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Deutsch2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
 2019-20 BPL Logo | |
| Dates | 11 December 2019 – 17 January 2020 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Champions | Rajshahi Royals (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Khulna Tigers |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Player of the series | Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals) |
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (Khulna Tigers) (495) |
| Most wickets | Mustafizur Rahman (Rangpur Rangers) Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers) Rubel Hossain (Chattogram Challengers) Robert Frylinck (Khulna Tigers) (20 wickets each) |
| Official website | BPL |
The Bangladesh Premier League 2019–20, also known as BPL Season 7 or Bangabandhu BPL Presented by AKASH DTH and Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the seventh season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).[1] The season was scheduled to originally start from 6 December 2019 and end on 11 January 2020, with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019.[2] Comilla Victorians were the defending champions.[3] However, the tournament was delayed by five days and started on 11 December 2019 and ended on 17 January 2020, with the opening ceremony held on 8 December 2019.[4]
Chittagong Vikings were announced as not taking part in this edition of the tournament after their ownership was sold,[5] and were replaced by two new teams.[6] A total of eight teams were originally scheduled to participate in this edition of the tournament, with contracts of pre-signed cricketers being cancelled until the players' draft.[7] However, the idea was cancelled, with the number of teams being reverted to seven, and Chittagong Vikings being renamed to Chattogram Challengers and reinstated after the change of format by the BCB.[8]
In the final match, Rajshahi Royals defeated Khulna Tigers by 21 runs to win their first ever BPL title. Rajshahi Royals captain Andre Russell won both Player of the match and Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances.[9] Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 495 runs while the leading wicket-taker was tied with four players with 20 wickets.
Changes of rules[edit]
On 11 September 2019, BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season during a press briefing. Due to having some conflict of interests between BPL Governing Council and all other franchises, the BCB decided to run this edition of the BPL themselves without taking any franchises. The Board wanted to mark the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu in 2020 and to pay homage to him, the tournament was named "Bangabandhu BPL" after him. The teams names were same as they were and only the responsibility to manage the team was on the BCB. The players’ transportation and accommodation were managed by the board.[8][10][11][12] On 13 November 2019, the sponsorship and names of Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet teams were confirmed. The Comilla and Rangpur teams were sponsored by BCB themselves.[13]
Draft and squads[edit]
The players' draft was scheduled to be held on 12 November 2019.[14] However, the tournament was delayed by five days and the draft was held on 17 November 2019. Out of 7 teams, 5 teams are sponsored by private corporate firms while 2 teams are sponsored by BCB itself.[4]
On 16 November 2019, BPL Governing Council unveiled the logo for this season and the names of the participating 7 teams.[15] The squads were confirmed during the draft.[16][17]
Venues[edit]
| Chittagong | Dhaka | Sylhet |
|---|---|---|
| Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 18,500 |
| Matches: 12 | Matches: 28 (incl. Playoffs) | Matches: 6 |
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Results[edit]
Points table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khulna Tigers (R) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.912 |
| 2 | Rajshahi Royals (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.420 |
| 3 | Chattogram Challengers (3) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.129 |
| 4 | Dhaka Platoon (4) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0.572 |
| 5 | Cumilla Warriors | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.335 |
| 6 | Rangpur Rangers | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.826 |
| 7 | Sylhet Thunder | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | −0.822 |
Source: Cricinfo.com
- (C) and (R) denotes Champion and Runners-up respectively, (3) and (4) indicates 3rd and 4th position team.
- advanced to the Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
League progression[edit]
| League matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |||
| Chattogram Challengers | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | W | L | ||||
| Cumilla Warriors | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Dhaka Platoon | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | L | |||||
| Khulna Tigers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | W | L | ||||
| Rajshahi Royals | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | L | W | W | |||
| Rangpur Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
| Sylhet Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Playoffs) to see the match summary.
League stage[edit]
A total of 42 matches were played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 6 matches in Sylhet and 12 in Chittagong.[18]
Phase 1 (Dhaka)[edit]
Sylhet Thunder 162/4 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 163/5 (19 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Cumilla Warriors 173/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 68 (14 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Platoon 134/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 136/1 (18.2 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Hasan Mahmud (Dhaka Platoon) made his T20 debut.
Chattogram Challengers 144/6 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 146/2 (13.5 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Thunder 91 (15.3) | v | Rajshahi Royals 95/2 (10.5 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Platoon 180/7 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 160/9 (20 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Rangers 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 158/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Platoon 182/4 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Thunder 158/7 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Thunders won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 2 (Chittagong)[edit]
Rajshahi Royals 189/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 192/5 (19,2 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Thunder 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 130/6 (18 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Rangers 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 182/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to bat.
Chattogram Challengers 221/4 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Platoon 205 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Rangers 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 138/2 (12.3 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers 238/4 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 222/7 (20 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Chattogram Challengers scored the second highest team total in BPL history (238).[19]
- It was the highest match aggregate in the BPL (460).[20]
Sylhet Thunder 232/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 152 (18.3 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 167/4 (18.4 overs) |
- Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.
Cumilla Warriors 160/3 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Platoon 161/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers 145/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 149/3 (18 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Thunder 174/4 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Platoon 175/2 (18.3 overs) |
- Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Cumilla Warriors 170/8 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 171/3 (17.5 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Dhaka)[edit]
Dhaka Platoon 124/9 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 125/4 (18.4 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers 182/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 130/9 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Royals 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 175/4 (20 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals) hit his 400th six in T20 cricket.[21]
Sylhet Thunder 157/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 158/2 (17.5 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Thunder 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 134/3 (17.2 overs) |
- Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Platoon 174/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 100 (16.4 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Jaker Ali (Dhaka Platoon) took the most number of catches and effected the most number of dismissals as a wicket-keeper in BPL (6 catches).[22]
Chattogram Challengers 159/6 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 161/8 (20 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Pinak Ghosh (Chattogram Challengers) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Rangers 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 135/8 (20 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 4 (Sylhet)[edit]
Rajshahi Royals 179/4 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 149/7 (20 overs) |
- Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.
Cumilla Warriors 140/9 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Thunder 140 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- This is the second ever tied match in BPL history.[23]
Dhaka Platoon 172/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 160/8 (20 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Rangers 199/5 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Thunder 161 (19.1 overs) |
- Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers 121 (19.5 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 124/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Thunder 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 145/4 (15.1 overs) |
- Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Phase 5 (Dhaka)[edit]
Sylhet Thunder 141/5 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 142/5 (19.1 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Royals 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 170/3 (18.3 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers 179/2 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 145 (18.2 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Platoon 145/9 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Rangers 84 (15.3 overs) |
- Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Rangers 149/9 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Platoon 138/9 (20 overs) |
- Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers 218/2 (20 overs) | v | Cumilla Warriors 126/9 (20 overs) |
- Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers 155/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 156/2 (17.4 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Platoon 205/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 207/2 (18.1 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Najmul Hossain Shanto (Khulna Tigers) became the second youngest player to score a century in BPL (21 years 144 days).[24]
- It was the highest successful run chase in the history of BPL.[25]
Playoffs[edit]
| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 13 January 2020 — Dhaka | 17 January 2020 — Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Khulna Tigers | 158/3 (20 overs) | 1 | Khulna Tigers | 149/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Rajshahi Royals | 131 (20 overs) | 15 January 2020 — Dhaka | 2 | Rajshahi Royals | 170/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Rajshahi Royals | 165/8 (19.2 overs) | |||||||||||
| 13 January 2020 — Dhaka | 3 | Chattogram Challengers | 164/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Chattogram Challengers | 147/3 (17.4 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Dhaka Platoon | 144/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Eliminator[edit]
Dhaka Platoon 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Chattogram Challengers 147/3 (17.4 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifiers[edit]
- Qualifier 1
Khulna Tigers 158/3 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 131 (20 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers) bowled the best bowling figures in the BPL (6/17).[26]
- Qualifier 2
Chattogram Challengers 164/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Royals 165/8 (19.2 overs) |
- Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Final[edit]
Rajshahi Royals 170/4 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 149/8 (20 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics[edit]
Most runs[edit]
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rilee Rossouw | Khulna Tigers | 14 | 14 | 495 | 45.00 | 155.17 | 71* | 0 | 4 | 43 | 23 |
 Mushfiqur Rahim | Khulna Tigers | 14 | 14 | 491 | 70.14 | 147.00 | 98* | 0 | 4 | 51 | 15 |
| Litton Das | Rajshahi Royals | 15 | 15 | 455 | 32.50 | 134.21 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15 |
 Shoaib Malik | Rajshahi Royals | 15 | 15 | 455 | 37.91 | 130.00 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 17 |
 Dawid Malan | Cumilla Warriors | 11 | 11 | 444 | 49.33 | 145.09 | 100* | 1 | 3 | 35 | 19 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com , last updated on 18 January 2019 | |||||||||||
Most wickets[edit]
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Over | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafizur Rahman | Rangpur Rangers | 12 | 12 | 44.3 | 2 | 312 | 20 | 3/10 | 15.60 | 7.01 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Amir | Khulna Tigers | 13 | 13 | 50.2 | 0 | 355 | 20 | 6/17 | 17.75 | 7.05 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rubel Hossain | Chattogram Challengers | 13 | 13 | 48.5 | 0 | 357 | 20 | 3/17 | 17.85 | 7.31 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Frylinck | Khulna Tigers | 14 | 14 | 53.0 | 0 | 392 | 20 | 5/16 | 19.60 | 7.39 | 15.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Shohidul Islam | Khulna Tigers | 13 | 13 | 49.0 | 0 | 396 | 19 | 4/23 | 20.84 | 8.08 | 15.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com , last updated on 18 January 2019 | |||||||||||||
Highest team totals[edit]
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattogram Challengers | 238/4 | Cumilla Warriors | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Won |
| Sylhet Thunders | 232/5 | Khulna Tigers | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Won |
| Cumilla Warriors | 222/7 | Chattogram Challengers | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Lost |
| Source: Cricinfo.com , last updated on 24 December 2019 | ||||
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ left out for national duty and replaced by Liam Plunkett
- ^ left out for national duty and Chris Gayle replaced him
- ^ did not play in the 4th phase in Sylhet
- ^ did not play in the 4th phase in Sylhet due to injury
- ^ replaced by Ahmed Shehzad
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