Sports Desk: The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) eleventh season players draft is over. Like the last season, Muminul Haque did not get a team this time. Notable names in the list of non-members are Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Shubhagat Home Chowdhury. Naeem Islam, who has gone far behind from T20, Marshall Ayub got the team. The presence of megastar Shakib Khan, one of the owners of Dhaka Capitals in the draft, stole the limelight.
Let's take a look at how the 7 teams fared
Dhaka Capitals
Desi: Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Mostafizur Rahman, Liton Das, Habibur Rahman Sohan, Abu Zayed Chowdhury, Mukidul Islam Moudh, Mushfique Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Munim Shahriar, Asif Hasan Mitul and Shahadat Hossain Dipu.
Foreigners: Saim Ayub (Pakistan), Amir Hamza (Afghanistan), Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka), Johnson Charles (West Indies), Shahnewaz Dahani (Pakistan) and Stephen Eskinazi (England).
Sylhet Strikers
Desi: Zaker Ali Anik, Zakir Hasan, Tanjim Hasan Shakib, Rony Talukder, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain (Senior), Arfat Sani, Ruel Mia, Ariful Haque, Nahiduzzaman and Nahidul Islam.
Foreigners: Rakim Cornwell (West Indies), Samiullah Shenwari (Afghanistan), Rich Topley (England), Paul Stirling (Ireland) and George Munsey (Scotland).
Chittagong Kings
Desi: Shakib Al Hasan, Shariful Islam, Shamim Hossain Patwari, Parvez Hossain Imon, Khaled Ahmed, Alis Al Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Naeem Islam, Maruf Mridha, Rahatul Ferdous Javed, Sheikh Parvez Jiban and Marshall Ayub.
Foreigners: Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Moeen Ali (England), Usman Khan (Pakistan), Mohammad Wasim Jr (Pakistan), Hyder Ali (Pakistan), Graeme Clarke (England), Thomas O'Connell ( Australia).
Durbar Rajshahi
Desi: Enamul Haque Vijay, Taskin Ahmed, Jisan Alam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Sabbir Hossain, Sanjamul Islam, Mehrab Hossain, Akbar Ali, Hasan Murad, Shafiul Islam and Mohr Sheikh Antar.
Foreigners: Saad Nasim (Pakistan) and Lahiru Samarakun (Sri Lanka).
Fortune Barisal
Desi: Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tawhi Hriday, Mahmudullah Riyad, Tanveer Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Ripon Mondal, Ibadat Hossain, Naeem Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taijul Islam and Shahidul Islam.
Foreigners: David Malan (England), Kyle Meyers (West Indies), Fahim Ashraf (Pakistan), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan), Khan Jahanbad (Pakistan), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Andre Berger (South Africa), James Fuller (England ) and Pathum Nishanka (Sri Lanka).
Rangpur Riders
Desi: Nurul Hasan Sohan, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nahid Rana, Saif Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Rakibul Hasan (Jr), Irfan Sukkur, Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Taufiq Khan Tushar.
Foreigners: Khushdil Shah (Pakistan), Alex Hales (England), Allah Ghazanfar (Afghanistan), Aqib Javed (Pakistan), Curtis Kampfer (Ireland), Steven Ryan Taylor (USA) and Sourav Netrawalkar (USA).
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Khulna Tigers
Desi: Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Afif Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Naeem Sheikh, Imrul Kayes, Mahidul Islam Drawing, Abu Haider Rony, Ziaur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi and Mahmudul Hasan Joy.
Foreigners: Oshane Thomas (West Indies), Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan), Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan) and Lewis Gregory (England).