2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

2019–20 Bangabandhu BPL players' draft
General information
Sport	Cricket
Date(s)	17 November 2019
Time	6:00 PM
Location	Raddison Blu, Dhaka
Network(s)	Gazi TV
Sponsored by	Akash DTH
Overview
League	Bangladesh Premier League
Teams	7
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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. ^[7]

Domestic players

• A+ – ৳50 lakh (US$53,000) (4)
• A – ৳25 lakh (US$27,000) (9)
• B – ৳18 lakh (US$19,000) (24)
• C – ৳12 lakh (US$13,000) (41)
• D – ৳8 lakh (US$8,500) (59)
• E – ৳5 lakh (US$5,300) (44)

Foreign players

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

• Notes:numbers in bracket (x) indicates the number of players signed up in the category

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. ^[8]
• 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 ^{[7] [9]}

Domestic players

Domestic players with A+, A, B and C category are listed here. ^[7]

A+ Category (৳50 lakh) ^[7]

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

A Category (৳25 lakh) ^[7]

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) ^[7]

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) ^[7]

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 ^{[7] [10]}

A+ Category (US$100,000)

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

A Category (US$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 (US$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]}

Nat	Player	Team	Grade	Base Price
	Tamim Iqbal	Dhaka Platoon	A+	৳5,000,000
	Mushfiqur Rahim	Khulna Tigers	A+	৳5,000,000
	Mahmudullah	Chattogram Challengers	A+	৳5,000,000
	Mustafizur Rahman	Rangpur Rangers	A	৳2,500,000
	Liton Das	Rajshahi Royals	A	৳2,500,000
	Soumya Sarkar	Cumilla Warriors	A	৳2,500,000
	Mohammad Mithun	Sylhet Thunder	A	৳2,500,000
	Chris Gayle	Chattogram Challengers	A+	US$100,000
	Rilee Rossouw	Khulna Tigers	A+	US$100,000
	Mohammad Nabi	Rangpur Rangers	A+	US$100,000
	Thisara Perera	Dhaka Platoon	A+	US$100,000
	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Cumilla Warriors	A+	US$100,000
	Sherfane Rutherford	Sylhet Thunder	A	US$70,000
	Hazratullah Zazai	Rajshahi Royals	B	US$50,000
	Imrul Kayes	Chattogram Challengers	A	৳2,500,000
	Mosaddek Hossain	Sylhet Thunder	A	৳2,500,000
	Afif Hossain	Rajshahi Royals	B	৳1,800,000
	Anamul Haque	Dhaka Platoon	B	৳1,800,000
	Al-Amin Hossain	Cumilla Warriors	B	৳1,800,000
	Shafiul Islam	Khulna Tigers	B	৳1,800,000
	Mohammad Naim	Rangpur Rangers	C	৳1,200,000
	Shai Hope	Rangpur Rangers	A	US$70,000
	Kusal Perera	Cumilla Warriors	A	US$70,000
	Ravi Bopara	Rajshahi Royals	A	US$70,000
	Laurie Evans	Dhaka Platoon	B	US$50,000
	Robert Frylinck	Khulna Tigers	B	US$50,000
	Kesrick Williams	Chattogram Challengers	D	US$20,000
	Shafiqullah	Sylhet Thunder	D	US$20,000
	Sabbir Rahman	Cumilla Warriors	B	৳1,800,000
	Nazmul Hossain Shanto	Khulna Tigers	B	৳1,800,000
	Abu Jayed	Rajshahi Royals	B	৳1,800,000
	Arafat Sunny	Rangpur Rangers	C	৳1,200,000
	Nazmul Islam	Sylhet Thunder	B	৳1,800,000
	Nasir Hossain	Chattogram Challengers	C	৳1,200,000
	Hasan Mahmud	Dhaka Platoon	E	৳500,000
	Dawid Malan	Cumilla Warriors	B	US$70,000
	Avishka Fernando	Chattogram Challengers	B	US$70,000
	Wahab Riaz	Dhaka Platoon	B	US$70,000
	Mohammad Amir	Khulna Tigers	A	US$100,000
	Mohammad Nawaz	Rajshahi Royals	B	US$70,000
	Lewis Gregory	Rangpur Rangers	B	US$70,000
	Johnson Charles	Sylhet Thunder	D	US$20,000
	Rubel Hossain	Chattogram Challengers	B	৳1,800,000
	Yasir Ali	Cumilla Warriors	B	৳1,800,000
	Mahedi Hasan	Dhaka Platoon	B	৳1,800,000
	Aminul Islam	Khulna Tigers	D	৳500,000
	Farhad Reza	Rajshahi Royals	B	৳1,800,000
	Arafat Sunny	Rangpur Rangers	C	৳1,200,000
	Sohag Gazi	Sylhet Thunder	C	৳1,800,000
	Rayad Emrit	Chattogram Challengers	C	US$50,000
	Dasun Shanaka	Cumilla Warriors	B	US$70,000
	Asif Ali	Dhaka Platoon	B	US$70,000
	Najibullah Zadran	Khulna Tigers	C	US$50,000
	Mohammad Irfan	Rajshahi Royals	B	US$70,000
	Cameron Delport	Rangpur Rangers	B	US$70,000
	Naveen-ul-Haq	Sylhet Thunder	C	US$50,000
	Nurul Hasan	Chattogram Challengers	B	৳1,800,000
	Sunzamul Islam	Cumilla Warriors	B	৳1,800,000
	Ariful Haque	Dhaka Platoon	B	৳1,800,000
	Shamsur Rahman	Khulna Tigers	C	৳1,200,000
	Taijul Islam	Rajshahi Royals	A	৳2,500,000
	Taskin Ahmed	Rangpur Rangers	B	৳1,800,000
	Rony Talukdar	Sylhet Thunder	B	৳1,800,000
	Enamul Haque jnr	Chattogram Challengers	D	৳800,000
	Abu Hider	Cumilla Warriors	B	৳1,800,000
	Mominul Haque	Dhaka Platoon	A	৳2,500,000
	Saif Hasan	Khulna Tigers	C	৳1,200,000
	Alok Kapali	Rajshahi Royals	C	৳1,200,000
	Zakir Hasan	Rangpur Rangers	C	৳1,200,000
	Nayeem Hasan	Sylhet Thunder	B	৳1,800,000
	Muktar Ali	Chattogram Challengers	C	৳1,200,000
	Mahidul Islam Ankon	Cumilla Warriors	D	৳800,000
	Shuvagata Hom	Dhaka Platoon	B	৳1,800,000
	Mehedi Hasan	Khulna Tigers	B	৳1,800,000
	Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Rajshahi Royals	B	৳1,800,000
	Fazle Mahmud	Rangpur Rangers	B	৳1,800,000
	Delwar Hossain	Sylhet Thunder	C	৳1,200,000
	Pinak Ghosh	Chattogram Challengers	D	৳800,000
	Sumon Khan	Cumilla Warriors	D	৳800,000
	Mashrafe Mortaza	Dhaka Platoon	A+	৳5,000,000
	Shahidul Islam	Khulna Tigers	C	৳1,200,000
	Irfan Sukkur	Rajshahi Royals	C	৳1,200,000
	Nadif Chowdhury	Rangpur Rangers	C	৳1,200,000
	Monir Hossain	Sylhet Thunder	C	৳1,200,000
	Nasum Ahmed	Chattogram Challengers	E	৳500,000
	Fardeen Hasan Ony	Cumilla Warriors	D	৳800,000
	Raqibul Hasan	Dhaka Platoon	C	৳1,200,000
	Tanvir Islam	Khulna Tigers	D	৳800,000
	Minhajul Abedin Afridi	Rajshahi Royals	D	৳800,000
	Rishad Hossain	Rangpur Rangers
	Ruyel Miah	Sylhet Thunder	D	৳800,000
	Junaid Siddique	Chattogram Challengers	C	৳1,200,000
	Jaker Ali	Dhaka Platoon	C	৳1,200,000
	Aliss Islam	Khulna Tigers	D	৳800,000
	Nahidul Islam	Rajshahi Royals	C	৳1,200,000
	Sanjit Saha	Rangpur Rangers	D	৳800,000
	Ryan Burl	Chattogram Challengers	C	US$30,000
	Shahid Afridi	Dhaka Platoon	A+	US$100,000
	Junaid Khan	Rangpur Rangers	C	US$30,000
	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Khulna Tigers	D	US$20,000
	Jeevan Mendis	Sylhet Thunder	C	US$30,000
	Imad Wasim	Chattogram Challengers	B	US$50,000
	Luis Reece	Dhaka Platoon	D	US$20,000

Direct signings

Nat	Player	Team	Grade	Base Price	Notes/Ref
	Lendl Simmons	Chattogram Challengers	—		[13]
	Jubair Hossain	Chattogram Challengers	D	৳800,000
	Andre Russell	Rajshahi Royals	—
	Shoaib Malik [lower-alpha 2]	Rajshahi Royals	—
	Sheldon Cottrell	Sylhet Thunder	B	US$50,000
	Ebadot Hossain	Sylhet Thunder	C	৳1,200,000
	Mohammad Musa	Chattogram Challengers	D	US$20,000
	Mohammad Sami	Sylhet Thunder	D	US$20,000
	Mohammad Shahzad	Rangpur Rangers	B	US$50,000	replacement of Shai Hope
	Andre Fletcher	Sylhet Thunder	B	US$50,000
	Tom Abell	Rangpur Rangers	C	US$30,000
	Chadwick Walton	Chattogram Challengers	C	US$30,000
	Krishmar Santokie	Sylhet Thunder	D	US$20,000	replacement of Sheldon Cottrell
	Ifran Hossain	Cumilla Warriors	D	৳800,000
	Bhanuka Rajapaksha	Cumilla Warriors	C	US$30,000
	Shadab Khan	Dhaka Platoon	—
	Stiaan van Zyl	Cumilla Warriors	D	US$20,000
	Wanindu Hasaranga	Khulna Tigers	B	US$50,000
	Abdul Mazid	Sylhet Thunder	C	৳1,200,000
	Nazmul Hossain Milon	Sylhet Thunder	D	৳800,000
	Mukidul Islam	Rangpur Rangers	D	৳800,000
	Mohammad Shahid	Dhaka Platoon	C	৳1,200,000	replacement of Wahab Riaz
	Salauddin Sakil	Dhaka Platoon	D	৳800,000
	Mehedi Hasan Rana	Chattogram Challengers	C	৳1,200,000
	Liam Plunkett	Chattogram Challengers	—		replacement of Kesrick Williams [14]
	Shane Watson	Rangpur Rangers	—		[15]
	Upul Tharanga	Cumilla Warriors	B	US$50,000
	Shadman Islam	Rangpur Rangers	D	৳1,200,000
	David Wiese	Cumilla Warriors	B	US$50,000
	Robiul Islam Robi	Cumilla Warriors	D	৳800,000
	Ziaur Rahman	Chattogram Challengers	C	৳1,200,000	[16]
	Asela Gunaratne	Chattogram Challengers	B	US$50,000
	Hashim Amla	Khulna Tigers	—		[17]
	Ahmed Shehzad	Dhaka Platoon	B	US$50,000	replacement of Laurie Evans [17]
	Faheem Ashraf	Dhaka Platoon	—		[17]

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

1. Malik withdrawn his name from the draft just before the day it was scheduled to be held
2. Malik withdrew his name from draft list just before the auction and later was directly signed

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