2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

The 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League players draft took place in 17 November 2017.

During the player's direct signing period, a Conflict of Interests aroused between BCB and all other franchise. Subsequently, in September BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament 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. Chattogram Challengers is sponsored by Akhtar Furnishers, Dhaka Platoon is sponsored by Jamuna Bank, Khulna Tigers is sponsored by Premier Bank Limited, Rajshahi Royals by IPC Group and Sylhet Thunder is sponsored by Jivani Footwear Company. The players auction 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 pacer 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 foreign players from 22 nations signed up for draft.

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


 * Notes:numbers in bracket (x) indicates the number of players signed up in the category

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 here.


 * A+ Category (BDT50 lakh)


 * 1) 🇧🇩 Mashrafe Mortaza
 * 2) 🇧🇩 Mushfiqur Rahim
 * 3) 🇧🇩 Tamim Iqbal
 * 4) 🇧🇩 Mahmudullah


 * A Category (BDT25 lakh)


 * 1) 🇧🇩 Mosaddek Hossain
 * 2) 🇧🇩 Mustafizur Rahman
 * 3) 🇧🇩 Soumya Sarkar
 * 4) 🇧🇩 Mehedi Hasan Miraz
 * 5) 🇧🇩 Liton Das
 * 6) 🇧🇩 Taijul Islam
 * 7) 🇧🇩 Imrul Kayes
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Mominul Haque
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Mohammad Mithun


 * B Category (BDT18 lakh)


 * 1) 🇧🇩 Abu Haider
 * 2) 🇧🇩 Sabbir Rahman
 * 3) 🇧🇩 Afif Hossain
 * 4) 🇧🇩 Anamul Haque
 * 5) 🇧🇩 Rubel Hossain
 * 6) 🇧🇩 Abu Jayed
 * 7) 🇧🇩 Taskin Ahmed
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Shafiul Islam
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Nazmul Hossain Shanto
 * 10) 🇧🇩 Shuvagata Hom
 * 11) 🇧🇩 Nurul Hasan
 * 12) 🇧🇩 Jahurul Islam
 * 13) 🇧🇩 Farhad Reza
 * 14) 🇧🇩 Al-Amin Hossain
 * 15) 🇧🇩 Mehedi Hasan
 * 16) 🇧🇩 Fazle Mahmud Rabbi
 * 17) 🇧🇩 Yasir Ali
 * 18) 🇧🇩 Rony Talukdar
 * 19) 🇧🇩 Ariful Haque
 * 20) 🇧🇩 Nazmul Islam
 * 21) 🇧🇩 Sunzamul Islam
 * 22) 🇧🇩 Nayeem Hasan
 * 23) 🇧🇩 Al- Amin
 * 24) 🇧🇩 Kamrul Islam Rabbi


 * C Category (BDT12 lakh)


 * 1) 🇧🇩 Mohammad Naim
 * 2) 🇧🇩 Mohammad Ashraful
 * 3) 🇧🇩 Shahriar Nafees
 * 4) 🇧🇩 Ebadot Hossain
 * 5) 🇧🇩 Subashis Roy
 * 6) 🇧🇩 Alok Kapali
 * 7) 🇧🇩 Sohag Gazi
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Junaid Siddique
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Shamsur Rahman
 * 10) 🇧🇩 Khaled Ahmed
 * 11) 🇧🇩 Arafat Sunny
 * 12) 🇧🇩 Tanbir Hayder
 * 13) 🇧🇩 Saikat Ali
 * 14) 🇧🇩 Marshal Ayub
 * 15) 🇧🇩 Mahmudul Hasan
 * 16) 🇧🇩 Abdul Majid
 * 17) 🇧🇩 Nadif Chowdhury
 * 18) 🇧🇩 Irfan Sukkur
 * 19) 🇧🇩 Saif Hassan
 * 20) 🇧🇩 Sharifullah
 * 21) 🇧🇩 Delwar Hossain
 * 22) 🇧🇩 Monir Hossain
 * 23) 🇧🇩 Ziaur Rahman
 * 24) 🇧🇩 Muktar Ali
 * 25) 🇧🇩 Alauddin Babu
 * 26) 🇧🇩 Suhrawadi Shuvo
 * 27) 🇧🇩 Naeem Islam
 * 28) 🇧🇩 Rakibul Hasan
 * 29) 🇧🇩 Saqlain Sajib
 * 30) 🇧🇩 Mehedi Hasan Rana
 * 31) 🇧🇩 Nahidul Islam
 * 32) 🇧🇩 Shahidul Islam
 * 33) 🇧🇩 Robiul Haque
 * 34) 🇧🇩 Qazi Onik
 * 35) 🇧🇩 Zakir Hasan
 * 36) 🇧🇩 Jaker Ali
 * 37) 🇧🇩 Nasir Hossain
 * 38) 🇧🇩 Mosharraf Hossain
 * 39) 🇧🇩 Abdur Razzak
 * 40) 🇧🇩 Shadman Islam

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


 * A+ Category (US$100,000):


 * 1)  Dane Vilas
 * 2) 🇵🇰 Shahid Afridi
 * 3)  Rilee Rossouw
 * 4) 🇵🇰 Hassan Ali
 * 5) 🇦🇫 Mohammad Nabi
 * 6) 🇵🇰 Shoaib Malik
 * 7) 🇦🇫 Mujeeb Ur Rahman
 * 8)  Chris Gayle
 * 9)  Thisara Perera
 * 10)  Dwayne Smith
 * 11)  Darren Bravo


 * A Category (US$70,000):


 * 1)  Isuru Udana
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ravi Bopara
 * 3) 🇵🇰 Mohammad Amir
 * 4)  Kemar Roach
 * 5)  Marlon Samuels
 * 6) 🇵🇰 Mohammad Hafeez
 * 7)  Dimuth Karunaratne
 * 8)  Kusal Perera
 * 9) 🇵🇰 Mohammad Hasnain
 * 10)  Rassie van der Dussen
 * 11)  Shai Hope
 * 12)  Wayne Parnell
 * 13) 🇵🇰 Fakhar Zaman
 * 14)  Oshane Thomas
 * 15) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Billings


 * B Category (US$50,000):


 * 1)  Niroshan Dickwella
 * 2)  Kyle Abbott
 * 3)  Hardus Viljoen
 * 4)  David Wiese
 * 5)  JP Duminy
 * 6) 🇵🇰 Ahmed Shehzad
 * 7) 🇵🇰 Mohammad Nawaz
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Samit Patel
 * 9) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keaton Jennings
 * 10) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Finn
 * 11)  Sheldon Cottrell
 * 12) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Benny Howell
 * 13) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dawid Malan
 * 14) 🇵🇰 Imran Khan
 * 15) 🇵🇰 Sami Aslam
 * 16) 🇵🇰 Bilawal Bhatti
 * 17) 🇵🇰 Azeem Rafiq
 * 18) 🇵🇰 Imad Wasim
 * 19) 🇵🇰 Wahab Riaz
 * 20) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Briggs
 * 21) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laurie Evans
 * 22) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Parkinson
 * 23)  Avishka Fernando
 * 24)  Dasun Shanaka
 * 25)  Kusal Mendis
 * 26)  Danushka Gunathilaka
 * 27)  Simon Harmer
 * 28) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ed Pollock
 * 29) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Critchley
 * 30) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Clarke
 * 31)  Cameron Delport
 * 32) 🇵🇰 Kamran Akmal
 * 33) 🇦🇫 Zahir Khan
 * 34) 🇦🇫 Mohammad Shahzad
 * 35) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Overton
 * 36) 🇦🇫 Asghar Afghan
 * 37) 🇵🇰 Asif Ali
 * 38) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jade Dernbach
 * 39)  Asela Gunaratne
 * 40)  Upul Tharanga
 * 41)  Wanindu Hasaranga
 * 42)  Dhananjaya de Silva
 * 43) 🇵🇰 Mohammad Irfan
 * 44) 🇵🇰 Naseem Shah
 * 45) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Fletcher
 * 46) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Porter
 * 47) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Gregory
 * 48) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Will Jacks
 * 49)  Rahkeem Cornwall
 * 50) 🇺🇸 Ali Khan
 * 51)  Shannon Gabriel
 * 52) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tymal Mills
 * 53) 🇦🇫 Gulbadin Naib
 * 54)  Denesh Ramdin
 * 55)  Sherfane Rutherford
 * 56)  Brendan Taylor
 * 57)  Ryan ten Doeschate
 * 58) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riki Wessels
 * 59) 🇦🇫 Hazratullah Zazai
 * 60)  Robbie Frylinck
 * 61) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Mullaney
 * 62) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Coughlin
 * 63)  Andre Fletcher
 * 64)  Devendra Bishoo
 * 65)  Rovman Powell
 * 66)  Dwaine Pretorius
 * 67)  Tabraiz Shamsi

Sold Players
List of players bought in the draft.

Direct signings
Note: Grade and Base Prices to Direct signed players may not be applicable. It is given here to show that whether the particular player signed up for the draft or not.