Bangladesh Premier League – BPL 2023 Draft and Players List
Bangladesh Premier League BPL ninth season players draft has ended; The BPL 2023 Players Draft was completed on Wednesday in an elite hotel in the capital. The program started at 12:30 PM and ended at 3:30 PM with a few minutes break in between.
Defending champions Comilla Victorians have roped in Inform opener Liton Das in the first round of the draft. Sylhet Strikers have taken Mushfiqur Rahim in their first opportunity. Mritunjoy Chowdhury was recruited by Chittagong Challengers. Dhaka Dominators brought in Mohammad Mithun, Khulna Tigers got Mohammad Saifuddin, Fortune Barisal got experienced Mahmudullah Riyad, Rangpur Riders got Sheikh Mehdi Hasan.
Bangladesh Premier League – BPL 2023 Teams and Squad
Comilla Victorians:
Direct signings – Mostafizur Rahman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nabi and Abrar Ahmed.
Draft- Liton Das, Mosaddeq Hossain, Tanveer Islam, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashikuzzaman, Zakir Ali Anik, Shaun Williams, Chadwick Wanton, Saikat Ali, Abu Haider Roni, Naeem Hasan, Mohammad Sharifullah, Mukidul Islam Mochad and Mahidul Islam Drawing.
Dhaka Dominators:
Direct contracts – Taskin Ahmed, Chamika Karunaratne and Dilshan Munaweera.
Draft- Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Shariful Islam, Arafat Sunny, Nasir Hossain, Al Amin, Shan Masood, Ahmed Shehzad, Alak Kapali, Monir Hossain Khan, Ariful Haque, Muktar Ali, Mizanur Rahman, Delwar Hossain, Usman Ghani and Salman Irshad.
Chittagong Challengers:
Direct contracts – Afif Hossain, Biswa Fernando, Curtis Kampfer and Ashan Priyanjan.
Draft – Mritunjoy Chowdhury, Shubhagat Home, Mehdi Hasan Rana, Irfan Sukkur, Mehdi Maroof, Ziaur Rahman, Max O’Dowd, Ummukt Chad, Taijul Islam, Abu Zayed Rahi, Farhad Reza and Taufiq Khan Tushar.
Fortune Barisal:
Direct signings – Shakib Al Hasan, Rakhim Cornwall, Mohammad Wasim, Chris Gayle, Ibrahim Zadran, Iftekhar Ahmed, Naveen Ul Haq, Usman Qadir, Kushal Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Karim Janat.
Draft- Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Ebadat Hossain, Enamul Haque Vijay, Kamrul Islam Rabi, Fazle Rabi, Haider Ali, Chaturanga de Silva, Khaled Ahmed, Saif Hasan, Kazi Anik, Sanjamul Islam and Salman Hossain.
Khulna Tigers:
Direct signings – Tamim Iqbal, Azam Khan, Wahab Riaz, Aviska Fernando and Naseem Shah.
Draft – Mohammad Saifuddin, Yasir Ali Rabi, Nasum Ahmed, Nahidul Islam, Munim Shahriar, Sabbir Rahman, Dasun Shanaka, Paul van McKeren, Shafiqul Islam, Pritam Kumar, Habibur Rahman Sohan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy.
Rangpur Riders:
Direct signings – Nurul Hasan, Sikandar Raza, Harif Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shoaib Malik, Pathum Nishanka and Jeffrey Vandersai.
Draft- Sheikh Mehdi, Hasan Mahmood, Naeem Sheikh, Rakibul Hasan, Shamim Patuari, Ripon Mondal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Eren Jones, Rony Talukder, Parvez Hussain Imon, Rabiul Haque and Alauddin Babu.
Sylhet Strikers:
Direct signings – Mashrafe bin Mortaza, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Haris, Thisara Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Ryan Berl, Kamindu Mendis and Colin Ackerman.
Draft- Mushfiqur Rahim, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Rezaur Rahman Raja, Nabil Samad, Tauhid Hriday, Rubel Hossain, Tom Mores, Gulbadin Naib, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Islam Apu, Akbar Ali, Mohammad Sharifullah and Tanzim Hasan Shakib.