The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2024, scheduled to take place in January next year, will see a lot of international stars as well as plenty of local talent. The teams have been busy signing players from all over the world for the last few days.
The players’ draft of the tournament was held in Dhaka on Sunday. Let us have a look at the west indies players who sign for the 2024 edition of Bangladesh’s premier T20 league.
Fortune Barishal have acquired Mushfiqur Rahim as the most high-profile pick in the BPL draft held in Dhaka on Sunday. Led by Tamim Iqbal, the side that lost in the eliminator last season, also picked Yannic Cariah, Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Saifuddin during the draft.
But it was defending champions Comilla Victorians who made some big-name signings. They were conservative in the draft because they already had Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine and Iftikhar Ahmed among their 11 overseas signings before the draft took place. During the draft, they picked the West Indian duo Rahkeem Cornwall and Matthew Forde, apart from bringing back their championship winning captain Imrul Kayes.
Sylhet Strikers, who were runners-up last season, retained the talismanic Mashrafe Mortaza, while Najmul Hossain Shanto was their direct signing from among the local players. Mohammad Mithun and Rezaur Rahman Raja were their draft picks.
Khulna Tigers went for the Sri Lankan duo of Dasun Shanaka and Kasun Rajitha among their overseas picks, having already named Nasum Ahmed and Nahidul Islam as their retentions.
Big-spenders Rangpur Riders have Shakib Al Hasan as their main man, and they got Rony Talukdar and Shamim Hossain among their local picks in the draft. They also picked Michael Rippon, who moved from Netherlands to New Zealand recently, and USA allrounder Yasir Mohammad among their overseas names.
Rangpur Riders: Nicholas Pooran, Brandon King
Fortune Barishal: Yannic Cariah
Khulna Tigers: Evin Lewis, Shai Hope
Comilla Victorians: Andre Russell, Rahkeem Cornwall, Matthew Forde, Johnson Charles, Sunil Narine
Full squads –
Comilla Victorians
Retentions and direct signings:
Litton Das, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanvir Islam, Sunil Narine, Mohammad Rizwan, Towhid Hridoy, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Zaman Khan, Khushdil Shah, Johnson Charles, Noor Ahmad, Naseem Shah and Rashid Khan.
From draft: Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Jaker Ali, Mahidul Islam, Rishad Hossain, Rahkeem Cornwall, Matthew Ford, Imrul Kayes, Mushfik Hasan, Anamul Haque.
Fortune Barishal
Retentions and direct signings:
Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Khaled Ahmed, Ibrahim Zadran, Tamim Iqbal, Shoaib Malik, Paul Stirling, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi and Dunith Wellalage.
From draft: Mushfiqur Rahim, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Soumya Sarkar, Yannic Cariah, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Pritom Kumar, Taijul Islam, Prantik Nawrose Nabil and Dinesh Chandimal.
Rangpur Riders
Retentions and direct signings:
Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nicholas Pooran, Shakib Al Hasan, Babar Azam, Ihsanullah, Matheesha Pathirana, Brandon King and Wanindu Hasaranga.
From draft: Rony Talukdar, Shamim Hossain, Ripon Mondol, Hasan Morad, Michael Rippon, Yasir Mohammad, Abu Hider Rony, Fazle Rabbi and Ashikuzzaman.
Khulna Tigers
Retentions and direct signings:
Nasum Ahmed, Nahidul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Anamul Haque, Evin Lewis, Faheem Ashraf, Dhananjaya de Silva, Shai Hope and Mohammad Wasim Jr.
From draft: Afif Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Habibur Rahman Sohan, Kasun Rajitha, Dasun Shanaka, Mukidul Islam, Akbar Ali and Sumon Khan.
Sylhet Strikers
Retentions and direct signings:
Mashrafe Mortaza, Zakir Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Ryan Burl, Ben Cutting and Harry Tector.
From draft: Mohammad Mithun, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Ariful Haque, Yasir Ali, Richard Ngarava, Dushan Hemantha, Nazmul Islam Apu, Shafiqul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Jawad Mohammad and Salman Hossain.
Chattogram Challengers
Retentions and direct signings:
Shuvagata Hom, Ziaur Rahman, Nihaduzzaman, Shohidul Islam, Mohammad Haris, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Hasnain and Stephen Eskinazi.
From draft: Tanzid Hasan, Al-Amin Hossain, Shykat Ali, Imranuzzaman, Curtis Campher, Bilal Khan, Shahadat Hossain and Salahuddin Shakil.
Durdanto Dhaka
Retentions and direct signings:
Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Shoriful Islam, Mosaddek Hossain, Chathuranga de Silva, Usman Qadir and Saim Ayub.
From draft: Saif Hassan, Irfan Sukkur, Alauddin Babu, SM Meherob Hasan, Lahiru Samarakoon, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Mohammad Naim, Sabbir Hossain and Jasimuddin.
good pick good luck