The prayer draft of the eleventh season of Bangladesh Premier League was held on Monday (October 14) at a hotel in the capital. The seven franchises participating in the Players’ Draft have finalized their squads. Earlier, the franchises have also included several cricketers through player retain and direct signing. All in all, let’s take a look at this year’s BPL team:
Dhaka Capitals:
In direct contracts: Tanjid Hasan Tamim and Mostafizur Rahman and Stephen Eskenzai.
From the draft: Liton Das, Habibur Rahman Sohan, Abu Zayed Chowdhury, Mukidul Islam Moudha and Saim Ayyub (Pakistan), Amir Hamza Hotak (Afghanistan), Sabbir Rahman, Munim Shahriar, Asif Hasan Mitul and Shahadat Hossain Dipu.
Sylhet Strikers:
In direct contracts: Zaker Ali Anik.
Hold: Zakir Hasan and Tanzim Hasan Shakib.
From the draft: Rony Talukder, Mashrafe bin Mortuza, Al-Amin Hussain, Arfat Sani, Rahkeem Cornwall (West Indies), Samiullah Shenwari (Afghanistan), Ruel Miah, Ariful Haque, Nihaduzzaman, Nahidul Islam and Rich Topley (England).
Chittagong Kings:
In direct contracts: Shakib Al Hasan and Shariful Islam, Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Moeen Ali (England), Usman Khan (Pakistan) and Mohammad Wasim Jr (Pakistan).
From the draft: Shamim Hossain Patwari, Parvez Hossain Imon, Khaled Ahmed, Alis Al Islam, Graeme Clarke (England), Thomas O’Cornell (Australia), Mohammad Mithun, Naeem Islam, Maruf Mridha, Rahatul Ferdous Javed, Sheikh Parvez Jiban and Marshall Ayub.
Durbar Rajshahi:
In direct contracts: Enamul Haque Bijay.
From the draft: Taskin Ahmed, Jisan Alam, Yasir Ali Rabbi, Sabbir Hossain, Saad Nasim (Pakistan), Lahiru Samarakun (Sri Lanka), Sanjamul Islam, M Mehrab Hossain, Akbar Ali, Hasan Murad, Shafiul Islam Suhas and Mohr Sheikh Antar.
Fortune Barisal:
In direct contracts: Tawheed Hriday, David Malan (England), David Miller (South Africa), Kyle Meyers (West Indies), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan) and Khan Jahanbad (Pakistan).
Hold: Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.
From the draft: Mahmudullah Riad, Tanveer Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Ripon Mondal, James Fuller (England), Pathum Nisanka (Sri Lanka), Ibadat Hossain, Naeem Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taijul Islam, Nadre Berger (South Africa), Shahidul Islam and Ariful Islam.
Rangpur Riders:
In direct contracts: Mohammad Saifuddin, Khushdil Shah (Pakistan), Iftekhar Ahmed (Pakistan), Alex Hales (England), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan).
Hold: Nurul Hasan Sohan and Sheikh Mehdi Hasan.
From the draft: Nahid Rana, Saif Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Rakibul Hasan, Akif Javed (Pakistan), Kurtis Campher (Ireland), Rezaur Rahman Raja, Irfan Sukkur, Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Tawfiq Khan Tushar.
Khulna Tigers:
In direct contracts: Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Oshan Thomas (West Indies), Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan).
Hold: Afif Hossain and Nasum Ahmed.
From the draft: Hasan Mahmud, Naeem Sheikh, Imrul Kayes, Mahidul Islam Drawing, Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan), Lewis Gregory (England), Abu Haider Roni, Ziaur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi, Mahmudul Hasan Joy.
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