The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players draft took place on 17 November 2017.

During the players' direct signing period, a conflict of interest arose between BCB and the franchises. Subsequently, in September, BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and the forthcoming season which eliminated all franchises. The BCB took over the running the tournament, naming it as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.

On 16 November 2019, BCB unveiled the logo and name of the all seven teams for the current season. 5 out of 7 teams were sponsored by private companies while Rangpur Rangers and Cumilla Warriors are sponsored by BCB itself.

The draft for the 2019 Bangabandhu BPL T20 was held on 17 November 2019 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. A total of 181 domestic players and 439 foreign players signed up for the players' draft.

Rules for players' draft BCB set some rules for players' draft. Those are-

Each team can buy a minimum of 9 domestic and 6 foreign players. Any team can not buy more than 19 players, 11 being domestic and 8 foreign. Each team can make direct signing of maximum 2 foreign players outside of draft. Each team can buy 1 domestic A+ category player, but there only 4 player being listed in A+ category, other teams, who were not able to buy A+ category player, can buy maximum 2 A category player instead of A+. Each team can buy maximum 1 player from A category, 3 each from B and C category, and 2 each from D and E category. Each team has to buy a pace bowler who can bowl at a speed of 140 km/h or more. Each team has to include a leg-spinner.

Draft summary A total of 620 player (181 domestic and 439 overseas) signed up for the draft.

Country Signed up fr draft Sold Bangladesh 183 74 Afghanistan 42 10 Australia 9 6 England 103 13 India 3 0 Ireland 7 0 New Zealand 4 3 Pakistan 89 6 South Africa 35 3 Sri Lanka 45 6 West Indies 72 13 Zimbabwe 9 1 Canada 14 0 Hong Kong 3 0 Namibia 1 0 Nepal 2 0 Netherlands 2 0 Oman 4 0 Scotland 6 0 United Arab Emirates 5 0 United States of America 7 0 Total 634 140

Salary cap Domestic players were divided into 6 categories while Foreign players were divided into 5 categories.

Domestic players A+ – (4) A – (9) B – (24) C – (41) D – (59) E – (44)

Foreign players A+ – 100,000 (11) A – 70,000 (15) B – 50,000 (66) C – 30,000 (75) D – 20,000 (272)

Players' list Domestic players were divided into 6 category, 4 players were in the A+ category, 9 players in A Category, 24 players were in B category, 41 cricketers were in C category, 59 players in D category and 44 cricketers were allotted to E category. Foreign players were divided into 5 category, A+ category contains 11 players, A category 15, B category 66, C category 75 and D category contains 272 players

Domestic players Domestic players with A+, A, B and C category are listed below.

A+ Category (50 lakh)

Mashrafe Mortaza Mushfiqur Rahim Tamim Iqbal Mahmudullah

A Category (25 lakh)

Mosaddek Hossain Mustafizur Rahman Soumya Sarkar Mehedi Hasan Miraz Liton Das Taijul Islam Imrul Kayes Mominul Haque Mohammad Mithun

B Category (18 lakh)

Abu Haider Sabbir Rahman Afif Hossain Anamul Haque Rubel Hossain Abu Jayed Taskin Ahmed Shafiul Islam Nazmul Hossain Shanto Shuvagata Hom Nurul Hasan Jahurul Islam Farhad Reza Al-Amin Hossain Mehedi Hasan Fazle Mahmud Rabbi Yasir Ali Rony Talukdar Ariful Haque Nazmul Islam Sunzamul Islam Nayeem Hasan Al- Amin Kamrul Islam Rabbi

C Category (12 lakh)

Mohammad Naim Mohammad Ashraful Shahriar Nafees Ebadot Hossain Subashis Roy Alok Kapali Sohag Gazi Junaid Siddique Shamsur Rahman Khaled Ahmed Arafat Sunny Tanbir Hayder Saikat Ali Marshal Ayub Mahmudul Hasan Abdul Majid Nadif Chowdhury Irfan Sukkur Saif Hassan Sharifullah Delwar Hossain Monir Hossain Ziaur Rahman Muktar Ali Alauddin Babu Suhrawadi Shuvo Naeem Islam Rakibul Hasan Saqlain Sajib Mehedi Hasan Rana Nahidul Islam Shahidul Islam Robiul Haque Qazi Onik Zakir Hasan Jaker Ali Nasir Hossain Mosharraf Hossain Abdur Razzak Shadman Islam

Foreign players Foreign players with A+, A and B category players are listed below.

A+ Category (100,000)

Dane Vilas Shahid Afridi Rilee Rossouw Hassan Ali Mohammad Nabi Shoaib Malik Mujeeb Ur Rahman Chris Gayle Thisara Perera Dwayne Smith Darren Bravo

A Category (70,000)

Isuru Udana Ravi Bopara Mohammad Amir Kemar Roach Marlon Samuels Mohammad Hafeez Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Perera Mohammad Hasnain Rassie van der Dussen Shai Hope Wayne Parnell Fakhar Zaman Oshane Thomas Sam Billings

B Category (50,000)

Niroshan Dickwella Kyle Abbott Hardus Viljoen David Wiese JP Duminy Ahmed Shehzad Mohammad Nawaz Samit Patel Keaton Jennings Steven Finn Sheldon Cottrell Benny Howell Dawid Malan Imran Khan Sami Aslam Bilawal Bhatti Azeem Rafiq Imad Wasim Wahab Riaz Danny Briggs Laurie Evans Matt Parkinson Avishka Fernando Dasun Shanaka Kusal Mendis Danushka Gunathilaka Simon Harmer Ed Pollock Matt Critchley Joe Clarke Cameron Delport Kamran Akmal Zahir Khan Mohammad Shahzad Craig Overton Asghar Afghan Asif Ali Jade Dernbach Asela Gunaratne Upul Tharanga Wanindu Hasaranga Dhananjaya de Silva Mohammad Irfan Naseem Shah Luke Fletcher Jamie Porter Lewis Gregory Will Jacks Rahkeem Cornwall Ali Khan Shannon Gabriel Tymal Mills Gulbadin Naib Denesh Ramdin Sherfane Rutherford Brendan Taylor Ryan ten Doeschate Riki Wessels Hazratullah Zazai Robbie Frylinck Steven Mullaney Paul Coughlin Andre Fletcher Devendra Bishoo Rovman Powell Dwaine Pretorius Tabraiz Shamsi

Sold players

List of players bought in the draft.

Player Team Grade Base price Tamim Iqbal Dhaka Platoon A+ 5,000,000 Mushfiqur Rahim Khulna Tigers A+ 5,000,000 Mahmudullah Chattogram Challengers A+ 5,000,000 Mustafizur Rahman Rangpur Rangers A 2,500,000 Liton Das Rajshahi Royals A 2,500,000 Soumya Sarkar Cumilla Warriors A 2,500,000 Mohammad Mithun Sylhet Thunder A 2,500,000 Chris Gayle Chattogram Challengers A+ 100,000 Rilee Rossouw Khulna Tigers A+ 100,000 Mohammad Nabi Rangpur Rangers A+ 100,000 Thisara Perera Dhaka Platoon A+ 100,000 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Cumilla Warriors A+ 100,000 Sherfane Rutherford Sylhet Thunder A 70,000 Hazratullah Zazai Rajshahi Royals B 50,000 Imrul Kayes Chattogram Challengers A 2,500,000 Mosaddek Hossain Sylhet Thunder A 2,500,000 Afif Hossain Rajshahi Royals B 1,800,000 Anamul Haque Dhaka Platoon B 1,800,000 Al-Amin Hossain Cumilla Warriors B 1,800,000 Shafiul Islam Khulna Tigers B 1,800,000 Mohammad Naim Rangpur Rangers C 1,200,000 Shai Hope Rangpur Rangers A 70,000 Kusal Perera Cumilla Warriors A 70,000 Ravi Bopara Rajshahi Royals A 70,000 Laurie Evans Dhaka Platoon B 50,000 Robert Frylinck Khulna Tigers B 50,000 Kesrick Williams Chattogram Challengers D 20,000 Shafiqullah Sylhet Thunder D 20,000 Sabbir Rahman Cumilla Warriors B 1,800,000 Nazmul Hossain Shanto Khulna Tigers B 1,800,000 Abu Jayed Rajshahi Royals B 1,800,000 Arafat Sunny Rangpur Rangers C 1,200,000 Nazmul Islam Sylhet Thunder B 1,800,000 Nasir Hossain Chattogram Challengers C 1,200,000 Hasan Mahmud Dhaka Platoon E 500,000 Dawid Malan Cumilla Warriors B 70,000 Avishka Fernando Chattogram Challengers B 70,000 Wahab Riaz Dhaka Platoon B 70,000 Mohammad Amir Khulna Tigers A 100,000 Mohammad Nawaz Rajshahi Royals B 70,000 Lewis Gregory Rangpur Rangers B 70,000 Johnson Charles Sylhet Thunder D 20,000 Rubel Hossain Chattogram Challengers B 1,800,000 Yasir Ali Cumilla Warriors B 1,800,000 Mahedi Hasan Dhaka Platoon B 1,800,000 Aminul Islam Khulna Tigers D 500,000 Farhad Reza Rajshahi Royals B 1,800,000 Arafat Sunny Rangpur Rangers C 1,200,000 Sohag Gazi Sylhet Thunder C 1,800,000 Rayad Emrit Chattogram Challengers C 50,000 Dasun Shanaka Cumilla Warriors B 70,000 Asif Ali Dhaka Platoon B 70,000 Najibullah Zadran Khulna Tigers C 50,000 Mohammad Irfan Rajshahi Royals B 70,000 Cameron Delport Rangpur Rangers B 70,000 Naveen-ul-Haq Sylhet Thunder C 50,000 Nurul Hasan Chattogram Challengers B 1,800,000 Sunzamul Islam Cumilla Warriors B 1,800,000 Ariful Haque Dhaka Platoon B 1,800,000 Shamsur Rahman Khulna Tigers C 1,200,000 Taijul Islam Rajshahi Royals A 2,500,000 Taskin Ahmed Rangpur Rangers B 1,800,000 Rony Talukdar Sylhet Thunder B 1,800,000 Enamul Haque jnr Chattogram Challengers D 800,000 Abu Hider Cumilla Warriors B 1,800,000 Mominul Haque Dhaka Platoon A 2,500,000 Saif Hasan Khulna Tigers C 1,200,000 Alok Kapali Rajshahi Royals C 1,200,000 Zakir Hasan Rangpur Rangers C 1,200,000 Nayeem Hasan Sylhet Thunder B 1,800,000 Muktar Ali Chattogram Challengers C 1,200,000 Mahidul Islam Ankon Cumilla Warriors D 800,000 Shuvagata Hom Dhaka Platoon B 1,800,000 Mehedi Hasan Khulna Tigers B 1,800,000 Kamrul Islam Rabbi Rajshahi Royals B 1,800,000 Fazle Mahmud Rangpur Rangers B 1,800,000 Delwar Hossain Sylhet Thunder C 1,200,000 Pinak Ghosh Chattogram Challengers D 800,000 Sumon Khan Cumilla Warriors D 800,000 Mashrafe Mortaza Dhaka Platoon A+ 5,000,000 Shahidul Islam Khulna Tigers C 1,200,000 Irfan Sukkur Rajshahi Royals C 1,200,000 Nadif Chowdhury Rangpur Rangers C 1,200,000 Monir Hossain Sylhet Thunder C 1,200,000 Nasum Ahmed Chattogram Challengers E 500,000 Fardeen Hasan Ony Cumilla Warriors D 800,000 Raqibul Hasan Dhaka Platoon C 1,200,000 Tanvir Islam Khulna Tigers D 800,000 Minhajul Abedin Afridi Rajshahi Royals D 800,000 Rishad Hossain Rangpur Rangers Ruyel Miah Sylhet Thunder D 800,000 Junaid Siddique Chattogram Challengers C 1,200,000 Jaker Ali Dhaka Platoon C 1,200,000 Aliss Islam Khulna Tigers D 800,000 Nahidul Islam Rajshahi Royals C 1,200,000 Sanjit Saha Rangpur Rangers D 800,000 Ryan Burl Chattogram Challengers C 30,000 Shahid Afridi Dhaka Platoon A+ 100,000 Junaid Khan Rangpur Rangers C 30,000 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Khulna Tigers D 20,000 Jeevan Mendis Sylhet Thunder C 30,000 Imad Wasim Chattogram Challengers B 50,000 Luis Reece Dhaka Platoon D 20,000

Direct signings Player Team Grade Base price Notes/Ref Lendl Simmons Chattogram Challengers colspan=2 Jubair Hossain Chattogram Challengers D 800,000 Andre Russell Rajshahi Royals colspan=2 Shoaib Malik Rajshahi Royals colspan=2 Sheldon Cottrell Sylhet Thunder B 50,000 Ebadot Hossain Sylhet Thunder C 1,200,000 Mohammad Musa Chattogram Challengers D 20,000 Mohammad Sami Sylhet Thunder D 20,000 Mohammad Shahzad Rangpur Rangers B 50,000 replacement of Shai Hope Andre Fletcher Sylhet Thunder B 50,000 Tom Abell Rangpur Rangers C 30,000 Chadwick Walton Chattogram Challengers C 30,000 Krishmar Santokie Sylhet Thunder D 20,000 replacement of Sheldon Cottrell Ifran Hossain Cumilla Warriors D 800,000 Bhanuka Rajapaksha Cumilla Warriors C 30,000 Shadab Khan Dhaka Platoon colspan=2 Stiaan van Zyl Cumilla Warriors D 20,000 Wanindu Hasaranga Khulna Tigers B 50,000 Abdul Mazid Sylhet Thunder C 1,200,000 Nazmul Hossain Milon Sylhet Thunder D 800,000 Mukidul Islam Rangpur Rangers D 800,000 Mohammad Shahid Dhaka Platoon C 1,200,000 replacement of Wahab Riaz Salauddin Sakil Dhaka Platoon D 800,000 Mehedi Hasan Rana Chattogram Challengers C 1,200,000 Liam Plunkett Chattogram Challengers colspan=2 replacement of Kesrick Williams Shane Watson Rangpur Rangers colspan=2 Upul Tharanga Cumilla Warriors B 50,000 Shadman Islam Rangpur Rangers D 1,200,000 David Wiese Cumilla Warriors B 50,000 Robiul Islam Robi Cumilla Warriors D 800,000 Ziaur Rahman Chattogram Challengers C 1,200,000 Asela Gunaratne Chattogram Challengers B 50,000 Hashim Amla Khulna Tigers colspan=2 Ahmed Shehzad Dhaka Platoon B 50,000 replacement of Laurie Evans Faheem Ashraf Dhaka Platoon colspan=2

See also 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League

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