# Chittagong Vikings in 2016

The Chittagong Vikings are a franchise cricket team based in Chittagong, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They were one of seven teams that competed in the 2016-17 Bangladesh Premier League. Tamim Iqbal continued as the captain of the team, with a drastic change in the management. Due to failure in the previous season the contract of Marvan Atapattu was not renewed, and Mohammad Salahuddin was appointed as the coach. Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik and Grant Elliott were bought under the contract for the fourth season.

## Player draft

The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.

### Player Transfers

Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Chris Gayle from the Barisal Bulls to the Chittagong Vikings.

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.912 |
| 2 | Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 |
| 3 | Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.233 |
| 4 | Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.208 |
| 5 | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 |
| 6 | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 |
| 7 | Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 |
* The top four teams qualified for playoffs
* advanced to the Qualifier
* advanced to the Eliminator

## Squad

| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Tamim Iqbal (C) | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 |
| Chaturanga de Silva | Sri Lanka | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | Right-handed | Right-arm Offbreak | 2016 |
| Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | Left-handed | Right arm offbreak | 2016 |
| Grant Elliott | New Zealand | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 |
| Dwayne Smith | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 |
| Nazmul Hossain Milon | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Anamul Haque | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | 2015 |
| Jahurul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right arm off break | 2016 |
| Zakir Hasan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | – | 2016 |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | Left hand bat | Left-arm fast medium | 2016 |
| Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | Left hand bat | Right-arm fast | 2015 |
| Subashis Roy | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 |
| Tymal Mills | England | Right-handed | Left arm fast | 2016 |
| Shahidul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 |
| Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh | Left-handed | slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 |
| Saqlain Sajib | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 |
| Jubair Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | 2016 |

## Statistics

Most runs :
| Player | Innings | Runs |
| Tamim Iqbal | 11 | 425 |
| Anamul Haque | 10 | 231 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7 | 213 |
Most wickets :
| Player | Innings | Wickets |
| Mohammad Nabi | 10 | 35 |
| Taskin Ahmed | 8 | 30 |
| Imran Khan, Jr | 7 | 27 |