Bangladesh Premier League
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| Administrator | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First tournament | 2012 |
| Last tournament | 2017 |
| Next tournament | 2019 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and Playoffs |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Current champion |
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| Most successful |
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| Website | BPL |
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The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in Bangladesh. In November and each team face each other twice in the league stage. Following the conclusion of the regular season, top four teams advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination game and two qualifier games culminating in the Championship game, between the winner of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2.
The Bangladesh Premier League was formed in 2011 by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, after the suspension of its predecessor organization, 2009/10 National Cricket League Twenty20. The first season was held during February 2012, and the games were held across Dhaka and Chittagong. Today, the BPL is one of the most popular T20 leagues in the world. The BPL is headed by the chairman of its Governing Council who is currently Afzalur Rahman Sinha.
The team with the most BPL titles are Dhaka Dynamites with three titles, including two consecutive titles during the first two seasons of the tournament as Dhaka Gladiators. Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders are the only other teams to be crowned champions. The current champions are Rangpur Riders, who defeated Dhaka Dynamites in BPL Season 5.
History
Following the success of franchise Twenty20 cricket leagues such as the Indian Premier League around the world, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a plan to replace the National Cricket League with a franchise based league. On 18 January 2012 the board entered a 6-year, 350-crore deal with Game On Sports Group to establish a franchise tournament. The deal gave the group exclusive management rights to the tournament. The league was founded with six franchises from the largest cities of Bangladesh. During the franchise auction 13 companies took part in the bidding process, with six winning the rights of each clubs.
The first edition of the league officially kicked off on 9 February 2012, excluding a lavish opening ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The initial player auction was held on 18 and 19 January 2012 and the first match in the tournament staged on 9 February 2012 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium between Sylhet Royals and Barisal Burners. The first final game was between Dhaka Gladiators and Barisal Burners, with Dhaka Gladiators emerging as champions after winning by eight wickets. All matches in the first edition of the league were held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the country’s second-largest city Chittagong.
Rangpur Riders were added as a seventh team for the second season. Dhaka Gladiators again emerged as champions beating Chittagong Kings in the final by 43 runs.Once again Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka hosted the final and most of the matches while the MA Aziz Stadium replaced the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong due to higher capacity and Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna (third-largest city) was added as the third venue,
Following accusations of match fixing during the 2012–13 season, the owners of all six original franchises were suspended in 2013 due to constant violations of the league regulations and constant delays in players’ salary handover. The owners of Dhaka Gladiators were handed a lifetime suspension by the governing committee.[1] A number of players and administrators were handed bans for match fixing, including the former captain of Bangladesh, Mohammad Ashraful.
Following the match fixing scandal, the league was not played in the year 2014. It returned in the 2015 with six new franchises and in was held in the winter season unlike Spring previously. Comilla Victorians won the competition, beating Barisal Bulls by three wickets. In advance of the 2016–17 edition of the league one franchise, the Sylhet Super Stars, was suspended following breaches of disciplinary regulations[2] and two new franchises, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings, were introduced, bringing the number of teams in the competition back to seven.
In the 2016 edition, Dhaka Dynamites won the cup hence crowned champions. Newbies Rajshahi Kings were runners-up.
In the 2017–18 edition of the league, the Sylhet franchise returned as the Sylhet Sixers with new ownership and management. As a result, the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium was also listed as a third venue. Barisal Bulls franchise was suspended due to financial mishaps.
League organisation
At a corporate level, the Bangladesh Premier League considers itself an association made up of and financed by its member teams. All income generated through television rights, licensing agreements, sponsorship, ticket sales and other means is earned and shared between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the participating franchises. The league is controlled by a Governing Council (GC). As the parent organisation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board appoints the GC's members.
As of the 2017–18 season, the league consists of seven franchises. Each team players every other team twice in the round-robin stage of the competition with the teams with the top 4 advancing to a series of play-off matches. These lead to a championship match in which the league champion is decided.
| Team | City | Home Ground | Owner | Captain | Head Coach | |||
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| Current Teams | ||||||||
| Chittagong Vikings | Chittagong | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | DBL Group |  | TBD | |||
| Comilla Victorians | Comilla | None | Legends Sporting Limited | | | |||
| Dhaka Dynamites | Dhaka | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Beximco Group | | | |||
| Khulna Titans | Khulna | None | Gemcon Group | |  | |||
| Rajshahi Kings | Rajshahi | None | Mango Entertainment | TBD |  | |||
| Rangpur Riders | Rangpur | None | Bashundhara Group | |  | |||
| Sylhet Sixers | Sylhet | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | Sylhet Sports | TBD |  | |||
| Suspended Teams | ||||||||
| Barisal Bulls | Barisal | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Draft system
The BPL operates a draft system to assign players to teams. New players can be chosen by franchises during an annual draft. Teams can also choose to retain players from one yer to the next and players can also be signed outside of the draft and traded between organisations. Since 2015, Imago Sports Management has been conducting the players draft event also is the official players management partner of Bangladesh Cricket Board for Bangladesh Premier League[3][4]
Tournament results
Overall records
Records include all matches played under the name of a franchise, even where the franchise has been suspended and re-created as a new organisation.
| Team | Performance | Standing | |||||||||
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| Match | Win | Loss | Tied | No Results | Win Percentage | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | |
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60 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 40% | 5th | R | 6th | 4th | 7th |
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38 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60.53% | DNP | DNP | C | 6th | 3rd |
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65 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 61.54% | C | C | 4th | C | R |
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50 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 46% | 4th | 7th | DNP | 3rd | 4th |
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51 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 47.06% | 3rd | 4th | DNP | R | 6th |
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51 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 52.94% | DNP | 5th | 3rd | 5th | C |
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46 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 39.13% | 6th | 3rd | 5th | DNP | 5th |
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49 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 48.98% | R | 5th | R | 7th | DNP |
- Suspended Team
Team performances
| Teams | Span | Champion(s) | Runner–up(s) | Appearances | Playoffs | League Stage |
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| 2012 – present | 3 (2012, 2013, 2016) | 1 (2017) | 5 | 1 (2015) | 0 |
| 2015 – present | 1 (2015) | 0 | 3 | 1 (2017) | 1 (2016) |
| 2013 – present | 1 (2017) | 0 | 4 | 1(2015) | 2 (2013, 2016) |
| 2012 – 2016 | 0 | 2 (2012, 2015) | 4 | 0 | 2 (2013, 2016) |
| 2019 – present | 0 | 1 (2016) | 4 | 2 (2012, 2013) | 1 (2017) |
| 2017– present | 0 | 1 (2013) | 5 | 1 (2016) | 3 (2012, 2015, 2017) |
| 2010 – present | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 (2012, 2016, 2017) | 1 (2013) |
| 2018 – present | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 (2013) | 3 (2012, 2015, 2017) |
Debutant teams
| Year | Teams |
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| 2012 |      |
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| 2015-16 |  |
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| 2017-18 | |
Sponsorship
For the first season of the tournament, Bangladeshi conglomerate Destiny Group was the main sponsor of the tournament, negotiating a one-year sponsorship package for 7.5 crores taka (US$1.0 million). Prime Bank Limited was awarded with the sponsorship deal for the second season for 10 crores taka (US$1.5 million). BRB Cables Limited held the sponsorship rights for third season in 2015 with 15 crores taka (US$2.0 million). Abul Khair Steel (AKS), a sister concern group of Abul Khair Industries Limited became the title sponsor of the fourth and fifth edition.
Average Gross Revenue Comparison
displays the average gross revenue of various cricket league worldwide.
| League(s) | Revenue |
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| BPL | 338 |
| IPL | 115,344 |
| BBL | 200 |
| PSL | 100 |
| Season | Sponsorship Rights | Gross Revenues Earned[7] | Broadcasting Rights |
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| 2012 | Destiny Group ৳7.5 crore (US$960,000) |
৳354.7 crore (US$46 million) | Channel Nine ৳632 crore (US$81 million) four-year broadcasting rights (2012-16)[8] |
| 2013 | Prime Bank Limited ৳10 crore (US$1.3 million) |
৳302 crore (US$39 million) | |
| 2015-16 | BRB Cables Industries Limited ৳15 crore (US$1.9 million) |
৳266.5 crore (US$34 million) | |
| 2016–present | Abul Khair Steel (AKS) and Shah Cement ৳22 crore (US$2.8 million) |
৳433 crore (US$56 million) (2016–17) | |
| TBD (2017–18) | GTV Maasranga ৳640 crore (US$82 million) three-year broadcasting rights (2017-2019) [9] |
Broadcasters
| Territory | Years | Channels |
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2017–present | GTV Maasranga |
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2017–present | Lemar TV (Moby) |
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2017–present | Flow TV |
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2017–present | DSport |
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2018-–present | CRICINGIF (OTT) |
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2018–present | Geo Super |
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2016–present | StarTimes |
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2017–present | Ticon System Ltd. (OTT) |
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2016–present | SportsFix |
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2016–present | FreeSports |
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2017–present | Willow |
See also
References
- ↑ Pieal, Jannatul. "Rangpur cleared to bid again, BPL-3 may see eight teams". bdcricteam. bdcricteam.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Eighty-five players picked in BPL 2016-17 draft, Cricinfo, 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ↑ BPL 2015 Players Draft http://www.imagosports.com.bd/bpl-2015-players-draft/
- ↑ http://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/2016/11/07/the-business-of-sports/
- 1 2 "Cricket Records | Bangladesh Premier League | Records | Result summary". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- 1 2 "Cricket Records | Bangladesh Premier League | Records | Series results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "How Much Did BCB Earn from BPL?". The Bengali Times. thebengalitimes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ Isam, Mohammad. "BCB sells worldwide media rights for $20.02 million". Cricinfo. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "বিপিএল-এর সম্প্রচার স্বত্ব ৮১ কোটিতে বিক্রি". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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