2025 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

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2025 Bangladesh Premier League players draft
General information
Sport Cricket
Date(s)14 October 2024
Time11:00 am BST
LocationRadisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka
Overview
League Bangladesh Premier League
Team7
Expansion team1
Expansion season2024
  2024
2026  

The players' draft for the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League took place on 14 October 2024 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

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.

Fortune Barishal Khulna Tigers Dhaka Capitals Sylhet Strikers Rangpur Riders Chittagong Kings Durbar Rajshahi

Direct Signing

This is the list of direct signings of every team

Dhaka Capitals

Direct signings:

Foreign direct signings:

Chittagong Kings

Direct signing:

Foreign direct signings:

Durbar Rajshahi

Fortune Barishal

Direct signing:

Foreign direct signings:

Sylhet Strikers

Direct signing:

Foreign direct signings:

Khulna Tigers

Direct signing:

Foreign direct signing:

Rangpur Riders

Direct signing:

Foreign direct signings:

Retention Players

Retained players include

Fortune Barishal

Sylhet Strikers

Khulna Tigers

Rangpur Riders

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