Bangladesh Premier League

The 2018–19 BPL season, also known as BPL 6 or UCB BPL 2019 Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), featuring seven teams from seven cities. Teams are restricted to having four overseas players per side, instead of five in the previous edition of the tournament. Rangpur Riders were the defending champions.

Franchises

By 30 September 2018 the team franchises announced the names of their retained players for the tournament and their icon players. A players’ draft was initially scheduled to take place on 25 October 2018. However, the date was moved to 28 October due to a schedule clash with the ODI series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The rest of the players were bought from the Players’ Draft, which was held on 28 October 2018. Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman were new additions to the list while Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman were excluded from the list^.. Initially, Steve Smith was barred from playing in the tournament by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). However, the BCB overturned its decision, allowing Smith to take part in the competition.

Teams

Chittagon Vikings

Comilla Victorians

Dhaka Dynamites

Khulna Titans

Rajshahi Kings

Rangpur Riders

Sylhet Sixers

Chittagon Vikings

The Chattogram Challengers are a franchise cricket team which participates in the BPL. The franchise sponsored by Akhter Group was founded in 2019 and operates under Delta Sports Ltd. The Challengers started its journey with participating in the special edition Bangabandhu BPL 2019-20. K>M Akhtarzzaman is the Chairman and K.M. Rifatuzzaman is the Managing Director of Chattogram Challengers.

On 16 November 2019, Akhtar Group was named as the sponsor of the team and it was renamed to Chattogram Challengers.

Comilla Victorians

Cumilla Warriors is a Bangladeshi professional men’s cricket team, competing in Bangladesh Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket league. The team is based in Comilla. Cumilla Warriors is one of the most successful teams in BPL history having crowned champions two times and the highest 63.46% winning rate. The team is currently owned by Nafisa Kamal. The team is being captained by Imrul Kayes with regular captain Steve Smith being currently unavailable.

On 16 November 2019, BCB announced themselves as the sponsor of the team and it was renamed to Cumilla Warriors.

Dhaka Dynamites

The Dhaka Platoon is a franchise cricket team that plays in the BPL, representing the country’s Dhaka Division . Following the 2015 competition, the Platoon are one of the BPL’s seven existing members and are expected to participate in the league’s 2019 edition. The team is headquartered at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, and so is one of three teams playing in the city, alongside the Dhaka Division Team and Dhaka Division Team which are active in first class cricket.

Khulna Tigers

Khulna Tigers are a franchise  Twnty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the BPL, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise is owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for the Khulna Royal Bengals who had participated in the first two seasons of the BPL. The Titans use Sher-e-Bangla Nation Cricket Stadium, Sylhet International cricket stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for home games.

Rajshahi Royals

Rajshahi Royals are a Bangladeshi franchise Twenty20 cricket team. The team is based in Rajshahi in Bangladesh and competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket competition.

On 16 November 2019, Bengal Group was named as the sponsor of the team and it was renamed to Bengal Rajshahi Royals.

Rangpur Rangers

The Rangpur Rangers  are a professional cricket team based in Rangpur City, Rangpur. The Rangers compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premier cricket league in Bangladesh.  They use Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium for most home games.

The Rangers joined the league as a member in 2013, prior to the second edition of the tournament. Although the ownership of the team changed multiple times, the team structure stayed at its original form since the foundation of the team. The team is sponsored by Incepta Pharmaceuticals, a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. 

Sylhet Thunder

Sylhet Thunder is a professional cricket franchise team based in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The team competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. The franchise made their debut at the 2017 Bangladesh Premier League.

The Sixers play their home games at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The team is owned by Sylhet Sports Limited in care of Bangladesh’s former Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. His son, Shahed Muhith is the Chairman of team. The Sixers announced Waqar Younis as head coach and International Cricketer, David Warner as captain for the 6th edition of Bangladesh Premier League. Former Bangladesh National Cricket Team all-rounder Alok Kapali took over as captain after Warner’s departure, due to injury.

Post By M.Sarib Rehman