BPL 2023 All Team Players List by Teams: 7 franchises have lined up teams in the BPL players’ draft 2023 for the 9th edition of the BPL. The new season of BPL will start in January 2023 and will continue till February.
All the franchises had a bunch of foreign players on their teams. There was only one opportunity to take a native player. Litton Das, Mahmudullah Riyad, and Mushfiqur Rahim did not get a team in that direct contract.
However, the teams took them in the first call in the players’ draft. However, Mominul Haque, the former test captain of the national team, who is in the ‘C’ category, did not get a team in the draft either.
The players’ draft of the BPL season 9 started after 12 noon on Wednesday at an elite hotel in the capital Dhaka. Each team has taken at least 10 local players. There is no restriction on taking foreign players this time.
BPL 2023 All Team Players List
After the draft, Fortune Barisal took a maximum of 24 players, 12 of whom are natives. There are a minimum of 16 players in the Chittagong Challengers squad. They took only 5 foreigners with 11 natives. Besides, there are 6 foreign players along with 11 natives in the Khulna Tigers team.
At the first call of the first set, Litton das was picked up by the three-time champions Comilla Victorians. The 28-year-old star played for Comilla in the last edition of the tournament as well. He will play for Comilla for the fifth time.
Two experienced batsmen, Mahmudullah and Mushfiq, got the team in the first set of players drafted. Sylhet Strikers chose Mushfiq. Mahmudullah was taken by Fortune Barisal. Apart from this, Chittagong Challengers took Mrutunjoy Chowdhury, Dhaka Dominators Mohammad Mithun, Rangpur Riders Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, and Mohammad Saif Uddin Khulna Tigers took the first call of the first set.
BPL 2023 Teams Players
The seven who got the team in the second call of the first set are Nazmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet), Hasan Mahmud (Rangpur), Yasir Ali Chowdhury (Khulna), Mehdi Hasan Miraj (Barisal), Shubhagat Home (Chittagong), Soumya Sarkar (Dhaka) and Mosaddek Hossain ( Comilla).
Among the foreigners, Chittagong has drawn Chand, who was exposed from the draft. This batsman, who retired from Indian cricket, also played in the Dhaka Premier League earlier. Rangpur has taken 28-year-old American leg-spinner, Aaron Jones. Ahmed Shehzad, the record holder of the fastest century in BPL history, will play for Dhaka Dominators.
BPL 2023: Who is in Which Team?
Apart from Muminul, Suman Khan, Sohag Ghazi, Mohammad Ashraful, and Junaid Siddique did not get the team.
Sylhet Strikers
Direct contract:
- Mashrafe bin Mortuza,
- Mohammad Amir (Pakistan),
- Mohammad Haris (Pakistan),
- Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe),
- Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka),
- Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka),
- Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka).
Local Players from Draft
- Mushfiqur Rahim,
- Nazmul Hossain Shanto,
- Rezaur Rahman Raja,
- Nabeel Samad,
- Tauhid Hriday,
- Rubel Hossain,
- Zakir Hasan,
- Nazmul Islam Apu,
- Akbar Ali,
- Mohammad Sharifullah,
- Tanjim Hasan Shakib.
Foreigners from the draft
- Tom Moores,
- Gulbdin Naib
Fortune Barisal
Direct contracts
- Shakib Al Hasan,
- Iftekhar Ahmed (Pakistan),
- Mohammad Wasim Jr (Pakistan),
- Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan),
- Karim Janat (Afghanistan),
- Omar Qadir (Pakistan),
- Rahkeem Connorwell (West Indies),
- Kesrick Williams (West Indies ),
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan).
Local Player from Draft
- Mahmudullah Riyad,
- Mehdi Hasan Miraj,
- Ibadat Hossain,
- Enamul Haque Vijay,
- Kamrul Islam Rabi,
- Fazle Mahmud Rabi,
- Syed Khaled Ahmed,
- Saif Hasan,
- Kazi Anik, Sanjamul Islam,
- Salman Hossain.
Foreigners from the draft
- Haider Ali (Pakistan),
- Chaturanga de Silva (Sri Lanka).
Khulna Tigers
Direct Contracts
- Tamim Iqbal,
- Abiska Fernando (Sri Lanka),
- Wahab Riaz (Pakistan),
- Naseem Shah (Pakistan),
- Azam Khan (Pakistan).
Local Players from Draft
- Mohammad Saifuddin,
- Yasir Ali Chowdhury,
- Nasum Ahmed,
- Nahidul Islam,
- Munim Shahriar,
- Sabbir Rahman,
- Shafiqul Islam,
- Pritam Kumar,
- Habibur Rahman Sohan,
- Mahmudul Hasan Joy.
Foreigners from the draft
- Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka),
- Paul Mikrin (Sri Lanka).
Chittagong Challengers
Direct contracts
- Afif Hussain,
- Biswa Fernando (Sri Lanka),
- Ashan Priyanjan (Sri Lanka),
- Curtis Camper (Ireland).
Local Players from Draft
- Mritunjoy Chowdhury,
- Shubhagat Hom Chowdhury,
- Mehdi Hasan Rana,
- Irfan Sukkur,
- Mehdi Maruf,
- Ziaur Rahman,
- Taijul Islam,
- Abu Zayed Rahi,
- Farhad Reza,
- Taufiq Khan Tushar.
Foreigners from the draft: Max O’Dowd (Netherlands), Open Moon (India/USA).
Comilla Victorians
Direct contract
- Mostafizur Rahman,
- Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan),
- Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan),
- Hasan Ali (Pakistan),
- Khushdil Shah (Pakistan),
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan),
- Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan).
Local Players from Draft
- Litton Das,
- Mosaddek Hossain Saikat,
- Tanveer Islam,
- Imrul Kayes,
- Ashikuzzaman,
- Zaker Ali Anik,
- Saikat Ali,
- Abu Haider Roni,
- Naeem Hasan,
- Mukidul Islam Mugdho.
Foreigners from the draft
- Shaun Williams (Zimbabwe),
- Chadwick Walton (West Indies).
Rangpur Riders
Direct contracts
- Nurul Hasan Sohan,
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan),
- Pathum Nishanka (Sri Lanka),
- Haris Rauf (Pakistan),
- Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan),
- Jeffrey Vandersee (Sri Lanka),
- Sikandar Raja (Zimbabwe).
Local Players from Draft
- Sheikh Mehdi Hasan,
- Hasan Mahmud,
- Naeem Sheikh,
- Rakibul Hasan,
- Shamim Patwari,
- Ripon Mondal,
- Roni Talukder,
- Parvez Hussain Imon,
- Rabiul Haque,
- Alauddin Babu.
Foreigners from the draft
- Azmatullah Omurzai (Afghanistan),
- Aaron Jones (USA).
Dhaka Dominators
Direct contracts
- Taskin Ahmed,
- Chamika Karunaratne (Sri Lanka),
- Dilshan Munawara (Sri Lanka).
Local Players from Draft
- Mohammad Mithun,
- Soumya Sarkar,
- Shariful Islam,
- Arafat Sunny,
- Nasir Hossain,
- Al-Amin Hossain Sr.,
- Alak Kapali,
- Monir Hossain,
- Ariful Haque,
- Muktar Ali,
- Mizanur Rahman,
- Delwar Hossain.
Foreigners from the draft
- Shan Masood,
- Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan),
- Usman Ghani (Afghanistan),
- Salman Ershad.