Bangladesh Premier League 2017 – Full squads

Bangladesh Premier League 2017 – Full Team Squads

After the announcement of South Africa's own Twenty20 enterprise - Global T20 League - which is slated to coincide with the 

Bangladesh Premier League 2017, there was raging confusion over a few common signings. While that still lingers on, the players' 

draft for the 2017 edition of BPL saw Mustafizur Rahman go to Rajshahi Kings for USD 60,000 as the only A+ category player of the 

entire process. 

Bangladesh’s own franchises based T20 league, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2017 season schedule to begin on 4th November. 

This year tournament contains 42 league matches and 4 knock-out matches. Initially eight teams were expected to feature in 

the tournament with the newly joined franchise Sylhet Sixers, but Barisal Bulls have been banned few months ago because of 

payment issues so seven teams are participating in the tournament and let see squad information of all teams;

1. CHITTAGONG VIKINGS

Chittagong Vikings will be targeting a better finish than last year when they reached the Eliminator, only to be defeated by Rajshahi Kings by three wickets. They will attempt to do this with a completely revamped side that has only three out of the 19 who appeared last season.

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Soumya Sarkar (BAN)

·        Yasir Arafat (PAK)

·        Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)

·        Luke Ronchi (NZ)

·        Jermaine Blackwood (WI)

·        Sikandar Raza (ZIM)

·        Luis Reece (ENG)

·        Liam Dawson (ENG)

·        Jeevan Mendis (SL)

·        Najibullah Zadran (AFG)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Anamul Haque

·        Taskin Ahmed

·        Subashis Roy

·        Sunzamul Islam

·        Al-Amin

·        Alauddin Babu

·        Tanbir Hayder

·        Irfan Sukkur

·        Naeem Hasan

2. COMILLA VICTORIANS

The champions of 2015, Comilla Victorians had a tough season last year and finished at bottom second in the points table. Tamim Iqbal initially named as icon player, but after his injury in the on-going South Africa tour doubts his availability for the season.

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Tamim Iqbal (BAN)

·        Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)

·        Hasan Ali (Pakistan)

·        Rumman Raees  (Pakistan)

·        Fahim Ashraf (Pakistan)

·        Imran Khan Jr (Pakistan)

·        Imrul Kayes (WI)

·        Marlon Samuels (WI)

·        Darren Bravo (WI)

·        Jos Buttler (ENG)

·        Solomon Mire (ZIM)

·        Mohammed Nabi (AFG)

·        Rashid Khan (AFG)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Liton Das

·        Mohammad Saifuddin

·        Al-Amin Hossain

·        Arafat Sunny

·        Alok Kapali

·        Mehidy Hasan

·        Mehedi Hasan Rana

·        Enamul Haque

·        Raqibul Hasan

3. DHAKA DYNAMITES

The defending champions Dhaka Dynamites will play under the captaincy of Shakib-Al-Hasan once again. T20 specialist around the world like Shahid Afridi, Sunil Narine, Kumar, Shane Watson, Mohammad Amir and Kevon Cooper are all on the list of Dhaka Dynamites squad.

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Shakib-Al-Hasan (BAN)

·        Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

·        Shahid Afridi (PAKISTAN)

·        Mohammed Amir (PAKISTAN)

·        Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAKISTAN)

·        Cameron Delport (SA)

·        Shane Watson (AUS)

·        Evin Lewis (WI)

·        Kevon Cooper (WI)

·        Rovman Powell (WI)

·        Ronsford Beaton (WI)

·        Sunil Narine (WI)

·        Graeme Cremer (ZIM)

·        Joe Denly (ENG)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Mehedi Maruf

·        Mosaddek Hossain

·        Abu Hider

·        Mohammad Shahid

·        Jahurul Islam

·        Nadif Chowdhury

·        Saqlain Sajib

·        Akeal Hosein

·        Syed Khaled Ahmed

·        Shadman Islam

·        Noor Hossain Saddam

4. KHULNATITANS

Khulna Titans finished no. 2 in the points table and missed a chance to play final as they lost in Qualifier 2 on their very first season of BPL.  The big name in T20 world for last 2 years, Australia’s Chris Lynn was traded to Titans but he was sidelined due to his shoulder injury.

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Mahmudullah (BAN)

·        Shadab Khan (Pakistan)

·        Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan)

·        Junaid Khan (Pakistan)

·        Rillee Roussow (SA)

·        Kyle Abbott (SA)

·        Benny Howell (ENG)

·        Jofra Archer (ENG)

·        David Malan (ENG)

·        Chadwick Walton (WI)

·        Carlos Brathwaite (WI)

·        Shehan Jayasurya (SL)

·        Seekkuge Prasanna (SL)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Mosharraf Hossain

·        Shafiul Islam

·        Nazmul Hossain Shanto

·        Abu Jayed Rahi

·        Afif Hossain

·        Yasir Ali Chowdhury

·        Imran Ali

·        Mukter Ali

·        Dhiman Ghosh

·        Saif Hassan

·        Ariful Haque

5. RAJSHAHI KINGS

The runner-up of last year, Rajshahi Kings will look for a glory this year which they missed in the final last year. The big setback will be injuries of Muztafizur Rahman which sidelined him for atleast six weeks.

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)

·        Mohammad Sami (Pakistan)

·        Usama Mir (Pakistan)

·        Lendl Simmons (WI)

·        Darren Sammy (WI)

·        Kesrick Williams (WI)

·        Malcom Waller (ZIM)

·        James Franklin (NZ)

·        Luke Wright (ENG)

·        Farhad Reza (ENG)

·        Samit Patel (ENG)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Mominul Haque

·        Mehidy Hasan

·        Mustafizur Rahman

·        Zakir Hasan

·        Nihaduzzaman

·        Rony Talukdar

·        Raja Ali Dar

·        Hossain Ali

·        Naeem Islam jnr

·        Kazi Anik

6. RANGPUR RIDERS

The captain of Bangladesh in One-day Internationals, Mashrafe Mortaza is expected to lead the Riders squad which will also have a fine mix of domestic and overseas players in the line-up. 

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)

·        David Willey (ENG)

·        Ravi Bopara (ENG)

·        Adam Lyth (ENG)

·        Thisara Perera (SL)

·        Kusal Perera (SL)

·        Samuel Badree (WI)

·        Johnson Charles (WI)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Mohammad Mithun

·        Sohag Gazi

·        Rubel Hossain

·        Shahriar Nafees

·        Nazmul Islam Apu

·        Ziaur Rahman

·        Fazle Mahmud

·        Sam Hain

·        Samiullah Shenwari

·        Abdur Razzak

·        Ebadat Hossain

·        Elias Sunny

·        Nahidul Islam

·        Zahir Khan

6. SYLHET SIXERS

The Sylhet Sixersreplaced the Sylhet Super Stars and rejoined the Bangladesh Premier League in the 2017-18 edition of the competition. 

OVERSEAS PLAYERS:

·        Sabbir Rahman (BAN)

·        Babar Azam (Pakistan)

·        Usman Khan Shinwari (Pakistan)

·        Krishmar Santokie (WI)

·        Andre McCarthy (WI)

·        Andre Fletcher (WI)

·        Davy Jacobs (SA)

·        Liam Plunkett (ENG)

·        Ross Whiteley (ENG)

·        Chaturanga de Silva (SL)

·        Dasun Shanaka (SL)

·        Ghulam Mudasser Khan (Pakistan)

LOCAL PLAYERS:

·        Nasir Hossain

·        Nurul Hasan

·        Wanidu Hasaranga

·        Taijul Islam

·        Abul Hasan

·        Shuvagata Hom

·        Kamrul Islam Rabbi

·        Nabil Samad

·        Mohammad Sharif

·        Imtiaz Hossain

·        Mohammad Sharifullah