Bangladesh Premier League 2016 Schedule & Teams

October 21, 2016

The fourth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, BPL 2016-17 is scheduled to start from 4th November 2016 and will end on 9th December 2016. BPL T20 is Bangladesh domestic cricket tournament which is similar to IPL. The tournament helps Bangladeshi domestic cricketers and give the chance to learn from the internationals stars. The official BPL 2016 schedule with match fixtures with time, dates and venues are recently announced by BPL Governing Council.

All the franchises were allowed to retain two local players from the previous season, the two new franchises – Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings were given the chance to pick two each up front. While Khulna went for left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain and pacer Shafiul Islam, Rajshahi picked Nurul Hasan and allrounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz.
BPL 2016 season will feature total seven teams which include six teams from the previous season plus one new franchise from Khulna and Rajshahi.  Apart from Khulna and Rajarshi, the other teams are Comilla Victorians, Barisal Bulls, Rangpur Riders, Dhaka Dynamites and Chittagong Vikings.

Bangladesh Premier League BPL 2016 Schedule

Date	Local Time	Match between	Venue
04-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
04-11-2016	7:00 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
05-11-2016	2:30 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Chittagong Vikings	Dhaka
05-11-2016	7:00 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
06-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
06-11-2016	7:00 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Barisal Bulls	Dhaka
08-11-2016	2:30 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Dhaka
08-11-2016	7:00 PM	Comilla Victorians Vs Chittagong Vikings	Dhaka
09-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Khulna Titans	Dhaka
09-11-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
11-11-2016	2:30 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
11-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Dhaka
12-11-2016	2:30 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Khulna Titans	Dhaka
12-11-2016	7:00 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
13-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Barisal Bulls	Dhaka
13-11-2016	7:00 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
17-11-2016	2:30 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Chittagong Vikings	Chittagong
17-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rangpur Riders Vs Barisal Bulls	Chittagong
18-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Chittagong Vikings	Chittagong
18-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rangpur Riders Vs Comilla Victorians	Chittagong
19-11-2016	2:30 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Chittagong
19-11-2016	2:00 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Chittagong Vikings	Chittagong
21-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Chittagong
21-11-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Comilla Victorians	Chittagong
22-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rangpur Riders Vs Khulna Titans	Chittagong
22-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Comilla Victorians	Chittagong
25-11-2016	2:30 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
25-11-2016	7:00 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Barisal Bulls	Dhaka
26-11-2016	2:30 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
26-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Khulna Titans	Dhaka
27-11-2016	2:30 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Barisal Bulls	Dhaka
27-11-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
29-11-2016	2:30 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
29-11-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Khulna Titans	Dhaka
30-11-2016	2:30 PM	Dhaka Dynamites Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
30-11-2016	7:00 PM	Rajshahi Kings Vs Barisal Bulls	Dhaka
02-12-2016	2:30 PM	Barisal Bulls Vs Rangpur Riders	Dhaka
02-12-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Dhaka
03-12-2016	2:30 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
03-12-2016	7:00 PM	Chittagong Vikings Vs Rajshahi Kings	Dhaka
04-12-2016	2:30 PM	Rangpur Riders Vs Comilla Victorians	Dhaka
04-12-2016	7:00 PM	Khulna Titans Vs Dhaka Dynamites	Dhaka
06-12-2016	2:30 PM	Eliminator (3rd vs 4th)	Dhaka
06-12-2016	7:00 PM	1st Qualifier	Dhaka
07-12-2016	7:00 PM	2nd Qualifier	Dhaka
09-12-2016	6:30 PM	Final	Dhaka

Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 Fixtures

The 2016 Bangladesh Premier League fixtures are now officially released by the BCB. The tournament will run 35 days long and it will attract some of the best cricketers on the planet. BPL T20 2016 final match will be played on 10th December 2016.

The first match of the BPL T20 2016 will be played between Rajshahi Kings and Comilla Victorians at the Dhaka on 4^th November 2016. The top four teams from the group stage will qualify for the knockout stage which includes semi-finals, an eliminator and final match.
The semi-final match of BPL 2016 will be played on 8^th December 2016 while the big final will be played on 9^th November 2016 in Dhaka.

BPL 2016 schedule are generally released one month before the tournament. Once the official will announce the schedule, we will update here on this page. BPL T20 2016 schedule is expected to release in the month of October. Here we will place the complete BPL 2016 schedule and match fixtures with time, date and venue.

Also Read: Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 Squad

BPL T20 2016 Teams Squad

This season there will be a total seven teams who will Bangladeshi entertain cricket fans. This year, Sylhet Super Stars franchise was excluded from the tournament. Below is the complete BPL 2016 teams squad.

• Comilla Victorians
• Barisal Bulls
• Rangpur Riders
• Dhaka Dynamites
• Chittagong Vikings
• Khulna (TBA)
• Rajshahi (TBA)

Comilla Victorians : Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Icon), Liton Kumar das, Imrul Kayes, Sohel Tanvir, Ashar Zaidi, Emad Wasim, Nuan Kulasekara, Khalid Latif, Tesara Perera, Shahzib Hasan, Najmul Islam Shanto, Mohammad Al-Amin, Md Saifuddin, Nahidul Islam, Jeson Holder, Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Shahzaib Hasan, Nabil Samad, Mohammad Sharif, Jasim Uddin, Rasel Al Mamun, Shoikat Ali, Jeson Holder

Khulna Titans : Mahmudullah Riyad (Icon), Shafiul Islam, Mosharrof Rubel, Nicholas Pooran (WI U-19), Kevon Cooper (WI), Riki Wessels (ENG), Mohammad Asgar (PAK A team), Lendl Simmons (WI),Benny Howell (ENG), Ben Laughlin (AUS), Ariful Haque (Local), Shuvagoto Hom, Md Abdul Majid (BCB XI), Saidur Rahman (Local), Alok Kapali, Andre Fletcher (WI), Junaid Khan (PAK), Md Hasanuzzaman (Local), Ariful Haque (Local), Nur Hossain Saddam (LOcal), Naeem Islam jr, Abdul Halim (Local)

Rangpur Raiders : Soumya Sarkar (Icon), Arafat Sunny, Mohammad Mithun, Sharjeel Khan (PAK),Shahid Afridi (PAK), Mohammad Shahzad (AFG), Babar Azam (PAK), Dasun Shanaka (SRI), Richard Gleeson (ENG), Gidron Pope (WI), Nasir Jamshed (PAK), Rubel Hossain, Sachithra Senanayake (SRI), Sohag Gazi, Naeem Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Pinak Ghosh (BAN U-19), Mehrab Hossain Jossy (Local), Mukhtar Ali, Shahbaz Chouhan (Local), Gihan Rupasinghe (SRI)

Rajshahi Kings : Sabbir Rahman (Icon), Mehedi Hasan Miraj (U-19 Captain), Nurul Hasan Sohan, Darren Summy (WI), Milinda Siriwardana (SRI), Mohammad Sami (PAK), Upul Tharanga (SRI), Farhad Reza, Ibadat Hossain, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hasan opu (Local), Samit Patel (ENG), Raqibul Hasan, Abul Hasan, Salman Hossain (Local), Roni Talukdar

Chittagong Vikings : Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Anamul Haque Bijoy, Taskin Ahmed, Chris Gayle (WI),Shoaib Malik (PAK), Dwayne Smith (WI), Chaturanga de Silva (SRI), Grant Elliot (NZ), Mohammad Nabi (AFG), Imran Khan Jr (PAK), Subashis Roy (A team), Yasir Ali Chowdhury (BAN U-19), Abdur Razzak, Jahirul Islam, Jeavan Mendis (SRI), Nazmul Hossain Milon (Local), Tymal Mills, Md Shohidul Islam (Local), Zakir Hasan (BAN U-19),  Jubair Hossain (A team)

Barishal Bulls : Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Taijul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Dilshan Munabera (SRI), Carlos Brathwaite (WI), Mohammad Nawaz (PAK A team), Monir Hossain Khan (Local), Shamsur Rahmam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi (A team), Abu Haider Rony, Nadeef Chowdhury, Josh Cobb, Carlon Brathwaite, Mehedi Hasan, Shahriar Nafees

Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Nasir Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Kumar Sangakkara,Mahela Jawabardane, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Rovi Bopara, Evin Lewis, Seekkuge Prasanna (SRI), Sanjamul Islam (BCB XI), Wayne Parnell (RSA), Alauddin Babu (BAN A team), Mehedi Maruf (BAN U-19), Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mohammad Sharif, Tanveer Haider Khan (BCB XI), Imran Shukkur (Local), Usama Mir (PAK)

Player’s fees:
In the last season of Bangladesh Premier League, players were divided into four grades. The players belong to A grade got 70,000 USD while B grade players got $50,000. The players who are in C and D grade got  40000 and 30000 respectively. The fees of international players depend upon the team owners.

Bangladesh Premier League 2016 Venues

The T20 cricket tournament is expected to be held in four venues of Bangladesh including Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, and Khulna.

Dhaka	Dhaka	Chittagong
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Fatullah Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 30,760	Capacity: 22,000
Chittagong	Khulna	Sylhet
MA Aziz Stadium	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium	Sylhet Divisional Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 22,000