

Domestic players were divided into 6 categories while Foreign players were divided into 5 categories.

Domestic players

• A+ – (4)
• A – (9)
• B – (24)
• C – (41)
• D – (59)
• E – (44)

Foreign players

• A+ – 100,000 (11)
• A – 70,000 (15)
• B – 50,000 (66)
• C – 30,000 (75)
• D – 20,000 (272)

Players' list

• Domestic players were divided into 6 category, 4 players were in the A+ category, 9 players in A Category, 24 players were in B category, 41 cricketers were in C category, 59 players in D category and 44 cricketers were allotted to E category.^[7]
• Foreign players were divided into 5 category, A+ category contains 11 players, A category 15, B category 66, C category 75 and D category contains 272 players^[8]

Domestic players

Domestic players with A+, A, B and C category are listed here.^[9]

A+ Category (50 lakh)^[9]

1. Mashrafe Mortaza
2. Mushfiqur Rahim
3. Tamim Iqbal
4. Mahmudullah

A Category (25 lakh)^[9]

1. Mosaddek Hossain
2. Mustafizur Rahman
3. Soumya Sarkar
4. Mehedi Hasan Miraz
5. Liton Das
6. Taijul Islam
7. Imrul Kayes
8. Mominul Haque
9. Mohammad Mithun

B Category (18 lakh)^[9]

1. Abu Haider
2. Sabbir Rahman
3. Afif Hossain
4. Anamul Haque
5. Rubel Hossain
6. Abu Jayed
7. Taskin Ahmed
8. Shafiul Islam
9. Nazmul Hossain Shanto
10. Shuvagata Hom
11. Nurul Hasan
12. Jahurul Islam
13. Farhad Reza
14. Al-Amin Hossain
15. Mehedi Hasan
16. Fazle Mahmud Rabbi
17. Yasir Ali
18. Rony Talukdar
19. Ariful Haque
20. Nazmul Islam
21. Sunzamul Islam
22. Nayeem Hasan
23. Al- Amin
24. Kamrul Islam Rabbi

C Category (12 lakh)^[9]

1. Mohammad Naim
2. Mohammad Ashraful
3. Shahriar Nafees
4. Ebadot Hossain
5. Subashis Roy
6. Alok Kapali
7. Sohag Gazi
8. Junaid Siddique
9. Shamsur Rahman
10. Khaled Ahmed
11. Arafat Sunny
12. Tanbir Hayder
13. Saikat Ali
14. Marshal Ayub
15. Mahmudul Hasan
16. Abdul Majid
17. Nadif Chowdhury
18. Irfan Sukkur
19. Saif Hassan
20. Sharifullah
21. Delwar Hossain
22. Monir Hossain
23. Ziaur Rahman
24. Muktar Ali
25. Alauddin Babu
26. Suhrawadi Shuvo
27. Naeem Islam
28. Rakibul Hasan
29. Saqlain Sajib
30. Mehedi Hasan Rana
31. Nahidul Islam
32. Shahidul Islam
33. Robiul Haque
34. Qazi Onik
35. Zakir Hasan
36. Jaker Ali
37. Nasir Hossain
38. Mosharraf Hossain
39. Abdur Razzak
40. Shadman Islam

Foreign players

Foreign players with A+, A and B category players are listed below^{[9] [10]}

A+ Category (100,000):

1. Dane Vilas
2. Shahid Afridi
3. Rilee Rossouw
4. Hassan Ali
5. Mohammad Nabi
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
8. Chris Gayle
9. Thisara Perera
10. Dwayne Smith
11. Darren Bravo

A Category (70,000):

1. Isuru Udana
2. Ravi Bopara
3. Mohammad Amir
4. Kemar Roach
5. Marlon Samuels
6. Mohammad Hafeez
7. Dimuth Karunaratne
8. Kusal Perera
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Rassie van der Dussen
11. Shai Hope
12. Wayne Parnell
13. Fakhar Zaman
14. Oshane Thomas
15. Sam Billings

B Category (50,000):

1. Niroshan Dickwella
2. Kyle Abbott
3. Hardus Viljoen
4. David Wiese
5. JP Duminy
6. Ahmed Shehzad
7. Mohammad Nawaz
8. Samit Patel
9. Keaton Jennings
10. Steven Finn
11. Sheldon Cottrell
12. Benny Howell
13. Dawid Malan
14. Imran Khan
15. Sami Aslam
16. Bilawal Bhatti
17. Azeem Rafiq
18. Imad Wasim
19. Wahab Riaz
20. Danny Briggs
21. Laurie Evans
22. Matt Parkinson
23. Avishka Fernando
24. Dasun Shanaka
25. Kusal Mendis
26. Danushka Gunathilaka
27. Simon Harmer
28. Ed Pollock
29. Matt Critchley
30. Joe Clarke
31. Cameron Delport
32. Kamran Akmal
33. Zahir Khan
34. Mohammad Shahzad
35. Craig Overton
36. Asghar Afghan
37. Asif Ali
38. Jade Dernbach
39. Asela Gunaratne
40. Upul Tharanga
41. Wanindu Hasaranga
42. Dhananjaya de Silva
43. Mohammad Irfan
44. Naseem Shah
45. Luke Fletcher
46. Jamie Porter
47. Lewis Gregory
48. Will Jacks
49. Rahkeem Cornwall
50. Ali Khan
51. Shannon Gabriel
52. Tymal Mills
53. Gulbadin Naib
54. Denesh Ramdin
55. Sherfane Rutherford
56. Brendan Taylor
57. Ryan ten Doeschate
58. Riki Wessels
59. Hazratullah Zazai
60. Robbie Frylinck
61. Steven Mullaney
62. Paul Coughlin
63. Andre Fletcher
64. Devendra Bishoo
65. Rovman Powell
66. Dwaine Pretorius
67. Tabraiz Shamsi

Sold Players

List of players bought in the draft.^{[11] [12]}

	Player	Team	Grade	Base Price
			A+	5,000,000
			A+	5,000,000
			A+	5,000,000
			A	2,500,000
			A	2,500,000
			A	2,500,000
			A	2,500,000
			A+	100,000
			A+	100,000
			A+	100,000
			A+	100,000
			A+	100,000
			A	70,000
			B	50,000
			A	2,500,000
			A	2,500,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			A	70,000
			A	70,000
				A	70,000
			B	50,000
			B	50,000
			D	20,000
			D	20,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			E	500,000
			B	70,000
			B	70,000
			B	70,000
			A	100,000
			B	70,000
			B	70,000
			D	20,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			D	500,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,800,000
			C	50,000
			B	70,000
			B	70,000
			C	50,000
			B	70,000
			B	70,000
			C	50,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			A	2,500,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			D	800,000
			B	1,800,000
			A	2,500,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			B	1,800,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			D	800,000
			A+	5,000,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			E	500,000
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			D	800,000
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			C	30,000
			A+	100,000
			C	30,000
			D	20,000
			C	30,000
			B	50,000
			D	20,000

Direct signings

Nat	Player	Team	Grade	Base Price	Notes/Ref
			colspan=2	^[13]
			D		800,000
			colspan=2
			colspan=2
			B		50,000
			C		1,200,000
			D	20,000
			D	20,000
			B	50,000	replacement of Shai Hope
			B	50,000
			C	30,000
			C	30,000
			D	20,000	replacement of Sheldon Cottrell
			D	800,000
			C	30,000
			colspan=2
			D	20,000
			B	50,000
			C	1,200,000
			D	800,000
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000	replacement of Wahab Riaz
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000
			colspan=2	replacement of Kesrick Williams^[14]
			colspan=2	^[15]
			B	50,000
			D	1,200,000
			B	50,000
			D	800,000
			C	1,200,000	^[16]
			B	50,000
			colspan=2	^[17]
			B	50,000	replacement of Laurie Evans
			colspan=2

Note: Grade and Base Prices to Direct signed players may not be applicable. It is given here to show that whether the particular player signed up for the draft or not.

See also

• 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League

Notes and References

1. Web site: BCB to conduct T20 tournament instead of BPL after fallout with franchises . Cricbuzz. 11 September 2019.
2. Web site: 7 teams e for Bangabandhu BPL. daily Bangladesh. 16 November 2019.
3. Web site: Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 squads . Bangladesh Cricket Board. 17 November 2019.
4. Web site: 439 overseas stars register for BPL special edition player draft . Cricbuzz. 17 November 2019.
5. Web site: বিপিএলে দল গঠন করা হচ্ছে যেভাবে . Prothom Alo. 17 November 2019. bn.
6. Web site: বিপিএলের ড্রাফটে জার্মান ক্রিকেটার . Prothom Alo. 17 November 2019. bn.
7. Web site: বিপিএলে মাশরাফিরা পাবেন ৫০ লাখ, আফ্রিদি-গেইলরা ৮৪ লাখ. Prothom Alo. 16 November 2019. bn.
8. Web site: Overview (overseas cricketers’ country wise breakdown, fees cap) . BCB. 16 November 2019.
9. Web site: List of Bangladeshi cricketers for the draft . BCB. 16 November 2019.
10. Web site: List of overseas cricketers for the draft . BCB. 16 November 2019.
11. Web site: Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 Player Draft held on November 17. Bangladesh Cricket Board. 17 November 2019.
12. Web site: BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka . ESPN Cricinfo . 18 November 2019.
13. Web site: Rajshahi Royals sign Russell, Malik . BCB. 27 November 2019.
14. Web site: বিপিএলে এলেন বিশ্বকাপজয়ী প্লাঙ্কেট . প্রথম আলো . 21 December 2019 . bn . 21 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191221121137/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/article/1630188/ . dead .
15. Web site: ভরাডুবি এড়াতে ওয়াটসনকে আনছে রংপুর . প্রথম আলো . 21 December 2019 . bn.
16. News: জিয়াকে দলে টানল চট্টগ্রাম . 30 December 2019 . প্রথম আলো . bn.
17. News: বিপিএল জমাতে আসছেন আমলা–গেইল . 31 December 2019 . প্রথম আলো . bn.