Almost sixteen Pakistani players will participate in the fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 championship, to be held next month.
Pakistani players would be seen representing seven different teams during the latest edition of BPL.
Pakistan’s star all rounder Shahid Afridi, was one of the major picks after he was selected for BPL Rangpur Riders. Other Pakistani cricketers selected include opener Sharjeel Khan, Muhammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Sohail Tanvir, Muhammad Nawaz, Babar Nawaz, Imran Khan Jr, Shaoib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Junaid Khan, Shahzaib Hasan, Usama Mir, Imad Wasim, Muhammad Asghar, Rumman Raees.
Overall, 85 players, including 23 overseas players, were allocated through a lottery during the BPL 2016-17 draft in Dhaka on Friday. The number was more than the 82 players allocated during the 2015 draft, reported CricBuzz.
In other international players West Indies T20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite was picked by Dhaka, while Darren Sammy went to Rajshahi. T20 superstar Chris Gayle went to Chittagong Vikings for this season, other players from the islands selected include Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo,.
Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, would also showcase their talents at the BPL
Squads:
Barisal Bulls: Rumman Raees, Dilshan Munaweera, Mushfiqur Rahim, Al-Amin Hossain, Taijul Islam, Carlos Brathwaite, Mohammad Nawaz, Shamsur Rahman, Abu Hider, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Nadif Chowdhury, Josh Cobb, Mahedi Hasan, Monir Hossain Khan, Shahriar Nafees
Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal, Chris Gayle, Anamul Haque, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Nabi, Taskin Ahmed, Chaturanga de Silva, Grant Elliott, Abdur Razzak, Subashis Roy, Imran Khan jr,Jahurul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Jeevan Mendis, Tymal Mills, Zakir Hasan, Saqlain Sajib, Shahidul Islam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Jubair Hossain
Comilla Victorians: Imrul Kayes, Ashar Zaidi, Liton Das, Imad Wasim, Thisara Perera, Mashrafe Mortaza, Sohail Tanvir, Nuwan Kulasekera, Rashid Khan, Rovman Powell, Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan, Al-Amin, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nahidul Islam, Jason Holder, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Sharif, Nabil Samad, Jasimuddin, Saikat Ali, Rasel Al Mamun
Dhaka Dynamites: Evin Lewis, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravi Bopara, Nasir Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Seekugge Prasanna, Wayne Parnell, Sanjamul Islam, Alauddin Babu, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mehedi Maruf, Usama Mir, Mohammad Shahid, Irfan Shukkur, Tanveer Haider
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Nicholas Pooran, Riki Wessels, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Asghar, Benny Howell, Mosharraf Hossain, Lendl Simmons, Ben Laughlin, Shuvagata Hom, Ariful Haque, Abdul Majid, Alok Kapali, Andre Fletcher, Hasanuzzaman, Naeem Islam jnr, Junaid Khan, Noor Hossain Saddam, Taibur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Shafiul Islam
Rangpur Riders: Soumya Sarkar, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Shahzad, Gidron Pope, Mohammad Mithun, Babar Azam, Shahid Afridi, Dasun Shanaka, Arafat Sunny, Richard Gleeson, Nasir Jamshed, Sachithra Senanayake, Sohag Gazi, Rubel Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Gihan Rupasinghe, Elias Sunny, Pinak Ghosh, Muktar Ali, Mehrab Hossain, Shahbaz Chouhan
Rajshahi Kings: Darren Sammy, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Sami, Nurul Hasan, Milinda Siriwardana, Upul Tharanga, Mominul Haque, Farhad Reza, Raqibul Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Samit Patel, Abul Hasan, Rony Talukdar, Salman Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Mehedi Hasan Miraz.
Finally, the season’s BPL will start from November 4 in Dhaka.
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