Sports Desk: Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is not long left. If everything goes well, the four-six domestic season will start on December 27. The franchises have already been fixed. As before there are Khulna Tigers, Sylhet Strikers, Rangpur Riders and Fortune Barisal. The name of the Dhaka franchise was changed to Dhaka Capitals and Chittagong franchise to Chittagong Kings. On the other hand, four-time champions Comilla Victorians are not in this tournament. Durbar Rajshahi came as a new team instead of them.
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Before the start of BPL, the players' draft will be held today in a hotel in the capital. Domestic and foreign players of both categories have been kept in the draft. Although earlier, the franchises have brought many local and foreign cricketers to the team on direct contracts. Besides, many have left from the previous team.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has made five categories for foreigners this time. Among foreign cricketers, those in the 'A' category have a maximum value of 70,000 dollars. In Bangladeshi currency, the amount is about 83 lakh taka. There are 20 players in this category. The price of 38 'B' category cricketers is 50,000 dollars, 'C' category (66) 30,000, 'D' category (135) 25,000 and 'E' category (181) cricketers 15,000 dollars.
Category of foreign cricketers
'A' category
Martin Guptill, Mohammad Haris, Saeem Ayyub, Pathum Nisanka, Josh Little, Lewis Gregory, Peter Siddle, David Malan, Hazratullah Zazai, Oli Robinson, Qais Ahmed, Nandre Berger, Usama Mir, Alex Hales, George Mansi, Shane Dowrich, Carlos Brathwaite , Luke Wood, Mohammad Hasnain and Mohammad Wasim.
Notable cricketers in 'B' category
Imam-ul-Haq, Sadira Samarawickrama, Kasun Rajitha, Kevon Cooper, Chamara Kapugedara, Mohammad Shahzad, Corey Anderson, James Fuller, Jacob Duffy, Ashley Nurse, Jack Lees, Reece Topley, Rahkeem Cornwall, Isuru Udana, Ocean Thomas, Ben Cutting, Amer Jamal, Sharjeel Khan, Abdullah Shafiq.
Notable players in 'C' category
Shaun Williams, Umar Akmal, Oshada Fernando, Aaron Jones, Ryan Berl, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Wahab Riaz, Hayden Walsh, Ramon Reifer, Chadwick Walton, Richard Ngarava, Rayad Emrit, Christopher Mpofu, Jack Ball, Curtis Kampfer, Samiullah Shenwari , Yasir Shah and Abbas Afridi.
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Notable cricketers in 'D' and 'E' category
Hardus Viljoen, George Dockrell, Sisanda Magala, Daulat Zadran, Ross Adair, Rohan Mostafa, Kenner Lewis, Craig Irvine, Yannick Kariah, Kaleem Sana, Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Sheldon Cottrell, Kushal Malla, Kushal Bhurtel, Dipendra Singh Airey, Brian Charles, Faraz Akram, Lahiru Samarakun.
