2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League
Dates | 4 November–12 December 2017 |
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Administrator(s) |
Bangladesh Cricket Board BPL Governing Council |
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 | 7 |
Matches played | 46 |
Player of the series |
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Most runs |
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Most wickets |
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Official website | BPL |
The 2017 BPL season, also known as BPL 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and features seven teams from seven different cities.The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions.[1] This year, Pakistani players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league.[2]
In the championship match, Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match Chris Gayle was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.
Draft
The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.
A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.
Venues
A total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.
Chittagong | Dhaka | Sylhet |
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Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 18,500 |
Teams and their icons
The teams that played in this season are:
- Chittagong Vikings - Soumya Sarkar
- Comilla Victorians - Tamim Iqbal
- Dhaka Dynamites - Shakib Al Hasan
- Khulna Titans - Mahmudullah
- Rajshahi Kings - Mushfiqur Rahim
- Rangpur Riders - Mashrafe Mortaza
- Sylhet Sixers - Sabbir Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman was chosen as the icon player for Barisal Bulls until they were excluded.
Results
Points Table
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |||||||||||||||||
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12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.578 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | +1.631 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | +0.075 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.267 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -0.429 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1.098 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -0.473 | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 6 December 2017 |
- The top four teams will qualify for playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
League Progression
League stage
A total of 42 matches was played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, next sixteen in Dhaka, next ten in Chittagong and final eight in Dhaka.
Phase 1 (Sylhet)
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Nihaduzzaman (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaled Ahmed (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Hossain Ali (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 2 (Dhaka)
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
- Wanidu Hasaranga (Sylhet Sixers) made his T20 debut.
- This was the fastest victory in BPL history.
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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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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Chittagong)
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Tanvir Islam (Khulna Titans) made his T20 debut.
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
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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 bat.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nayeem Hasan (Chittagong Vikings) and Qazi Onik (Rajshahi Kings) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 4 (Dhaka)
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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.
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- This was concurrently the largest victory in terms of wickets in BPL history.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
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- Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mehedi Rana (Comilla Victorians) made his T20 debut.
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- Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ebadat Hossain (Rangpur Riders) made his T20 debut.
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- Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs
Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
12 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
8 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
1 | 96 (18 overs) | |||||||||||
2 | 191/7 (20 overs) | 2 | 149/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||
4 | 206/1 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
10-11 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
1 | 156 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | 192/3 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
8 December 2017 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
3 | 167/6 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | 171/2 (15.2 overs) | |||||||||||
Preliminary
Eliminator
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to Qualifier 2 and Khulna Titans are eliminated.
Qualifier 1
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
- As a result of this match, Dhaka Dynamites advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians qualified for Qualifier 2.
Qualifier 2
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- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stop play when 7 overs of the 1st innings were completed which caused match to reschedule and begin from 11 December at 6:00 PM from where it was halted
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians are eliminated.
- Johnson Charles (Rangpur Riders) scored his maiden T20 century.
Final
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
- Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) has hit the most sixes by a player in a T20 match (18 sixes).
- He has also scored the highest score by a player in a T20 final as well as the highest in BPL history.
- The partnership between Gayle and Brendon McCullum is the highest ever in BPL (201* for the 2nd wicket).
- As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders won the championship.
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||
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11 | 11 | 485 | 53.88 | 176.36 | 146* | 2 | 2 | 29 | 47 | |||||||||||||||
12 | 12 | 396 | 36.00 | 159.03 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
15 | 13 | 365 | 40.55 | 115.50 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
10 | 10 | 332 | 36.88 | 132.80 | 64* | 0 | 2 | 45 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
15 | 13 | 329 | 29.90 | 117.50 | 50* | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 |
Most wickets
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Over | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI | 5WI | |||||||||||
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13 | 13 | 44.5 | 3 | 291 | 22 | 5/16 | 13.22 | 6.49 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
12 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 367 | 18 | 4/35 | 20.38 | 8.95 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
9 | 9 | 34.5 | 0 | 245 | 16 | 5/20 | 15.31 | 7.03 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
13 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 343 | 16 | 3/22 | 21.43 | 7.79 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
8 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 210 | 15 | 4/12 | 14.00 | 7.00 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 |
Highest team totals
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||
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213/5 | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
211/5 | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
206/1 | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 12 December 2017 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Barisal Bulls out of BPL 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "PCB makes domestic T20 participation mandatory for NOCs".