# 2025 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

The players' draft for the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League took place on 14 October 2024 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka.

## Salary cap
### Local players

216 local players were listed into seven categories with the following salary cap:-
* Category A – ৳80 lakh (US$66,000)
* Category B – ৳50 lakh (US$41,000)
* Category C – ৳30 lakh (US$25,000)
* Category D – ৳20 lakh (US$16,000)
* Category E – ৳15 lakh (US$12,000)
* Category F – ৳10 lakh (US$8,200)

### Foreign players

* Category A – US$80,000
* Category B – US$60,000
* Category C – US$40,000
* Category D – US$30,000
* Category E – US$20,000

## Drafted players

This is the list of players that were drafted.
| Fortune Barishal | Khulna Tigers | Dhaka Capitals | Sylhet Strikers | Rangpur Riders | Chittagong Kings | Durbar Rajshahi |
| Mahmudullah Tanvir Islam Najmul Hossain Ripon Mondol Ebadot Hossain Nayeem Hasan Rishad Hossain Taijul Islam Shohidul Islam Ariful Islam James Fuller Pathum Nissanka Nandre Burger | Hasan Mahmud Mohammad Naim Imrul Kayes Mahidul Islam Ankon Abu Hider Rony Ziaur Rahman Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby Mahmudul Hasan Joy (local) Mohammad Hasnain Lewis Gregory Mohammad Nawaz (foreign) | Litton Das Habibur Rahman Sohan Mukidul Islam Abu Jayed Sabbir Rahman Munim Shahriar Asif Hasan Shahadat Hossain Dipu Musfik Hasan (local) Saim Ayub Amir Hamza Hotak (foreign) | Rony Talukder Mashrafe Bin Mortaza Al-Amin Hossain Arafat Sunny Ruyel Miah Ariful Haque Nihaduzzaman Nahidul Islam (local) Rahkeem Cornwall Samiullah Shinwari Reece Topley (foreign) | Nahid Rana Saif Hassan Soumya Sarkar Rakibul Hasan Rejaur Rahman Raja Irfan Sukkur Kamrul Islam Rabbi Tawfique Khan Tushar (local) Akif Javed Curtis Campher (foreign) | Shamim Hossain Parvez Hossain Emon Khaled Ahmed Aliss Islam Mohammad Mithun Naeem Islam Maruf Mridha Rahatul Ferdous Sheikh Parvez Jibon Marshall Ayub (local) Graham Clarke Tom O'Connell (foreign) | Taskin Ahmed Jishan Alam Yasir Ali Sabbir Hossain Sanjamul Islam SM Meherob Akbar Ali Hasan Murad Shafiul Islam Mohor Sheikh (local) Saad Nasim Lahiru Samarakoon (foreign) |

## Direct signings

These are the direct signings of every team.

### Dhaka Capitals

Direct signings:
* Mustafizur Rahman
* Tanzid Hasan Tamim
Foreign direct signings:
* Thisara Perera
* Johnson Charles
* Amir Hamza
* Shahnawaz Dahani
* Stephen Eskinazi

### Chittagong Kings

Direct signings:
* Shakib Al Hasan
* Shoriful Islam
Foreign direct signings:
* Moeen Ali
* Usman Khan
* Haider Ali
* Angelo Mathews
* Mohammad Wasim Jr
* Binura Fernando

### Durbar Rajshahi

* Anamul Haque Bijoy

### Fortune Barishal

Direct signings:
* Towhid Hridoy
Foreign direct signings:
* Kyle Mayers
* Dawid Malan
* Mohammad Nabi
* Faheem Ashraf
* Ali Mohammad
* Jahandad Khan

### Sylhet Strikers

Direct signings:
* Jaker Ali Anik
Foreign direct signings:
* Paul Stirling
* George Munsey

### Khulna Tigers

Direct signings:
* Mehidy Hasan
Foreign direct signing:
* Oshane Thomas

### Rangpur Riders

Direct signing:
* Mohammad Saifuddin
Foreign direct signings:
* Alex Hales
* Khushdil Shah
* Allah Ghazanfar
* Steven Taylor
* Saurabh Netravalkar

## Retained players

This is the list of players that were retained by team.

### Fortune Barishal

* Tamim Iqbal
* Mushfiqur Rahim

### Sylhet Strikers

* Tanzim Hasan Sakib
* Zakir Hasan

### Khulna Tigers

* Afif Hossain
* Nasum Ahmed

### Rangpur Riders

* Nurul Hasan Sohan
* Mahedi Hasan