2012–13 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League 2013 season, also known as BPL Season 2 or Prime Bank BPL 2013 (for sponsorship reasons), was the second season of the Bangladesh Premier League, established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in 2012. The tournament began on 18 January 2013 and ended on 19 February. The competition featured seven teams, with the addition of the Rangpur Riders. Dhaka Gladiators became champions again by beating Chittagong Kings by 43 runs in the final.

This season did not include any Pakistan players as the Pakistan Cricket Board refused to release the 27 players sold at the auction in retaliation to Bangladesh cancelling their international tour of Pakistan over safety issues.

Venues
Most of the matches were held at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. For the first time, matches were played in Khulna at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. MA Aziz Stadium hosted the matches in Chittagong, instead of Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, which hosted the tournament in the first season.

Player auction
The player auction was held on 20 December 2012. Changes were made this season to the players' salaries structure, including the introduction of restrictions on payment to players. This glorious Auction were host by the popular & sensational film Actress Alisha Pradhan along with other honourable BPL members. Players were divided into the following categories:

Teams and standings
Note: Rajshahi qualified for the fourth position, due to head-to-head record against Rangpur and Barisal.
 * Top 4 teams qualifies for the playoffs
 * advanced to the Qualifier 1
 * advanced to the Eliminator

League progression

 * 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.

Fixtures

 * All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).

Playoff stage

 * Qualifier 1
 * Qualifier 1


 * Elimination


 * Qualifier 2


 * Final

Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.

Most runs
The top five highest run scorers in the season are included in this table.

Most wickets
The top five highest wicket-takers in the season are included in this table.