# 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players draft took place on 17 November 2017.
During the player's direct signing period, a conflict of interests arose between BCB the franchises. Subsequently, in September, BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the forthcoming season which eliminated all franchises. The BCB took overrunning the tournament, naming it as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.
On 16 November 2019, BCB unveiled the logo and name of the all seven teams for the current season. 5 out of 7 teams were sponsored by private companies while Rangpur Rangers and Cumilla Warriors are sponsored by BCB itself.
The draft for the 2019 Bangabandhu BPL T20 was held on 17 November 2019 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. A total of 181 domestic players and 439 foreign players signed up for the players' draft.

## Rules for players' draft

BCB set some rules for players' draft. Those are-
* Each team can buy a minimum of 9 domestic and 6 foreign players.
* Any team can not buy more than 19 players, 11 being domestic and 8 foreign.
* Each team can make direct signing of maximum 2 foreign players outside of draft.
* Each team can buy 1 domestic A+ category player, but there only 4 player being listed in A+ category, other teams, who were not able to buy A+ category player, can buy maximum 2 A category player instead of A+.
* Each team can buy maximum 1 player from A category, 3 each from B and C category, and 2 each from D and E category.
* Each team has to buy a pace bowler who can bowl at a speed of 140 km/h or more.
* Each team has to include a leg-spinner.

## Draft summary

A total of 620 player (181 domestic and 439 overseas) signed up for the draft.
| Country | Signed up fr draft | Sold |
| Bangladesh | 183 | 74 |
| Afghanistan | 42 | 10 |
| Australia | 9 | 6 |
| England | 103 | 13 |
| India | 3 | 0 |
| Ireland | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 89 | 6 |
| South Africa | 35 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 45 | 6 |
| West Indies | 72 | 13 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1 |
| Canada | 14 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 |
| Nepal | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 |
| Oman | 4 | 0 |
| Scotland | 6 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 0 |
| United States of America | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 634 | 140 |

## Salary cap

Domestic players were divided into 6 categories while Foreign players were divided into 5 categories.

### Domestic players

* A+ – ৳50 lakh (US$41,000) (4)
* A – ৳25 lakh (US$21,000) (9)
* B – ৳18 lakh (US$15,000) (24)
* C – ৳12 lakh (US$9,900) (41)
* D – ৳8 lakh (US$6,600) (59)
* E – ৳5 lakh (US$4,100) (44)

### Foreign players

* A+ – US$100,000 (11)
* A – US$70,000 (15)
* B – US$50,000 (66)
* C – US$30,000 (75)
* D – US$20,000 (272)
* Notes:numbers in bracket (x) indicates the number of players signed up in the category

## Players' list

* Domestic players were divided into 6 category, 4 players were in the A+ category, 9 players in A Category, 24 players were in B category, 41 cricketers were in C category, 59 players in D category and 44 cricketers were allotted to E category.
* Foreign players were divided into 5 category, A+ category contains 11 players, A category 15, B category 66, C category 75 and D category contains 272 players

### Domestic players

Domestic players with A+, A, B and C category are listed below.

#### A+ Category (৳50 lakh)

* Mashrafe Mortaza
* Mushfiqur Rahim
* Tamim Iqbal
* Mahmudullah

#### A Category (৳25 lakh)

* Mosaddek Hossain
* Mustafizur Rahman
* Soumya Sarkar
* Mehedi Hasan Miraz
* Liton Das
* Taijul Islam
* Imrul Kayes
* Mominul Haque
* Mohammad Mithun

#### B Category (৳18 lakh)

* Abu Haider
* Sabbir Rahman
* Afif Hossain
* Anamul Haque
* Rubel Hossain
* Abu Jayed
* Taskin Ahmed
* Shafiul Islam
* Nazmul Hossain Shanto
* Shuvagata Hom
* Nurul Hasan
* Jahurul Islam
* Farhad Reza
* Al-Amin Hossain
* Mehedi Hasan
* Fazle Mahmud Rabbi
* Yasir Ali
* Rony Talukdar
* Ariful Haque
* Nazmul Islam
* Sunzamul Islam
* Nayeem Hasan
* Al- Amin
* Kamrul Islam Rabbi

#### C Category (৳12 lakh)

* Mohammad Naim
* Mohammad Ashraful
* Shahriar Nafees
* Ebadot Hossain
* Subashis Roy
* Alok Kapali
* Sohag Gazi
* Junaid Siddique
* Shamsur Rahman
* Khaled Ahmed
* Arafat Sunny
* Tanbir Hayder
* Saikat Ali
* Marshal Ayub
* Mahmudul Hasan
* Abdul Majid
* Nadif Chowdhury
* Irfan Sukkur
* Saif Hassan
* Sharifullah
* Delwar Hossain
* Monir Hossain
* Ziaur Rahman
* Muktar Ali
* Alauddin Babu
* Suhrawadi Shuvo
* Naeem Islam
* Rakibul Hasan
* Saqlain Sajib
* Mehedi Hasan Rana
* Nahidul Islam
* Shahidul Islam
* Robiul Haque
* Qazi Onik
* Zakir Hasan
* Jaker Ali
* Nasir Hossain
* Mosharraf Hossain
* Abdur Razzak
* Shadman Islam

### Foreign players

Foreign players with A+, A and B category players are listed below.

#### A+ Category (US$100,000)

* Dane Vilas
* Shahid Afridi
* Rilee Rossouw
* Hassan Ali
* Mohammad Nabi
* Shoaib Malik
* Mujeeb Ur Rahman
* Chris Gayle
* Thisara Perera
* Dwayne Smith
* Darren Bravo

#### A Category (US$70,000)

* Isuru Udana
* Ravi Bopara
* Mohammad Amir
* Kemar Roach
* Marlon Samuels
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Dimuth Karunaratne
* Kusal Perera
* Mohammad Hasnain
* Rassie van der Dussen
* Shai Hope
* Wayne Parnell
* Fakhar Zaman
* Oshane Thomas
* Sam Billings

#### B Category (US$50,000)

* Niroshan Dickwella
* Kyle Abbott
* Hardus Viljoen
* David Wiese
* JP Duminy
* Ahmed Shehzad
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Samit Patel
* Keaton Jennings
* Steven Finn
* Sheldon Cottrell
* Benny Howell
* Dawid Malan
* Imran Khan
* Sami Aslam
* Bilawal Bhatti
* Azeem Rafiq
* Imad Wasim
* Wahab Riaz
* Danny Briggs
* Laurie Evans
* Matt Parkinson
* Avishka Fernando
* Dasun Shanaka
* Kusal Mendis
* Danushka Gunathilaka
* Simon Harmer
* Ed Pollock
* Matt Critchley
* Joe Clarke
* Cameron Delport
* Kamran Akmal
* Zahir Khan
* Mohammad Shahzad
* Craig Overton
* Asghar Afghan
* Asif Ali
* Jade Dernbach
* Asela Gunaratne
* Upul Tharanga
* Wanindu Hasaranga
* Dhananjaya de Silva
* Mohammad Irfan
* Naseem Shah
* Luke Fletcher
* Jamie Porter
* Lewis Gregory
* Will Jacks
* Rahkeem Cornwall
* Ali Khan
* Shannon Gabriel
* Tymal Mills
* Gulbadin Naib
* Denesh Ramdin
* Sherfane Rutherford
* Brendan Taylor
* Ryan ten Doeschate
* Riki Wessels
* Hazratullah Zazai
* Robbie Frylinck
* Steven Mullaney
* Paul Coughlin
* Andre Fletcher
* Devendra Bishoo
* Rovman Powell
* Dwaine Pretorius
* Tabraiz Shamsi

## Sold players

List of players bought in the draft.
| Player | Team | Grade | Base price |
| Tamim Iqbal | Dhaka Platoon | A+ | ৳5,000,000 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | Khulna Tigers | A+ | ৳5,000,000 |
| Mahmudullah | Chattogram Challengers | A+ | ৳5,000,000 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Rangpur Rangers | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Liton Das | Rajshahi Royals | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Soumya Sarkar | Cumilla Warriors | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Mohammad Mithun | Sylhet Thunder | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Chris Gayle | Chattogram Challengers | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Rilee Rossouw | Khulna Tigers | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Rangpur Rangers | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Thisara Perera | Dhaka Platoon | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Cumilla Warriors | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Sylhet Thunder | A | US$70,000 |
| Hazratullah Zazai | Rajshahi Royals | B | US$50,000 |
| Imrul Kayes | Chattogram Challengers | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Mosaddek Hossain | Sylhet Thunder | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Afif Hossain | Rajshahi Royals | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Anamul Haque | Dhaka Platoon | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Cumilla Warriors | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Shafiul Islam | Khulna Tigers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Mohammad Naim | Rangpur Rangers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Shai Hope | Rangpur Rangers | A | US$70,000 |
| Kusal Perera | Cumilla Warriors | A | US$70,000 |
| Ravi Bopara | Rajshahi Royals | A | US$70,000 |
| Laurie Evans | Dhaka Platoon | B | US$50,000 |
| Robert Frylinck | Khulna Tigers | B | US$50,000 |
| Kesrick Williams | Chattogram Challengers | D | US$20,000 |
| Shafiqullah | Sylhet Thunder | D | US$20,000 |
| Sabbir Rahman | Cumilla Warriors | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Nazmul Hossain Shanto | Khulna Tigers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Abu Jayed | Rajshahi Royals | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Arafat Sunny | Rangpur Rangers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Nazmul Islam | Sylhet Thunder | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Nasir Hossain | Chattogram Challengers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Hasan Mahmud | Dhaka Platoon | E | ৳500,000 |
| Dawid Malan | Cumilla Warriors | B | US$70,000 |
| Avishka Fernando | Chattogram Challengers | B | US$70,000 |
| Wahab Riaz | Dhaka Platoon | B | US$70,000 |
| Mohammad Amir | Khulna Tigers | A | US$100,000 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Rajshahi Royals | B | US$70,000 |
| Lewis Gregory | Rangpur Rangers | B | US$70,000 |
| Johnson Charles | Sylhet Thunder | D | US$20,000 |
| Rubel Hossain | Chattogram Challengers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Yasir Ali | Cumilla Warriors | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Mahedi Hasan | Dhaka Platoon | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Aminul Islam | Khulna Tigers | D | ৳500,000 |
| Farhad Reza | Rajshahi Royals | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Arafat Sunny | Rangpur Rangers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Sohag Gazi | Sylhet Thunder | C | ৳1,800,000 |
| Rayad Emrit | Chattogram Challengers | C | US$50,000 |
| Dasun Shanaka | Cumilla Warriors | B | US$70,000 |
| Asif Ali | Dhaka Platoon | B | US$70,000 |
| Najibullah Zadran | Khulna Tigers | C | US$50,000 |
| Mohammad Irfan | Rajshahi Royals | B | US$70,000 |
| Cameron Delport | Rangpur Rangers | B | US$70,000 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Sylhet Thunder | C | US$50,000 |
| Nurul Hasan | Chattogram Challengers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Sunzamul Islam | Cumilla Warriors | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Ariful Haque | Dhaka Platoon | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Shamsur Rahman | Khulna Tigers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Taijul Islam | Rajshahi Royals | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Taskin Ahmed | Rangpur Rangers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Rony Talukdar | Sylhet Thunder | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Enamul Haque jnr | Chattogram Challengers | D | ৳800,000 |
| Abu Hider | Cumilla Warriors | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Mominul Haque | Dhaka Platoon | A | ৳2,500,000 |
| Saif Hasan | Khulna Tigers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Alok Kapali | Rajshahi Royals | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Zakir Hasan | Rangpur Rangers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Nayeem Hasan | Sylhet Thunder | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Muktar Ali | Chattogram Challengers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Mahidul Islam Ankon | Cumilla Warriors | D | ৳800,000 |
| Shuvagata Hom | Dhaka Platoon | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Mehedi Hasan | Khulna Tigers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Kamrul Islam Rabbi | Rajshahi Royals | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Fazle Mahmud | Rangpur Rangers | B | ৳1,800,000 |
| Delwar Hossain | Sylhet Thunder | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Pinak Ghosh | Chattogram Challengers | D | ৳800,000 |
| Sumon Khan | Cumilla Warriors | D | ৳800,000 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Dhaka Platoon | A+ | ৳5,000,000 |
| Shahidul Islam | Khulna Tigers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Irfan Sukkur | Rajshahi Royals | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Nadif Chowdhury | Rangpur Rangers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Monir Hossain | Sylhet Thunder | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Nasum Ahmed | Chattogram Challengers | E | ৳500,000 |
| Fardeen Hasan Ony | Cumilla Warriors | D | ৳800,000 |
| Raqibul Hasan | Dhaka Platoon | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Tanvir Islam | Khulna Tigers | D | ৳800,000 |
| Minhajul Abedin Afridi | Rajshahi Royals | D | ৳800,000 |
| Rishad Hossain | Rangpur Rangers | | |
| Ruyel Miah | Sylhet Thunder | D | ৳800,000 |
| Junaid Siddique | Chattogram Challengers | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Jaker Ali | Dhaka Platoon | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Aliss Islam | Khulna Tigers | D | ৳800,000 |
| Nahidul Islam | Rajshahi Royals | C | ৳1,200,000 |
| Sanjit Saha | Rangpur Rangers | D | ৳800,000 |
| Ryan Burl | Chattogram Challengers | C | US$30,000 |
| Shahid Afridi | Dhaka Platoon | A+ | US$100,000 |
| Junaid Khan | Rangpur Rangers | C | US$30,000 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Khulna Tigers | D | US$20,000 |
| Jeevan Mendis | Sylhet Thunder | C | US$30,000 |
| Imad Wasim | Chattogram Challengers | B | US$50,000 |
| Luis Reece | Dhaka Platoon | D | US$20,000 |

## Direct signings

| Player | Team | Grade | Base price | Notes/Ref |
| Lendl Simmons | Chattogram Challengers | — | — | |
| Jubair Hossain | Chattogram Challengers | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Andre Russell | Rajshahi Royals | — | — | |
| Shoaib Malik | Rajshahi Royals | — | — | |
| Sheldon Cottrell | Sylhet Thunder | B | US$50,000 | |
| Ebadot Hossain | Sylhet Thunder | C | ৳1,200,000 | |
| Mohammad Musa | Chattogram Challengers | D | US$20,000 | |
| Mohammad Sami | Sylhet Thunder | D | US$20,000 | |
| Mohammad Shahzad | Rangpur Rangers | B | US$50,000 | replacement of Shai Hope |
| Andre Fletcher | Sylhet Thunder | B | US$50,000 | |
| Tom Abell | Rangpur Rangers | C | US$30,000 | |
| Chadwick Walton | Chattogram Challengers | C | US$30,000 | |
| Krishmar Santokie | Sylhet Thunder | D | US$20,000 | replacement of Sheldon Cottrell |
| Ifran Hossain | Cumilla Warriors | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksha | Cumilla Warriors | C | US$30,000 | |
| Shadab Khan | Dhaka Platoon | — | — | |
| Stiaan van Zyl | Cumilla Warriors | D | US$20,000 | |
| | Wanindu Hasaranga | Khulna Tigers | B | US$50,000 |
| Abdul Mazid | Sylhet Thunder | C | ৳1,200,000 | |
| Nazmul Hossain Milon | Sylhet Thunder | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Mukidul Islam | Rangpur Rangers | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Mohammad Shahid | Dhaka Platoon | C | ৳1,200,000 | replacement of Wahab Riaz |
| Salauddin Sakil | Dhaka Platoon | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Mehedi Hasan Rana | Chattogram Challengers | C | ৳1,200,000 | |
| Liam Plunkett | Chattogram Challengers | — | — | replacement of Kesrick Williams |
| Shane Watson | Rangpur Rangers | — | — | |
| Upul Tharanga | Cumilla Warriors | B | US$50,000 | |
| Shadman Islam | Rangpur Rangers | D | ৳1,200,000 | |
| David Wiese | Cumilla Warriors | B | US$50,000 | |
| Robiul Islam Robi | Cumilla Warriors | D | ৳800,000 | |
| Ziaur Rahman | Chattogram Challengers | C | ৳1,200,000 | |
| Asela Gunaratne | Chattogram Challengers | B | US$50,000 | |
| Hashim Amla | Khulna Tigers | — | — | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Dhaka Platoon | B | US$50,000 | replacement of Laurie Evans |
| Faheem Ashraf | Dhaka Platoon | — | — | |