BPL 2019 Players Draft held
The Players' Draft of the Bangladesh Premier League 2019 took place at a city hotel on Sunday, with former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful's acquisition by Chittagong Vikings topping all the purchases.
Mushfiqur Rahim joining the same team was another big move while Comilla Victorians roped in Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who played for Dhaka Dynamites last season.
Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar was snapped up by Rajshahi Kings.
The likes of Mashrafe Mortaza (Rangpur Riders), Tamim Iqbal (Comilla Victorians), Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) and Mahmudullah (Khulna Titans) were retained by their respective teams as Icon Players while Rajshahi Kings and Sylhet Sixers named Mustafizur Rahman and Liton Das as their respective Icon Players.
The Teams
Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe bin Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers, Alex Hales, Benny Howell, Oshane Thomas, Abul Hasan, Fardeen Hossain, Nahidul Islam, Nadif Chowdhury, Ravi Bopara, Rilee Rossouw, Farhad Reza, Mehedi Maruf, Shafiul Islam and Sohag Gazi
Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Hazratullah Zazai, Naeem Sheikh, Asif Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Qazi Onik, Mizanur Rahman, Andrew Birch, Ian Bell, Rony Talukdar, Shuvagata Hom, Rubel Hossain and Nurul Hasan
Sylhet Sixers: Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Das, Sohail Tanvir, David Warner, Sandeep Lamichhane, Pat Brown, Nicholas Pooran, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Gulbadin Naib, Andre Fletcher, Alok Kapali, Zakir Ali, Nabil Samad, Ebadat Hossain, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Irfan, Al Amin Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain and Taskin Ahmed
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan, Ali Khan, Brendan Taylor, Lasith Malinga, Yasir Shah, Tanvir Islam, Mahidul Ankon, Subashish Roy and Junaid Siddique, Zaheer Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Taijul Islam, Al Amin, Jahurul Islam and Shariful Islam
Comilla Victorians: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoaib Malik, Asela Gunaratne, Liam Dawson, Amin Yamin, Evin Lewis, Waqar Salamkheil, Shamsur Rahman, Sanjit Saha, Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Shahid, Shahid Afridi, Thisara Perera, Abu Haider Rony, Anamul Haque, Mehedi Hasan and Ziaur Rahman
Rajshahi Kings: Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Qais Ahmed, Christiaan Jonker, Mohammad Sami, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ryan ten Doeschate, Marshall Ayub, Kamrul Rabbi, Isuru Udana, Laurie Evans, Arafat Sunny, Soumya Sarkar, Fazle Rabbi and Alauddin Babu
Chittagong Vikings: Mushfiqur Rahim, Sikandar Raza, Luke Ronchi, Sanjamul Islam, Mohammad Shahzad, Robbie Frylinck, Shadman Islam, Najibullah Zadran, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Nihaduzzaman, Mohammad Ashraful, Robiul Haque, Cameron Delport, Dasun Shanaka, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nayeem Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain and Abu Jayed