Players draft completed for the 11th edition of BPL
Today, at the Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, the seven BPL franchises completed their squads through the draft. Let’s take a look at which players have gone to which teams.
The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to kick off in December. Franchises have already started preparing their squads for the eleventh edition. Besides retaining a few players, they have also signed others directly. Today, at the Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, the seven BPL franchises completed their squads through the draft. Let's take a look at which players have gone to which teams.
Dhaka Capitals
Direct signings: Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzid Hasan Tamim.
Foreign direct signings: Thisara Perera, Johnson Charles, Amir Hamza, Shahnawaz Dahani, Stephen Eskinazi.
From the draft: Litton Kumar Das, Habibur Rahman, Mukidul Islam, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Saim Ayub, Amir Hamza Hotak, Sabbir Rahman, Munim Shahriar, Asif Hasan, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mushfiq Hasan.
Chittagong Kings
Direct signings: Shakib Al Hasan, Shoriful Islam.
Foreign direct signings: Moeen Ali, Usman Khan, Haider Ali, Angelo Mathews, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Binura Fernando.
From the draft: Shamim Hossain Patwary, Parvez Hossain Emon, Khaled Ahmed, Aliss Al Islam, Graham Clark, Thomas O'Connell, Mohammad Mithun, Naeem Islam, Maruf Mridha, Rahat-ul-Ferdous Javed, Sheikh Parvez Rahman, Marshall Ayub.
Durbar Rajshahi
Direct signing: Anamul Haque.
From the draft: Taskin Ahmed, Zisan Alam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Sabbir Hossain, Saad Nasim, Lahiru Samarakoon, Sanjamul Islam, SM Meherob Hasan, Akbar Ali, Hasan Murad, Shafiul Islam, Mohr Sheikh.
Fortune Barishal
Direct signing: Towhid Hridoy.
Retained: Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim.
Foreign direct signings: Kyle Mayers, Dawid Malan, Mohammad Nabi, Faheem Ashraf, Ali Mohammad, Jahandad Khan.
From the draft: Mahmudullah Riyad, Tanvir Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Ripon Mondol, James Fuller, Pathum Nissanka, Ebadot Hossain, Naeem Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taijul Islam, Nandre Burger, Shahidul Islam, Ariful Islam.
Sylhet Strikers
Direct signing: Zakir Ali Anik.
Retained: Tanzim Hasan, Zakir Hasan.
Foreign direct signings: Paul Stirling, George Munsey.
From the draft: Rony Talukdar, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Rahkeem Cornwall, Samiullah Shenwari, Ruyel Miah, Ariful Haque, Nihaduzzaman, Nahidul Islam, Reece Topley.
Khulna Tigers
Direct signing: Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Retained: Afif Hossain, Nasum Ahmed.
Foreign direct signing: Oshane Thomas.
From the draft: Hasan Mahmud, Naeem Sheikh, Imrul Kayes, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Mohammad Hasnain, Lewis Gregory, Abu Hider Rony, Ziaur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mohammad Nawaz.
Rangpur Riders
Direct signing: Mohammad Saifuddin.
Retained: Nurul Hasan Sohan, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan.
Foreign direct signings: Alex Hales, Khushdil Shah, Allah Ghazanfar, Steven Taylor, Saurabh Netravalkar.
From the draft: Nahid Rana, Saif Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Rakibul Hasan, Akif Javed, Curtis Campher, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Irfan Shukkur, Kamrul Islam, Toufiq Khan Tushar.