2024 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft explained

The players' draft for the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League took place on 24 September 2023 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2024 Bangladesh Premier League players draft
Sport:Cricket
Date:24 September 2023
Time:12:00 pm BST
Location:Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka
League:Bangladesh Premier League
Team:7
Expansion Team:1
Expansion Season:2024
Prev:2023

Players draft rules

  1. Each team should have at least 12 players, ten being local players and two being foreign players.
  2. Each team can sign only one local player through direct signing and at least nine local players are to be picked from the draft
  3. There is no maximum limit of signing foreign players both directly and through the draft.

Salary cap

Local players

216 local players were listed into seven categories with the following salary cap:-

Foreign players

Drafted players

This is the list of drafted players in the players draft.[7]

Chattogram Challengers

Comilla Victorians

Durdanto Dhaka

Fortune Barishal

Khulna Tigers

Rangpur Riders

Sylhet Strikers

  1. Data Entry operator:Anuwar Hussain Hridoy(Saudi arab)=Shalutikor,gowainghat, Sylhet.

Direct Signing

This is the list of direct signings of every teamand Retention Players.[8]

Retention Players

Comilla Victorians

Chattogram Challengers

Durdanto Dhaka

Fortune Barishal

Khulna Tigers

Rangpur Riders

Sylhet Strikers

Players list

This is the list of Foreigen listed in the draft.[9]

A Category

Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand), Adam Lyth (England), Shai Hope (West Indies), Izharulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Jamie Overton (England), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka), Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Dilshan Madushanka (Sri Lanka), Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka), Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Avishka Fernando (Sri Lanka), Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka), Chamika Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Haider Ali (Pakistan).

B Category

Rahkeem Cornwall (West Indies), Matthew Potts (England), Waqar Salamkhei (Afghanistan), Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan), Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe), Samit Patel (England), Adam Rossington (England), Jordan Clark (England), Isuru Udana (Sri Lanka), Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan), Usama Mir (Pakistan), Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Niroshan Dickwella (Sri Lanka), Lendl Simmons (West Indies), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), Saud Shakeel (Pakistan).

C Category

Scott Edwards (Netherlands), Smit Patel (USA), George Dockrell (Ireland), Sam Alexander (England), Dom Bess (England), Daniel James (England), Raymond Reifer (West Indies), Chadwick Walton (West Indies), Fabian Allen (West Indies), Fawad Ahmed (Australia), Nkrumah Bonner (West Indies), Roston Chase (West Indies), Lutho Sipamla (South Africa), Duanne Olivier (South Africa), Andrew Turner (England), Hardus Viljoen (South Africa), Joe Denly (England), Usman Shinwari (Pakistan), Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan), Luke Wells (England), Michael Rippon (New Zealand), Sean Williams (Zimbabwe), Shahnawaz Dahani (Pakistan), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka), Kamran Akmal (Pakistan), Ross Whiteley (England), Danushka Gunathilaka (Sri Lanka), Jake Lintott (England), Wafadar Momand (Afghanistan), Dawlat Zadran (Afghanistan), Muhammad Waseem (UAE), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kasun Rajitha (Sri Lanka), Chaturanga de Silva (Sri Lanka), Ashen Bandara (Sri Lanka), Arshad Iqbal (Pakistan), Sadeera Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Haris Sohail (Pakistan), Mohammad Imran (Pakistan), Abdullah Shafiq (Pakistan), Umaid Asif (Pakistan), Aamer Yamin (Pakistan), Amad Butt (Pakistan),  Ahmed Daniyal (Pakistan), Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan) .

E Category

Joshua De Silva (West Indies), Harry Tector (Ireland), Abhishek Chand (United States), Craig Ervine (Zimbabwe), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan), Mohammad Saleem (Afghanistan), Kesrick Williams (West Indies), Sharafuddin Ashraf (Afghanistan), Brandon McMullen (Scotland), Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan), Minod Bhanuka (Sri Lanka), Rohail Nazir (Pakistan), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan), Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka), Sahan Arachchig (Sri Lanka).

Notes and References

  1. News: BPL Players Draft is to be held on September 24, 2023, at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka. . 17 September 2023 . Prothomalo. en.
  2. News: BPL 2024 Players’ Draft. 24 September 2023 . Prothomalo. en.
  3. News: Fortune Barishal sign Mushfiqur as most high-profile pick in BPL draft. 24 September 2023 . ESPNCricInfo.com . English.
  4. News: Shakib, Tamim shift franchises as BPL auction looms. 22 September 2023. Cricbuzz.com. English.
  5. News: BPL 2024: All teams retention and direct signing. 22 September 2023. bdcrictime.com. English.
  6. News: BPL 2024 players’ draft today. 24 September 2023. newsagebd.com. English.
  7. Web site: 10th BPL players' draft complete before the extravaganza .
  8. News: BPL 2024 Players’Direct Signing. 24 September 2023 . cricbuzz. en.
  9. News: BPL 2024 Players' Draft: List of foreign cricketers with base price. 22 September 2023. bdcrictime.com. English.