Bangladesh Premier League (
BPL) is a professional
Twenty20 cricket league in
Bangladesh.
The first edition of the tournament started on 10 February 2012 with
six franchises consisting of players from around the world.
[1][2]
Dhaka Gladiators were the inaugural champions of the BPL.
The Bangladesh Premier League was broadcasted internationally through
ESPN Star Sports who made agreements to broadcast matches on a daily basis. The official channel for the BPL was
Channel 9.
History
First season
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 9 February on 2012
with an opening ceremony with the first match starting on 10 February
2012 and finish with the final on 29 February 2012. A total of 33
matches were scheduled, all of which were be played at two stadiums,
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium and
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Each team played each team twice, both at home and away in a
round robin system. The top four teams at the end of the round robin stage progressed to the knockout stage.
[3] Sylhet and
Chittagong
failed to progress to the semi finals. Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka and
Barishal reached semi finals. Afterwards, Dhaka took the champions
trophy beating Barishal in final.
[4]
Second season
The second season of the tournament will begin on 17 January 2013
with a franchise auction to be held on 9 November 2012 and a player's
auction on 7 December 2012
[5].
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in
Dhaka will continue to host matches while the
MA Aziz Stadium replaces the
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in
Chittagong and
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in
Khulna will host matches for the time in 2013. Some warm-up matches will be hosted by the
Sylhet Divisional Stadium in
Sylhet and
Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in
Rajshahi.
Unlike the first season there will be no icon players and the players
taking part in the player's auction will be divided into four
categories, as opposed to the two categories in the first season
[6]. Each category will also have a maximum bid price as follows:
Category |
Base Price (US$) |
Final Price (US$) |
Golden |
75,000 |
150,000 |
A (local) |
30,000 |
50,000 |
B (local) |
20,000 |
30,000 |
C (local) |
10,000 |
20,000 |
A (foreign) |
50,000 |
75,000 |
B (foreign) |
30,000 |
50,000 |
C (foreign) |
10,000 |
20,000 |
League organization
6 League teams
The 6 divisional cities were chosen as the franchise teams to
participate in the tournament. Among the 7 divisions in Bangladesh 6 of
them were chosen with the exception of
Rangpur.
It has been left out as it doesn't have much cricketing background and
is a newer division. BCB is expecting full crowd support from the people
of the respective divisions.
[3]
The 6 divisional teams
Franchises
The minimum bidding price for each franchise is $1 million. The
franchise owners are now in possession of the franchise for six years
and can only sell it after three years.
[1]
Rules
There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the
annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players,
through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window players
can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the
difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If
the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference
will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.
- Each team will consist of 18 players
- Maximum of 8 international players, up to 5 of which will be allowed to play in a match.[1]
- Each team must contain at least one Associate player, reflecting on
Bangladesh's own history as an Associate. A total of six Associate
players have been signed, one each by the six franchises.[8]
- On the 20th of February the organisers allowed for teams to purchase 2 extra foreign players and 2 local players.
Statistics and records
Winners
Performance of the teams
Barisal Burners |
2012 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
50.00 |
1566 / 181.0 |
1572 / 185.3 |
Runners up |
Runner up |
Chittagong Kings |
2012 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
50.00 |
1423 / 189.2 |
1443 / 194.0 |
fifth place |
fifth place |
Dhaka Gladiators |
2012 |
1 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
71.40 |
1431 / 188.3 |
1448 / 196.1 |
Champions |
Champions |
Khulna Royal Bengals |
2012 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
66.54 |
1524 / 194.0 |
1392 / 192.0 |
third place |
third place |
Duronto Rajshahi |
2012 |
0 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
77.00 |
1445 / 190.0 |
1472 / 196.3 |
fourth place |
fourth place |
Sylhet Royals |
2012 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
20.00 |
1420 / 196.3 |
1482 / 175.1 |
sixth place |
sixth place |
Player signings
The first signing and auction of players for the 6 teams was held on 19 January at Hotel Radisson in
Dhaka
Bangladesh. The team auction was held on 10 January 2012. Each
franchise was allowed to sign a total of 10 local players & 8
foreign players and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each
franchise also have one domestic icon player in their team.Pakistan's
Shahid Afridi was the priciest among the players bought for $700,000 by
Dhaka Gladiators. West Indian superstar
Chris Gayle was bought by
Barisal Burners for $551,000. Young Bangladeshi star
Nasir Hossain was the priciest among local players bought by
Khulna Royal Bengal
for $200,000. The icon players of each team will get $210,000 which is
5% more than the highest paid local player Nasir Hossain.
[9]
Television rights and sponsorships
Broadcasting rights
As of more development on BPL 2012 T20 cricket, Virgo Media
Channel 9 Bangladesh was named as the official broadcaster.
Network |
Region |
Country |
Channel 9 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Star Cricket
(Broadcast beginning February 11, 2012) |
South Asia
Southeast Asia |
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Singapore, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea |
GEO Super |
Pakistan |
Pakistan |
MTV Sports |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
NTV UK[10] |
England, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales |
United Kingdom, Ireland |
NTV UK |
Northern Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland |
SportsMax |
Caribbean |
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands |
Bangladeshi group destiny and
Boishakhi TV channel were the title sponsor the tournament.
[11] The deal was signed for Tk. 7.50 crore. Hence, the tournament is known as Destiny-Boishakhi Bangladesh Premier League.
[12] The official beverage for the inaugural BPL was the cola supergiant
Pepsi.
The hospitality partner was the Beautiful Bangladesh organization which
helps to promote Bangladesh as a tourist destination. The official ice
cream partner was Igloo Ice Cream. The official carrier for all the
travel of BPL was
United Airways who organized the traveling better games. The IT partner of the tournament was Bangladeshi firm
Aamra Networks to provide internet service through
wifi and bandwidth. The co-sponsor for the first BPL was
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.
Channel 9 was the broadcast partner for the first tournament as they streamed all the matches hosted by TV presenter
Sheena Chohan. The management partner was Game On, the Indian sports company which organized the entire tournament.
Statistics
Team
Individual
Official website
The
Bangladesh Cricket Board manages the BPL T20 portals. The official BPL website is
www.bplt20.com.bd . The official fans forum is the
[2]. Apart from these, a number of other sites across the internet also exist, for example, the
[3] (Unofficial Community Website).
References
External links
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