BPL 2019: Complete list of players of all seven teams

The buzz for the sixth edition of Bangladesh’s very own franchise-based T20 league the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) got underway with the players draft that took place in Dhaka today. The season which was already deferred due to a clash with the general elections is scheduled to be played between January 5 and February 8, 2019.

Seven teams will contest for the coveted BPL 2019 trophy as Rangpur Riders will look to defend their title from their previous successful campaign last year. This season will see a lot of the new International players making their debut in the league. The Bangladeshi fans will see the of T20 superstars like AB de Villiers, David Warner, and Sandeep Lamichhane take the stage and set it on fire.

Of the 552 cricketers who registered for BPL 2019 draft, only 86 of them got the franchises interested. In all, each team was allowed with a total of 12 local players and 9 overseas cricketers to be featured in a squad of a maximum 21 players. The franchises were earlier allowed to retain four players with two players to be signed from outside the draft.

The league once again promises to be a helluva ride as the fans wait in anticipation before the start of every new season.

Here’s is how the seven teams look like after the BPL 2019 players’ draft:

Dhaka Dynamites: Rubel Hossain (Category A), Nurul Hasan (Category B), Rony Talukder (Category C), Shuvagoto Hom (Category B), Andrew Birch (South Africa, Category E), Ian Bell (England, Category D) Qazi Onik (Category E), Mizanur Rahman (Category D), Asif Hasan (Category C), Shahadat Hossain (Category B), Naim Sheikh (Category E).

Retained players: Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Hazratullah Zazai

Chittagong Vikings: Mosaddek Hossain (Category A), Abu Jayed (Category A), Khaled Ahmed (Category D), Nayeem Hasan (Category E), Cameron Delport (South Africa, Category D), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka, Category D), Mohammad Ashraful (Category B), Robiul Haque (Category E), Yasir Ali Chowdhury (Category C), Nihaduzzaman (Category C), Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan, Category F), Salman Islam.

Retained players: Sikandar Raza, Luke Ronchi, Najibullah Zadran, Sunzamul Islam, Mohammad Shahzad, Robbie Frylinck

Rangpur Riders: Shafiul Islam (category A), Sohag Gazi (Category C), Farhad Reza (Category B), Mehedi Maruf (Category C), Ravi Bopara (England, Category B), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa, Category B), Nahidul Islam (Category D), Nadif Chowdhury (Category C), Abul Hasan (Category B), Fardin Hossain Anik (Category E), Benny Howell (England, Category D), Oshane Thomas (Windies).

Retained players: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers, Alex Hales

Comilla Victorians: Abu Hider (Category A), Anamul Haque (Category A), Mahedi Hasan (Category B), Ziaur Rahman (Category C), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Category A+), Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka, Category A), Mosharraf Hossain (Category C), Mohammad Shahid (Category C), Shamsur Rahman (Category C), Sanjit Saha (Category D), Evin Lewis (Windies, Category A+), Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan), Aamer Yamin (Pakistan)

Retained players: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoaib Malik, Asela Gunaratne, Liam Dawson

Khulna Titans: Jahurul Islam (Category B), Shoriful Islam (Category E), Taijul Islam (Category B), Mohammad Al-Amin (Category B), Zahir Khan (Afghanistan, Category D), Sherfane Rutherford (Windies, Category E), Subhashis Roy (Category B), Junaid Siddiqui (Category C), Tanvir Islam (Category E), Mahidul Islam Ankon (Category E), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, Category A), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe)

Retained players: Mahmudullah Riyad, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan, Ali Khan

Rajshahi Kings: Soumya Sarkar (Category A), Fazle Mahmud (Category B), Arafat Sunny (Category C), Alauddin Babu (Category C), Isuru Udana (Sri Lanka, Category E), Laurie Evans (England, Category E), Marshal Ayub (Category C), Kamrul Islam (Category B), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands, Category D), Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Sami (Pakistan)

Retained players: Mominul Haque, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Qais Ahmed, Christiaan Jonker

Sylhet Sixers: Afif Hossain (Category B), Taskin Ahmed (Category B), Al-Amin Hossain (Category C), Towhid Hridoy (Category E), Fabian Allen (Windies, Category E), Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan, Category C), Nabil Samad (Category C), Ebadat Hossain (Category D), Alok Kapali (Category C), Jaker Ali (Category C), Gulbadin Naib (Afghanistan, Category D), Andre Fletcher (Windies), Mehedi Hassan Rana (Category C), Nicholas Pooran (Windies)

Retained players: Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Das, Sohail Tanvir, David Warner, Sandeep Lamichhane

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