Club: | Comilla Victorians কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়ান্স |
Season: | 2016 Bangladesh Premier League |
Coach: | Mizanur Rahman Babul |
Captain: | Mashrafe Mortaza |
Comp1: | BPL |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
The Comilla Victorians are a franchise cricket team based in Comilla, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They are one of the seven teams that are competing in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. The team is being captained by Mashrafe Mortaza.
The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September.[1] Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season.[2] A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.[3]
Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.912 | ||||||||||||||||||
Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.233 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.208 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 | ||||||||||||||||||
Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 4 December 2016 |
Comilla Victorians entered the draft on 30 September 2016, where the team picked nine domestic and six overseas players. Captain of Bangladesh national cricket team captain Mashrafe Mortaza was retained to lead the team in second season. Mohammad Salahuddin was not retained as the coach, despite having a successful season. Mizanur Rahman Babul will be seen as the head coach for this season of Comilla Victorians.[4]
Name | Nat | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed Year | Notes | |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Imrul Kayes | Left-hand bat | 2016 | ||||
Nazmul Hossain Shanto | Left-hand bat | Left arm offbreak | 2016 | |||
Khalid Latif | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | |||
Ahmed Shehzad | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | 2015 | Overseas | ||
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | ||||
Rovman Powell | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |||
Marlon Samuels | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | 2015 | Overseas | ||
All-rounders | ||||||
Sohail Tanvir | Left-hand bat | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas | ||
Jason Holder | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas | ||
Left-hand bat | Left-arm medium | 2016 | ||||
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ||||
Imad Wasim | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Overseas | ||
Sunil Narine | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | 2015 | Overseas | ||
Ryan Ten Doeschate | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | Overseas | ||
Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | Overseas | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Liton Das | Right-hand bat | N/A, Opener | 2015 | |||
Right-hand bat | N/A | 2016 | ||||
Bowlers | ||||||
Mashrafe Mortaza | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2015 | Captain | ||
Nuwan Kulasekara | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast medium | 2015 | Overseas | ||
Mohammad Saifuddin | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |||
Shahadat Hossain | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |||
Mohammad Sharif | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |||
Rashid Khan | Right-hand bat | Right-arm legbreak | 2016 | Overseas | ||
Left-hand bat | Slow left arm orthodox | 2016 | ||||