2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League
| Dates | 22 November 2015–15 December 2015[1] |
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| Administrator(s) | BCB |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double Round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |
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| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Attendance | 742,000 (21,824 per match) |
| Player of the series |
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| Most runs |
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| Most wickets |
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| Official website | BPL |
The 2015 Bangladesh Premier League, abbreviated as BPL 3 and BRB BPL 2015, was the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a twenty20 cricket league established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012. The tournament featured six teams during the third season. The season began on Friday, 20 November 2015, with a lavish opening ceremony held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, and the annual kickoff game was held between Chittagong Vikings and Rangpur Riders, which resulted with the Rangpur winning by two wickets in last ball finish.[3]
The championship game was held on 15 December 2015, in which Comilla Victorians won the championship by defeating Barisal Bulls by three wickets. Alok Kapali from Comilla Victorians was awarded player of the match in the final for his match winning 39 from 28 balls. Ashar Zaidi was awarded the player of the tournament for his all rounding performance of 215 runs and 17 wickets throughout the tournament. Ashar Zaidi of Comilla Victorians was named Most valuable player (MVP), while Abu Hider was the find of the tournament.
Players' Draft
The draft was held on 22 October 2015 in Dhaka. Six franchises participated in the draft method. Players from Category A-D were picked in the draft by six teams. The icon players and platinum category players were excluded from the draft process. Chris Gayle was picked up by Barisal Bulls for 1.65 crores (US$210,000). Total 319 players took part in the draft process, and 82 players were drafted. The six icon players were selected through lottery process.[4]
Opening Ceremony
The third season of the tournament was officially launched at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on 20 November 2015. During the opening ceremony, All six teams, along with their owners and captains were introduced. The opening ceremony featured live performances from Chirkutt Band, Ayub Bachchu, Momtaz Begum, KK, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Hrithik Roshan. The total cost of the opening ceremony was reported to be 3.5 crores.
Venues
A total of 34 matches including the championship game was held in two venues. The first and third leg of the tournament was played at Dhaka while the second leg was held at the port city Chittagong. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium hosted 26 matches while Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium hosted the eight group stage matches.
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| Chittagong | Dhaka |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
Teams and Standings
| Team[5] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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10 | 03 | 100 | 23 | 14 | +0.788 | |
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70| 93 | 80 | 14 | +0.063 | |||
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.609 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 0 0 | 78 | 8 | -0.010 |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.710 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.844 |
- Top 4 teams qualifies for the playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier
- advanced to the Eliminator
Squads
League progression
Matches
Phase 1
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat.
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Tamim Iqbal 69(46) Subashish Roy 1/22 (4 overs) |
- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Phase 2
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Chirs Gayle 122(65)* Mohammad Amir 2/40 (4 Overs) |
Tamim Iqbal 60(40) M.Sami 5/28 (4 Overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3
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- Sylhet Superstars won the toss and elected to field.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
10 December 2015 BDT 14:00 match28 |
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10 December 2015 BDT 18:45 match29 |
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Playoffs
| Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 12 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
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163/7 | ||||||||||
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91/10 | 1 | |
157/7 | |||||||
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156/4 | |||||||||
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| 13 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
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160/9 | ||||||||||
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163/5 | ||||||||||
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| 12 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
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135/5 | ||||||||||
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117/8 | ||||||||||
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Semifinal
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field
- Comilla Victorians advance to final and Rangpur Riders will compete in qualifier 2.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field
- Barisal Bulls qualify for the qualifier 2 and Dhaka Dynamites eliminate from the tournament.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat
- Barisal Bulls advance to final.
Final
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field
- Comilla Victorians won the 2015-16 Bangladesh Premier League.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||
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| 10 | 10 | 349 | 38.77 | 117.11 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 5 | |||||||||||||
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| 10 | 10 | 312 | 28.36 | 114.70 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 10 | |||||||||||||
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| 9 | 9 | 298 | 37.25 | 118.72 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9 | |||||||||||||
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| 13 | 12 | 279 | 27.90 | 100.35 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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| 10 | 10 | 260 | 28.88 | 133.33 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI | ||||||||||||||
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| 9 | 9 | 22 | 9.31 | 5.85 | 5/15 | 09.50 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | 12 | 21 | 15.04 | 6.91 | 4/19 | 15.04 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | 12 | 18 | 13.61 | 6.74 | 5/26 | 13.61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 11 | 11 | 18 | 13.61 | 6.39 | 4/16 | 13.60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 11 | 11 | 17 | 10.41 | 4.78 | 4/11 | 13.00 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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| 211/3 (20 overs) | | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium |
| 187/7 (20 overs) | | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium |
| 180/5 (20 overs) | | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium |
References
- ↑ "Bangladesh Premier League 2015". cricketwa. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ NDTVSports (15 December 2015). "Bangladesh Premier League: Comilla Victorians Crowned 2015 Champions After Tense Last-Ball Win". NDTVSports.com.
- ↑ "BPL 2015 to start from November 22". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ Isam, Mohammad. "Nineteen overseas players picked in BPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "Points Table - Bangladesh Premier League - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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