Dates | 6 January – 16 February 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Bangladesh |
Champions | Comilla Victorians (4th title) |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 46 |
Player of the series | Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) |
Most runs | Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) (516) |
Most wickets | Tanvir Islam (Comilla Victorians) Hasan Mahmud (Rangpur Riders) (17 Wickets each) |
Official website | bplt20 |
The Bangladesh Premier League 2023, also known as BPL Season 9 or Ispahani BPL 2023 Powered by Minister Group (for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). In July 2022, after the International Cricket Council accommodated the month of January and February for this league in its Future Tours Programme, the BCB announced the schedule of the BPL for the next three seasons. [1] Accordingly, the ninth season was scheduled to be held from 5 January to 16 February in 2023. [2] BCB also decided to increase the number of teams to 7 and to sell the franchise rights for 3 years from this season. [3]
BCB announced the list of franchise owners in September 2022, with five of the previous six franchises retaining ownership and the return of Rangpur Riders after two seasons. [4] On 24 December 2022, BCB announced the fixtures for this season with two matches to be played per day in the group stage and having reserve days for all of the knockout matches. [5]
In the final, Comilla Victorians defeated Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets to win their second successive and overall fourth title. [6]
Before the draft Fortune Barishal signed up 10 players through direct recruitment, the most by any team. Unmukt Chand, former Indian cricketer also registered for the draft, being the only Indian so far to have registered in BPL's players' draft. [7] Before the draft, each team was allowed to recruit directly only one domestic player and unlimited number of foreign players. [8] [9]
The players' draft was held on 23 November 2022. [10]
Each team are allowed to pick up a minimum of 12 players from the draft, at least ten local players and two foreign players. But there is no maximum limit of picking up foreign players from the draft.
Chittagong | Dhaka | Sylhet |
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Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 18,500 |
Matches:12 | Matches:26 | Matches:8 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sylhet Strikers (RU) | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.737 |
2 | Comilla Victorians (C) | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.723 |
3 | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.165 |
4 | Fortune Barishal | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.542 |
5 | Khulna Tigers | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.534 |
6 | Dhaka Dominators | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.776 |
7 | Chattogram Challengers | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.872 |
Chattogram Challengers 89/9 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 90/2 (12.3 overs) |
Rangpur Riders 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 142 (19.1 overs) |
Khulna Tigers 113/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 117/4 (19.1 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 194/7 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 196/4 (19 overs) |
Comilla Victorians 149/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 150/5 (17.4 overs) |
Khulna Tigers 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 179/1 (19.2 overs) |
Rangpur Riders 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 162/4 (19.2 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 201/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 139 (19.3 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 202/7 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 176/4 (20 overs) |
Khulna Tigers 130 (19.4 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 131/6 (19.3 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 177/6 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 165/7 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dominators 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 159/2 (17.4 overs) |
Dhaka Dominators 128/7 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 134/5 (19.2 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 135/8 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 137/4 (17.3 overs) |
Rangpur Riders 129 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 130/1 (18.2 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 133/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 134/5 (19 overs) |
Comilla Victorians 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 151/4 (20 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 238/4 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 171/9 (20 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 157/9 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 159/3 (19.2 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 160/4 (20 overs) |
Rangpur Riders 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 124 (16.3 overs) |
Comilla Victorians 164/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 104/9 (20 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 171/8 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dominators 108 (19.4 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 84 (15.3 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 92/9 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 93/4 (15.4 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 171/7 (19.2 overs) |
Comilla Victorians 165/2 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 161/6 (20 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 177/3 (18 overs) |
Dhaka Dominators 144/5 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 146/5 (19 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 192/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 161/9 (20 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 156/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 157/5 (18.5 overs) |
Khulna Tigers 210/2 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 213/3 (18.2 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 194/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 157/8 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dominators 130/8 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 133/8 (19.3 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 157/4 (19 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 170/2 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 176/2 (18 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 118/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dominators 103/9 (20 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 121 (19.1 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 122/5 (18.3 overs) |
Khulna Tigers 113/8 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 114/4 (17.3 overs) |
Chattogram Challengers 132/8 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 135/3 (16 overs) |
Comilla Victorians 177/5 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 107 (17 overs) |
Fortune Barishal 169/8 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 172/4 (19.3 overs) |
Qualifier 1 and Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
12 February 2022 — Dhaka | 16 February 2022 — Dhaka | ||||||||||||
1 | Sylhet Strikers | 125 (17.1 overs) | 2 | Comilla Victorians | 176/3 (19.2 overs) | ||||||||
2 | Comilla Victorians | 130/6 (16.4 overs) | 14 February 2022 — Dhaka | 1 | Sylhet Strikers | 175/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
1 | Sylhet Strikers | 182/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
12 February 2022 — Dhaka | 3 | Rangpur Riders | 163/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
3 | Rangpur Riders | 172/6 (19.3 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Fortune Barishal | 170/3 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Fortune Barishal 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 172/6 (19.3 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 125 (17.1 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 130/6 (16.4 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 182/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 163/8 (20 overs) |
Sylhet Strikers 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 176/3 (19.2 overs) |
Player | Team | Matches | Runs | High score |
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Najmul Hossain Shanto | Sylhet Strikers | 15 | 516 | 89* |
Rony Talukdar | Rangpur Riders | 13 | 425 | 67 |
Towhid Hridoy | Sylhet Strikers | 13 | 403 | 85* |
Litton Das | Comilla Victorians | 13 | 379 | 70 |
Shakib Al Hasan | Fortune Barishal | 13 | 375 | 89* |
Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
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Tanvir Islam | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 17 | 4/33 |
Hasan Mahmud | Rangpur Riders | 14 | 17 | 3/12 |
Nasir Hossain | Dhaka Dominators | 12 | 16 | 4/20 |
Azmatullah Omarzai | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 15 | 3/17 |
Rubel Hossain | Sylhet Strikers | 8 | 14 | 4/37 |
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | Result |
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Fortune Barishal | 238/4 | Rangpur Riders | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Fortune Barishal won |
Comilla Victorians | 213/3 [a] | Khulna Tigers | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | Comilla Victorians won |
Khulna Tigers | 210/2 [a] | Comilla Victorians | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | Comilla Victorians won |
Fortune Barishal | 202/7 | Chattogram Challengers | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Fortune Barishal won |
Sylhet Strikers | 201/8 | Dhaka Dominators | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Sylhet Strikers won |
The following prizes were given after the final match. [16]
Category | Amount | Winner | Performance |
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Champion | ৳2 crore (US$160,000) | Comilla Victorians | – |
Runner-up | ৳1 crore (US$82,000) | Sylhet Strikers | – |
Player of the tournament | ৳10 lakh (US$8,200) | Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) | 516 runs; 1 wicket |
Highest run-scorer | ৳5 lakh (US$4,100) | Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) | 516 runs |
Most wickets | ৳5 lakh (US$4,100) | Tanvir Islam (Comilla Victorians) Hasan Mahmud (Rangpur Riders) | 17 wickets |
Best fielder | ৳3 lakh (US$2,500) | Mushfiqur Rahim (Sylhet Strikers) | 11 catches, 1 stumping |
Player of the final | ৳5 lakh (US$4,100) | Johnson Charles (Comilla Victorians) | 79 runs (52 balls) |
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