Sports Desk: The players’ draft of the ninth season of Bangladesh Premier League was held on Wednesday at a five-star hotel in the capital. The seven participating teams filled out their squads with players from the draft after direct signings. How is their collection of players? Let’s take a look—
Comilla Victorians:
Direct signings – Mostafizur Rahman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nabi and Abrar Ahmed.
From the draft – Liton Das, Mosaddeq Hossain, Tanveer Islam, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashikuzzaman, Zakir Ali Anik, Shaun Williams, Chadwick Walton, Saikat Ali, Abu Haider Roni, Naeem Hasan, Mukidul Islam Madhu and Mahidul Islam.
Dhaka Dominators:
Direct contracts – Taskin Ahmed, Chamika Karunaratne and Dilshan Munaweera.
From Draft – Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Shariful Islam, Arafat Sunny, Nasir Hossain, Al Amin, Shan Masood, Ahmed Shehzad, Alak Kapali, Monir Hussain Khan, Ariful Haque, Muktar Ali, Mizanur Rahman, Delwar Hossain, Usman Ghani and Salman Irshad
Chittagong Challengers:
Direct contracts – Afif Hossain, Biswa Fernando, Curtis Kampfer and Ashan Priyanjan.
From the draft: Mritunjoy Chowdhury, Shubhagat Home, Mehdi Hasan Rana, Irfan Sukkur, Mehdi Maroof, Ziaur Rahman, Max O’Dowd, Ummukt Chand, Taijul Islam, Abu Zayed Rahi, Farhad Reza and Taufiq Khan Tushar.
Fortune Barisal:
Direct signings – Shakib Al Hasan, Rakim Cornwall, Mohammad Wasim, Chris Gayle, Ibrahim Zadran, Iftekhar Ahmed, Naveen Ul Haq, Usman Qadir, Kushal Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Karim Janat.
From the draft – Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Ebadat Hossain, Enamul Haque Vijay, Kamrul Islam Rabi, Fazle Rabi, Haider Ali, Chaturanga de Silva, Khaled Ahmed, Saif Hasan, Kazi Anik, Sanjamul Islam and Salman Hossain.
Khulna Tigers:
Direct signings – Tamim Iqbal, Azam Khan, Wahab Riaz, Aviska Fernando and Naseem Shah.
From the draft – Mohammad Saifuddin, Yasir Ali Rabi, Nasum Ahmed, Nahidul Islam, Munim Shahriar, Sabbir Rahman, Dasun Shanaka, Paul van McKeren, Shafiqul Islam, Pritam Kumar, Habibur Rahman Sohan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy.
Rangpur Riders:
Direct signings – Nurul Hasan, Sikandar Raza, Harif Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shoaib Malik, Pathum Nisanka and Jeffrey Bandarsay.
From the draft – Sheikh Mehdi, Hasan Mahmood, Naeem Sheikh, Rakibul Hasan, Shamim Patwari, Ripon Mondal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Eren Jones, Rony Talukder, Parvez Hussain Imon, Rabiul Haque and Alauddin Babu.
Sylhet Strikers:
Direct signings – Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Haris, Thisara Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Ryan Burl, Kamindu Mendis and Colin Ackerman.
From the draft – Mushfiqur Rahim, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Rezaur Rahman Raja, Nabil Samad, Tauhid Hriday, Rubel Hossain, Tom Mores, Gulbadin Naib, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Islam Apu, Akbar Ali, Mohammad Sharifullah and Tanzim Hasan Shakib.
