The Bangladesh Premier League 2022, also known as BPL Season 8 or Bangabandhu BPL 2022 (for sponsorship reasons), was the eighth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season was scheduled to start from March 2021. However, the tournament was postponed and rescheduled to be held from 21 January to 18 February 2022.
A franchise from Barisal was announced as taking part since Barisal Bulls played in 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League. Comilla Victorians returned after a hiatus of one season. On 12 December 2021, all six teams were announced, with the exclusion of Rangpur Rangers and the defending champion Rajshahi Royals.
In the final match, Comilla Victorians defeated Fortune Barishal by 1 run to win their third BPL title. Comilla Victorians' bowling allrounder Sunil Narine won Player of the match for his all-round performances and Fortune Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan won Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances. Will Jacks was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 414 runs while Mustafizur Rahman was the leading wicket-taker with 19 wickets.
Changes of rules After confirming all franchises, BCB changed the rule of playing condition as: Each team is allowed to play a maximum of three overseas players in a match. Each franchise is allowed to sign one local players from any category as direct signing prior to the players' draft, and a maximum of 3 foreign players can be recruited as direct signing. Each franchise is allowed to sign a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 local players while a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 8 can be signed, in the case of foreign players.
Draft and squads The players' draft was held on 27 December 2021.
Chattogram Challengers Comilla Victorians Fortune Barishal Khulna Tigers Minister Dhaka Sylhet Sunrisers Afif Hossain (c) Naeem Islam Mehidy Hasan Nasum Ahmed Benny Howell Kennar Lewis Will Jacks Shoriful Islam Shamim Hossain Mukidul Islam Chadwick Walton Rayad Emrit Rejaur Rahman Raja Sabbir Rahman Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Akbar Ali Enamul Haque Zakir Hasan Imrul Kayes (c) Faf du Plessis Moeen Ali Sunil Narine Mustafizur Rahman Litton Das Shohidul Islam Tanvir Islam Kusal Mendis Oshane Thomas Ariful Haque Nahidul Islam Mahmudul Hasan Joy Sumon Khan Mominul Haque Mahidul Islam Ankon Pervez Hossain Emon Abu Hider Mehedi Hasan Cameron Delport Karim Janat Shakib Al Hasan (c) Mujeeb Ur Rahman Danushka Gunathilaka Chris Gayle Nurul Hasan Najmul Hossain Shanto Mehedi Hasan Rana Fazle Mahmud Obed McCoy Alzarri Joseph Towhid Hridoy Ziaur Rahman Shafiqul Islam Shykat Ali Niroshan Dickwella Nayeem Hasan Taijul Islam Salman Hossain Irfan Sukkur Dwayne Bravo Munim Shahriar Jake Lintott Sam Hain Mushfiqur Rahim (c) Thisara Perera Bhanuka Rajapaksa Naveen-ul-Haq Mahedi Hasan Soumya Sarkar Kamrul Islam Rabbi Yasir Ali Seekkuge Prasanna Sikandar Raza Farhad Reza Rony Talukdar Khaled Ahmed Jaker Ali Nabil Samad Suhrawadi Shuvo Sharifullah Andre Fletcher Tanzid Hasan Ruyel Miah Mahmudullah (c) Isuru Udana Qais Ahmad Najibullah Zadran Tamim Iqbal Rubel Hossain Mashrafe Mortaza Shuvagata Hom Mohammad Shahzad Fazalhaq Farooqi Mohammad Naim Arafat Sunny Imran Uzzaman Shafiul Islam Jahurul Islam Shamsur Rahman Ebadot Hossain Rishad Hossain Andre Russell Hasan Murad Aminul Islam Azmatullah Omarzai Ravi Bopara (c) Mosaddek Hossain Taskin Ahmed Dinesh Chandimal Kesrick Williams Colin Ingram Shiraz Ahmed Mohammad Mithun Al-Amin Hossain Nazmul Islam Angelo Perera Anamul Haque Sohag Gazi Alok Kapali Muktar Ali Jubair Hossain Mizanur Rahman Nadif Chowdhury Shafiul Hayet Sunzamul Islam Lendl Simmons Devon Thomas Alauddin Babu AKS Swadhin
Sri Lanka Cricket did not provide a no-objection certificate to some of its players due to Future Tours Programme (FTP) commitments.
Venues ChittagongDhakaSylhetZohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 18,500 Matches: 8 Matches: 20 (incl. fs) Matches: 6
Teams and standings Points Table
advances to the Qualifier 1 advances to the Eliminator
League progression
League matches Playoffs Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1/E Q2 F Chattogram Challengers Comilla Victorians Fortune Barishal Khulna Tigers Minister Dhaka Sylhet Sunrisers
League stage
Phase 1 (Dhaka)
Phase 2 (Chittagong)
Phase 3 (Dhaka)
Phase 4 (Sylhet)
Phase 5 (Dhaka)
Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifiers Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics +Most runsPlayer Team Matches Runs Will Jacks Chattogram Challengers 11 414 Andre Fletcher Khulna Tigers 11 410 Tamim Iqbal Minister Dhaka 9 407 Colin IngramSylhet Sunrisers 9 333 Faf du Plessis Comilla Victorians 11 295 Source: Cricinfo.com
+Most wicketsPlayer Team Matches Wickets Mustafizur Rahman Comilla Victorians 11 19 Dwayne Bravo Fortune Barishal 10 18 Shakib Al Hasan Fortune Barishal 11 16 Tanvir Islam Comilla Victorians 12 16 Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Chattogram Challengers 8 15 Source: Cricinfo.com
+Highest team totals Team Total Opponent Ground Result Chattogram Challengers 202/5 Sylhet Sunrisers Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Won Fortune Barishal 199/4 Sylhet Sunrisers Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Won Chattogram Challengers 190/7 Khulna Tigers Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Won Source: Cricinfo.com
References
External links
Series home at ESPNCricinfo