The eleventh season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will be screened on December 27. For which seven franchise players have already selected their team from the draft. But there is still an opportunity to bulk up their team in a direct deal. In the meantime, Rangpur Riders have surprised their coaching panel. They appointed former Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur as the head coach.

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The franchise confirmed this information in a post on the social media Facebook page. They wrote, 'Welcome to Rangpur Riders Head Coach Mickey Arthur! Rangpur Riders are ready to create a new history by the hands of such a world-class coach.

The former South African cricketer has coached his country as well as Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in his coaching career. Currently, he is in high demand in various franchise tournaments. Following that, he will be seen in the dugout of Rangpur in the upcoming BPL.

The big star of Rangpur this year is former English opener Alex Hales. Apart from this, Nurul Hasan Sohan, who captained the team in the last season, is also staying. Before the draft they recruited Nurul Hasan Sohan, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Alex Hales, Iftekhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah. Besides, Rangpur took Soumya Sarkar and young stars Nahid Rana, Rezaur Rahman Raja and Rakibul Hasan from the draft.

Squad of Rangpur Riders in 11th BPL: Nurul Hasan Sohan, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Alex Hales, Iftekhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Nahid Rana, Saif Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Rakibul Hasan, Rezaur Rahman, Irfan Sukkur, Kamrul Islam, Taufiq Khan, Akif Javed, Curtis Kampfer.