# 2016 Comilla Victorians season

The Comilla Victorians are a franchise cricket team based in Comilla, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They were one of the seven teams that competed in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. The team was captained by Mashrafe Mortaza.

## 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.

## 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 | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Imrul Kayes | Bangladesh | Left-handed | | 2016 | |
| Nazmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left arm offbreak | 2016 | |
| Khalid Latif | Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2015 | Overseas |
| Saikat Ali | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |
| Rovman Powell | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Marlon Samuels | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | 2015 | Overseas |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas |
| Nahidul Islam | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2016 | |
| Abdullah Al Mamun | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Imad Wasim | Pakistan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Overseas |
| Sunil Narine | West Indies | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | 2015 | Overseas |
| Ryan Ten Doeschate | Netherlands | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | Overseas |
| Ashar Zaidi | England | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Liton Das | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | 2015 | |
| Jashimuddin | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | 2016 | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2015 | Captain |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | Sri Lanka | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2015 | Overseas |
| Mohammad Saifuddin | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |
| Shahadat Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |
| Mohammad Sharif | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | 2016 | Overseas |
| Nabil Samad | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2016 | |