BPL2015 Players Draft: Final Player List !

The third edition of the Bangladesh Premier League is going to start from November 22nd this year with six teams, namely-Dhaka Dynamites, Chittagong Vikings, Rangpur Riders, Comilla Victorians, Barisal Bulls and Sylhet Superstars.

The Players Draft was held today at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel Dhaka amidst huge excitement. Through this event, the Third Edition of BPL officially headed towards a launch. 

BCB President Nazmul Hassan explained about why the 'Player Draft' was introduced. He said, "It is to avoid an uneven competition between the teams and to avoid payment issues created with the players." He expressed his gratitude towards Mustafa Kamal, ex-President of BCB and ICC, for coming up with the idea of organizing Bangladesh Premier League. 

The Draft was chaired by Nazmul Hasan, Mahbub Anam, Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, Sheikh Shohel, Jalal Yunus, Ismail Haider Mollick and Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan. Mahbub Anam, Vice-President of BCB, played the role of the Draft Commissioner in today's event and Jalal Yunus, Head of Media & Communications Department of BCB, will be the Head of Technical Committee in BPL 2015.

At the start of the Player Draft, the first two see-offs were big enough, with Rangpur Riders taking in Soumya Sarker and Dhaka Dynamites deciding on Mustafizur Rahman. The first round was quite an exciting one indeed, as Anamul Haque headed towards Chittagong Vikings, Barisal Bulls took Sabbir Rahman, Comilla Victorians going for Liton Kumar Das and the final selection from Sylhet Superstars ended with an intake of Rubel Hossain.

What created the second-most excitement was the lottery process in selecting which Franchise would make the fist call and then proceed accordingly. Rangpur Riders came out to be very lucky throughout the process.

Dhaka Dynamites took some of the sensational local names apart from Mustafizur Rahman. Mosaddek Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Shykat Ali and Irfan Sukkur are the current sensations who have displayed tremendous batting displays in the running NCL matches. Adding to these locals, the veteran Kumar Sangakkara is with the team to disseminate his experience and set of skills. The tall Mohammad Irfan and the skilled leg spinner Yasir Shah are also in the team to strengthen the bowling department. 

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	Nasir Hossain	Bangladesh	All Rounder
2	MD. Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	Bowler/Pacer
3	Khandaker Musharraf Hossain (Rubel)	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
4	Mosaddek Hossain Saikat	Bangladesh	Batsman
5	Shamsur Rahman	Bangladesh	Batsman
6	MD. Shykat Ali	Bangladesh	Batsman
7	Farhad Reza	Bangladesh	All Rounder
8	Nabil Samad	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
9	MD. Abul Hasan Raju	Bangladesh	All Rounder
10	Irfan Shukkur (WK)	Bangladesh	Batsman
11	Sohail Khan	Pakistan	Bowler
12	David Mallan	England	Batsman
13	Shahzaib Hasan	Pakistan	Batsman
14	Kumar Sangakara	Sri Lanka	WK Keeper
15	Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	Bowler
16	Rayn Ten Doeschate	Netherlands	All Rounder
17	Nasir Jamshed	Pakistan	Batsman
18	Yasir Shah	Pakistan	Bowler

Chittagong Vikings have the T20 specialists Ziaur Rahman and Naeem Isam in their side. Adding to them, the Akmal brothers will definitely add great values to the batting, and not to mention that their bowling unit has got great varieties, with Taskin's pace and Amir's controlled bowling and the unit's strength enhances greatly with the presence of Saeed Ajmal.

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	Tamim Iqbal Khan	Bangladesh	Batsman
2	Anamul Haque Bijoy ( WK)	Bangladesh	Batsman
3	Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh	Bowler/Pacer
4	Ziaur Rahman	Bangladesh	All Rounder
5	MD. Elias Sunny	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
6	Naeem Islam	Bangladesh	Batsman
7	Enamul Haque (Jr.)	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
8	Yasir Ali Chowdhury	Bangladesh	Batsman
9	MD. Shafiul Islam	Bangladesh	Bowler/Pacer
10	Asif Ahmed Ratul	Bangladesh	Batsman
11	Nafees Iqbal Khan	Bangladesh	Batsman
12	Jeevan Mendis	Sri Lanka	All Rounder
13	Sayeed Azmal	Pakistan	Spinner
14	Robin Petersen	South Africa	Bowler
15	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	Batsman
16	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	WK Keeper
17	Elton Chigambura	Zimbabwe	All Rounder
18	Chamara Kapugedara	Sri Lanka	Batsman
19	Mohammad Amer	Pakistan	Bowler

A good local bowling attack will definitely make Sylhet Superstars a team to watch out. Shahid Afridi himself is the big signing for Sylhet, who alone can change the course of a match with either the bat or the ball! Ravi Bopara's batting will deifnitely add force to the unit to a good extent.

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	Mushfiqur Rahim (WK)	Bangladesh	Batsman
2	Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh	Bowler/Pacer
3	Mominul Haque Shawrab	Bangladesh	Batsman
4	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
5	Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (WK)	Bangladesh	Batsman
6	Mohammad Shahid	Bangladesh	Bowler/Pacer
7	Najmul Hossain Apu	Bangladesh	Spinner/Left Arm
8	Junaid Siddique	Bangladesh	Batsman
9	Nazmul Hossain Milon	Bangladesh	Batsman
10	Abu Sayem Chowdhury	Bangladesh	Batsman/WK
11	Chris Jordan	England	All Rounder
12	Joshua Cobb	England	Batsman
13	Sohail Tanveer	Pakistan	Fast Bowler
14	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	All Rounder
15	Robi Bopara	England	Batsman
16	Brad Hogg	Australia	Bowler
17	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Bowler

Barisal formed a quite balanced team, with some good local additions to the batting unit, but they have one name in their squad who is equal to the rest of the batsmen! Christopher Henry Gayle needs no introduction at all, and Brendan Taylor is a great addition to the side too.

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	MD. Mahmudullah	Batsman	Batsman
2	MD. Shabbir Rahman Roman	Batsman	Batsman
3	MD. Al-Amin Hossain	Bowler/Pacer	Bowler/Pacer
4	Shohag Gazi	All Rounder	All Rounder
5	Taijul Islam	Spinner/Left Arm	Spinner/Left Arm
6	Shahriar Nafees Ahmed	Batsman	Batsman
7	Mehedi Maruf	Batsman	Batsman
8	Nadif Chowdhury	Batsman	Batsman
9	Rony Talukder	Batsman	Batsman
10	Mohammad Sharifullah	All Rounder	All Rounder
11	Sajedul Islam	Bowler/Pacer	Bowler/Pacer
12	Sekkuge Prasanna	Sri Lanka	All rounder
13	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	Fast Bowler
14	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	All Rounder
15	Kevon Kuper	West Indies	All Rounder
16	Chris Gayle	West Indies	Batsman
17	Evin Lewis	West Indies	Bowler
18	Brandon Taylor	Zimbabwe	Batsman

Soumya Sarker, Mohammad Mithun, Muktar Ali-all these batsmen have proven their skills very well, and are definitely vital additions to Rangpur Riders. Adding to these proven locals, the ability of Sammy, Dilshan, Perera and Simmons need not be explained in any details, as they line up to strengthen the batting order of the side with Afghan skipper Nabi also making it to the side.  Sunny, Sajib and with then Senanayeke and Wahab Riaz are tremendous add-ons to the team's bowling unit.

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	Shakib Al Hasan	All Rounder	ICON
2	Soumya Sarker	Batsman	A
3	Arafat Sunny	Spinner/Left Arm	A
4	Md. Mithun (WK)	Batsman	A
5	Muktar Ali	All Rounder	B
6	Saklain Sojib	Spinner/Left Arm	B
7	Jahurul Islam (WK)	Batsman	B
8	Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi	Bowler/Pacer	C
9	Mohammad Murad Khan	Spinner/Left Arm	D
10	Rasel Al Mamun*	All Rounder (Off Spin)	D
11	Sachitra senanayake	Sri Lanka	Bowler
12	Mohammad Nabi	Afganistan	All Rounder
13	Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	Fast Bowler
14	Darren Sammy	West Indies	All Rounder
15	Tilakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	Batsman
16	Thesara Perera	Sri Lanka	All Rounder
17	Lendl Simmons	West Indies	Batsman

Hom can be destructive in his good days, and Imrul Kayes can pick up length deliveries pretty well to disperse the balls off outside the ropes. But the strength of the side is enhanced tremendously by additions of Andre Russell, Shoaib Malik, Marlon Samuels and Ahmed Shehzad. The bowling unit will be very confident with the presence of Sunil Narine in the side. kamrul Islam Rabbi is a great find for Bangladesh, and BPL will be a great platform for him to display his temperament. 

SL. No.	Name of the Player	Country	Playing Role
1	Masrafe Bin Mortaza	Bowler/Pacer	ICON
2	Liton Kumar Das (WK)	Batsman	A
3	Imrul Kayes	Batsman	A
4	Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury	Batsman	A
5	Sanjamul Islam	Spinner/Left Arm	B
6	Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Bowler/Pacer	B
7	Ariful Haque	All Rounder	B
8	Mahmudul Hasan Limon	All Rounder	B
9	MD. Nayeem Islam (jr.)	Spinner/Left Arm	C
10	Abu Haider Rony	Bowler/Pacer	C
11	Dhiman Ghosh (WK)	Batsman	C
12	Darren Stevens	England	All Rounder
13	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	Bowler
14	Andre Russel	West Indies	All Rounder
15	Lahiru Thirimanne	Sri Lanka	Batsman
16	Shoib Malik	Pakistan	All Rounder
17	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	Batsman
18	Sunil Narine	West Indies	Bowler
19	Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	Batsman
20	Krishmar Santokie	West Indies	Bowler

The segment that produced the most excitement was the last segment-lottery round of the ICON Players' Draft. Yet again Rangpur came out lucky enough to be the first team to call, and to everyone's expectation, Shakib Al Hasan was called in. Comilla Victorians came out second and who else but Mashrafe Bin Mortaza can be a great addition to any side.  Barisal Bulls called in Mahmudullah Riad and how  lucky Tamim Iqbal can be to be able to play for his home team and that too alongside his brother, as he get into Chittagong Vikings. Sylhet Superstars happily called in Mushfiqur Rahim in the side and Dhaka Dynamites got a dynamic performer like Nasir Hossain to play for them.