2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League
 2017 BPL Logo | |
| Dates | 4 November 2017 – 12 December 2017 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Champions | Rangpur Riders (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Dhaka Dynamites |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Player of the series | Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) |
| Most runs | Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) (485) |
| Most wickets | Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) (22) |
| Official website | BPL |
The Bangladesh Premier League 2017, also known as BPL Season 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and features seven teams from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions.[1] This year, Pakistani players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league.[2]
In the championship match, Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match Chris Gayle was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.
Draft
[edit]The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.[3]
A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.
Venues
[edit]A total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.
| Chittagong | Dhaka | Sylhet |
|---|---|---|
| Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 18,500 |
| Matches: 10 | Matches: 28 | Matches: 8 |
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Teams and their icons
[edit]The teams that played in this season are:
- Chittagong Vikings - Soumya Sarkar
- Comilla Victorians - Tamim Iqbal
- Dhaka Dynamites - Shakib Al Hasan
- Khulna Titans - Mahmudullah
- Rajshahi Kings - Mushfiqur Rahim
- Rangpur Riders - Mashrafe Mortaza
- Sylhet Sixers - Sabbir Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman was chosen as the icon player for Barisal Bulls until they were excluded.
Results
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comilla Victorians (3) | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.578 |
| 2 | Dhaka Dynamites (R) | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1.631 |
| 3 | Khulna Titans (4) | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0.075 |
| 4 | Rangpur Riders (C) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.267 |
| 5 | Sylhet Sixers | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | −0.429 |
| 6 | Rajshahi Kings | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −1.098 |
| 7 | Chittagong Vikings | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | −0.473 |
Source: Cricinfo.com
- The top four teams will qualify for playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
League Progression
[edit]| League matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |||
| Chittagong Vikings | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| Comilla Victorians | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | L | L | ||||
| Dhaka Dynamites | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | W | L | ||||
| Khulna Titans | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | L | |||||
| Rajshahi Kings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Rangpur Riders | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | W | W | W | |||
| Sylhet Sixers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Playoffs) to see the match summary.
League stage
[edit]A total of 42 matches was played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, next sixteen in Dhaka, next ten in Chittagong and final eight in Dhaka.
Phase 1 (Sylhet)
[edit]Dhaka Dynamites 139/7 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 143/1 (12.5 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 155/4 (18.5 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Nihaduzzaman (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
Comilla Victorians 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 148/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 202/7 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 137 (18.1 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaled Ahmed (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut.
Chittagong Vikings 143/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 144/2 (17.2 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sixers 205/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 172/8 (20 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Hossain Ali (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
Chittagong Vikings 166/4 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 155/8 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sixers 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 138/4 (18 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 2 (Dhaka)
[edit]Rangpur Riders 134/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 138/2 (16.4 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Sixers 101/9 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 106/2 (7.5 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
- Wanidu Hasaranga (Sylhet Sixers) made his T20 debut.
- This was the fastest victory in BPL history.
Khulna Titans 170/7 (20 overs) | v | Chittagong Vikings 152/7 (20 overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings 115/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 120/1 (15.1 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans 156/5 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 157/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 139/4 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 140/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Sylhet Sixers 146/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 150/3 (17.3 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 164/5 (18.2 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 201/7 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 133 (18.2 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians 153/6 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 139/7 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 128 (18.3 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 129/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 162/4 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 168/8 (19.2 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders 142 (19.5 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 139 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Chittagong)
[edit]Khulna Titans 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 149/6 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Tanvir Islam (Khulna Titans) made his T20 debut.
Chittagong Vikings 211/5 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 171/8 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings 185/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 155 (19.1 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 180/7 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 191/3 (18.5 overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Khulna Titans 213/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 145 (19 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sixers 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 177/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans 111 (19.2 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 112/1 (13.5 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajshahi Kings 157/6 (20 overs) | v | Chittagong Vikings 124 (19.2 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nayeem Hasan (Chittagong Vikings) and Qazi Onik (Rajshahi Kings) both made their T20 debuts.
Comilla Victorians 167/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 155/8 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 4 (Dhaka)
[edit]Rangpur Riders 97 (17.1 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 100/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 205/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 106 (18.3 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings 67 (12 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 68/0 (11.1 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- This was concurrently the largest victory in terms of wickets in BPL history.
Rangpur Riders 147/6 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 128/8 (20 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 160/7 (20 overs) |
- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mehedi Rana (Comilla Victorians) made his T20 debut.
Chittagong Vikings 194/2 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 149/9 (20 overs) |
- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 137/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 94/7 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ebadot Hossain (Rangpur Riders) made his T20 debut.
Comilla Victorians 170/4 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Sixers 145/7 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs
[edit]| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 8 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 12 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Comilla Victorians | 96 (18 overs) | 2 | Dhaka Dynamites | 149/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Dhaka Dynamites | 191/7 (20 overs) | 10–11 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 4 | Rangpur Riders | 206/1 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 1 | Comilla Victorians | 156 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 8 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 4 | Rangpur Riders | 192/3 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Khulna Titans | 167/6 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rangpur Riders | 171/2 (15.2 overs) | |||||||||||
Preliminary
[edit]Eliminator
[edit]Khulna Titans 167/6 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 171/2 (15.2 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to Qualifier 2 and Khulna Titans are eliminated.
Qualifier 1
[edit]Dhaka Dynamites 191/7 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 96 (18 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
- As a result of this match, Dhaka Dynamites advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians qualified for Qualifier 2.
Qualifier 2
[edit]Rangpur Riders 192/3 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 156 (20 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stop play when 7 overs of the 1st innings were completed which caused match to reschedule and begin from 11 December at 6:00 PM from where it was halted
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians are eliminated.
- Johnson Charles (Rangpur Riders) scored his maiden T20 century.
Final
[edit]Rangpur Riders 206/1 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 149/9 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
- Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) has hit the most sixes by a player in a T20 match (18 sixes).
- He has also scored the highest score by a player in a T20 final as well as the highest in BPL history.
- The partnership between Gayle and Brendon McCullum is the highest ever in BPL (201* for the 2nd wicket).
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders won the championship.
Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chris Gayle | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 11 | 485 | 53.88 | 176.36 | 146* | 2 | 2 | 29 | 47 | |||||||||||||
 Evin Lewis | Dhaka Dynamites | 12 | 12 | 396 | 36.00 | 159.03 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 27 | |||||||||||||
 Ravi Bopara | Rangpur Riders | 15 | 13 | 365 | 40.55 | 115.50 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Tamim Iqbal | Comilla Victorians | 10 | 10 | 332 | 36.88 | 132.80 | 64* | 0 | 2 | 45 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammad Mithun | Rangpur Riders | 15 | 13 | 329 | 29.90 | 117.50 | 50* | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most wickets
[edit]| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Over | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI | 5WI | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakib Al Hasan | Dhaka Dynamites | 13 | 13 | 44.5 | 3 | 291 | 22 | 5/16 | 13.22 | 6.49 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Abu Jayed | Khulna Titans | 12 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 367 | 18 | 4/35 | 20.38 | 8.95 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
 Hasan Ali | Comilla Victorians | 9 | 9 | 34.5 | 0 | 245 | 16 | 5/20 | 15.31 | 7.03 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mohammad Saifuddin | Comilla Victorians | 13 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 343 | 16 | 3/22 | 21.43 | 7.79 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Shahid Afridi | Dhaka Dynamites | 8 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 210 | 15 | 4/12 | 14.00 | 7.00 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest team totals
[edit]| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khulna Titans | 213/5 | Rajshahi Kings | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chittagong Vikings | 211/5 | Sylhet Sixers | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rangpur Riders | 206/1 | Dhaka Dynamites | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]- Chittagong Vikings in 2017
- Comilla Victorians in 2017
- Dhaka Dynamites in 2017
- Khulna Titans in 2017
- Rajshahi Kings in 2017
- Rangpur Riders in 2017
- Sylhet Sixers in 2017
References
[edit]- ^ "Barisal Bulls out of BPL 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "PCB makes domestic T20 participation mandatory for NOCs".
- ^ BPL season 5 Players' draft 2017. Rabbitholebd Sports. Dhaka. 23 September 2017.
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