The players auction for the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League was held on 19 January 2012 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. Each franchise can sign a total of 10 local players and 8 foreign players, and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each franchise will also have one domestic icon player in their team. Players were allowed to set their base price between $20,000 to $100,000. [1]
Domestic players with top three base prices for the auction are listed below: Icon players will receive 15% salary more than the highest cost local player.
International players with one of the top two base prices for the auction are listed below:
List of bought players. [3]
These players remained unsold at the auction.
Source: [4]
Many franchises signed players after the BPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under BPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.
Signed Player | Replaced Player | Team | Signed amount | Reason for replacement |
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![]() | ![]() | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | Injury Shane Harwood |
![]() | ![]() | Chittagong Kings | $50,000 | Pakistan call up |
![]() | ![]() | Chittagong Kings | $100,000 | Injury to Lendl Simmonds |
![]() | ![]() | Dhaka Gladiators | $100,000 | Personal issues |
![]() | ![]() | Khulna Royal Bengal | $50,000 | Personal issue |
![]() | ![]() | Sylhet Royals | $100,000 | Local league |
![]() | ![]() | Khulna Royal Bengal | $50,000 | National commitments |
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