2025 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft

The players' draft for the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League took place on 14 October 2024 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

2025 Bangladesh Premier League players draft
General information
Sport	Cricket
Date(s)	14 October 2024
Time	11:00 am BST
Location	Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka
Overview
League	Bangladesh Premier League
Team	7
Expansion team	1
Expansion season	2024
← 2024 2026 →

Players draft rules

1. Each team should have at least 12 players, 10 being local players and 2 being foreign players.
2. Each team can sign only one local player through direct signing and at least nine local players are to be picked from the draft
3. There is no maximum limit to signing foreign players both directly and through the draft.

Salary cap

Local players

216 local players were listed into seven categories with the following salary cap:-

• Category A – ৳80 lakh (US$67,000)
• Category B – ৳50 lakh (US$42,000)
• Category C – ৳30 lakh (US$25,000)
• Category D – ৳20 lakh (US$17,000)
• Category E – ৳15 lakh (US$13,000)
• Category F – ৳10 lakh (US$8,400)

Foreign players

• Category A – US$80,000
• Category B – US$60,000
• Category C – US$40,000
• Category D – US$30,000
• Category E – US$20,000

Drafted players

This is the list of drafted players in the players draft.

Fortune Barishal	Khulna Tigers	Dhaka Capitals	Sylhet Strikers	Rangpur Riders	Chittagong Kings	Durbar Rajshahi
Mahmudullah Tanvir Islam Najmul Hossain Ripon Mondol Ebadot Hossain Nayeem Hasan Rishad Hossain Taijul Islam Shohidul Islam Ariful Islam James Fuller Pathum Nissanka Nandre Burger	Hasan Mahmud Mohammad Naim Imrul Kayes Mahidul Islam Ankon Abu Hider Rony Ziaur Rahman Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby Mahmudul Hasan Joy (local) Mohammad Hasnain Lewis Gregory Mohammad Nawaz (foreign)	Litton Das Habibur Rahman Sohan Mukidul Islam Abu Jayed Sabbir Rahman Munim Shahriar Asif Hasan Shahadat Hossain Dipu Musfik Hasan (local) Saim Ayub Amir Hamza Hotak (foreign)	Rony Talukder Mashrafe Bin Mortaza Al-Amin Hossain Arafat Sunny Ruyel Miah Ariful Haque Nihaduzzaman Nahidul Islam (local) Rahkeem Cornwall Samiullah Shinwari Reece Topley (foreign)	Nahid Rana Saif Hassan Soumya Sarkar Rakibul Hasan Rejaur Rahman Raja Irfan Sukkur Kamrul Islam Rabbi Tawfique Khan Tushar (local) Akif Javed Curtis Campher (foreign)	Shamim Hossain Parvez Hossain Emon Khaled Ahmed Aliss Islam Mohammad Mithun Naeem Islam Maruf Mridha Rahatul Ferdous Sheikh Parvez Jibon Marshall Ayub (local) Graham Clarke Tom O'Connell (foreign)	Taskin Ahmed Jishan Alam Yasir Ali Sabbir Hossain Sanjamul Islam SM Meherob Akbar Ali Hasan Murad Shafiul Islam Mohor Sheikh (local) Saad Nasim Lahiru Samarakoon (foreign)

Direct Signing

This is the list of direct signings of every team and Retention Players.

Dhaka Capitals

Direct signings:

• Mustafizur Rahman
• Tanzid Hasan Tamim

Foreign direct signings:

• Thisara Perera
• Johnson Charles
• Amir Hamza
• Shahnawaz Dahani
• Stephen Eskinazi

Chittagong Kings

Direct signing:

• Shakib Al Hasan
• Shoriful Islam

Foreign direct signings:

• Moeen Ali
• Usman Khan
• Haider Ali
• Angelo Mathews
• Mohammad Wasim Jr
• Binura Fernando

Durbar Rajshahi

• Anamul Haque Bijoy

Fortune Barishal

Direct signing:

• Towhid Hridoy

Foreign direct signings:

• Kyle Mayers
• Dawid Malan
• Mohammad Nabi
• Faheem Ashraf
• Ali Mohammad
• Jahandad Khan

Sylhet Strikers

Direct signing:

• Jaker Ali Anik

Foreign direct signings:

• Paul Stirling
• George Munsey

Khulna Tigers

Direct signing:

• Mehidy Hasan

Foreign direct signing:

• Oshane Thomas

Rangpur Riders

Direct signing:

• Mohammad Saifuddin

Foreign direct signings:

• Alex Hales
• Khushdil Shah
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Steven Taylor
• Saurabh Netravalkar

Retention Players

Fortune Barishal

• Tamim Iqbal
• Mushfiqur Rahim

Sylhet Strikers

• Tanzim Hasan Sakib
• Zakir Hasan

Khulna Tigers

• Afif Hossain
• Nasum Ahmed

Rangpur Riders

• Nurul Hasan Sohan
• Mahedi Hasan

Players list

the shortlist of local players has been released.

Category A

• Liton Kumar Das
• Mahmudullah Riyad
• Shoriful Islam
• Mehedi Hasan Miraz
• Rishad Hossain
• Mushfiqur Rahim
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Najmul Hossain Shanto
• Shakib Al Hasan
• Tamim Iqbal
• Taskin Ahmed
• Towhid Hridoy

Category B

• Afif Hossain Dhrubo
• Enamul Haque Bijoy
• Hasan Mahmud
• Zaker Ali Anik
• Mashrafe Bin Mortoza
• Shamim Hossain Patwary
• Nurul Hasan Sohan
• Parvez Hossain Emon
• Sheikh Mehedi Hasan
• Tanvir Islam
• Tanzid Hasan Tamim
• Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Category C

• Abu Haider Roni
• Ebadot Hossain
• Imrul Kayes
• Mahmudul Hasan Joy
• Al-Amin Hossain
• Mukidul Islam Mughda
• Zakir Hasan
• Mohammad Mithun
• Mohammad Saif Hasan
• Mohammad Saifuddin
• Mominul Haque
• Mosaddek Hossain Saikat
• Nahid Rana
• Nahidul Islam
• Naim Sheikh
• Nasum Ahmed
• Rakibul Hasan
• Rony Talukdar
• Soumya Sarkar
• Khaled Ahmed
• Taijul Islam
• Yasir Ali Chowdhury Rabbi

Category D

• Abu Zayed Rahi
• Akbar Ali
• Alis Al Islam
• Arafat Sunny
• Ariful Haque
• Fazle Mahmud Rabb
• Habibur Rahman Sohan
• Irfan Shukur
• Kamrul Islam Rabb
• Mahidul Ankon
• Jisan Alam
• Soikat Ali
• Mrityunjay Chowdhury
• Naim Hasan
• Najmul Islam Apu
• Nihad Uj Zaman
• Rezauar Rahman Raja
• Ripon Mondol
• Rabbiul Haque
• Rubel Hossain
• Sadman Islam
• Shafiqul Islam
• Sohag Ghazi
• Shahidul Islam
• Shubagato Home
• Suman Khan
• Sanjamul Islam
• Ziaur Rahman

Category E

• Abdul Halim
• Abdullah Al Mamun
• Alauddin Babu
• Aminul Islam Bipul
• Amit Majumdar
• Amit Hasan
• Enamul Haque Junior
• Anisul Islam Imon
• Asaduzzaman Payel
• Farhad Hossain
• Imranuzzaman
• Jawad Ruyen
• Kazi Onik
• Mahfizul Islam Robin
• Mahfuzur Rahman Rabb
• Mahmudul Hasan Liman
• Marshal Ayub
• Maruf Mridha
• Asif Hasan Mitul
• Hasan Murad
• Rohanat Doulla Borshon
• Sabbir Hossain Shikdar
• Abdul Majid
• Al-Amin Junior
• Enamul Haque
• Ashikuzzaman
• Mohammad Ilyas
• Shafiul Islam
• Tanvir Haider
• Mehedi Hasan Rana
• Mehedi Maruf
• Mizanur Rahman
• Mohiuddin Tarek
• Mukhtar Ali
• Munim Shahriar
• Mushfik Hasan
• Nabil Samad
• Naim Islam
• Nur Hossain Saddam
• Pinak Ghosh
• Pritom Kumar
• Rahtul Ferdous Javed
• Ruel Mia
• Sabbir Rahman
• Sajjadur Haque Ripon
• Salauddin Shakil
• Salman Hossain
• Sajjad Hossain Sabbir
• Shahadat Hossain Dipu
• Shamsur Rahman
• Taibur Rahman Parvez

Category F

• Abdul Gaffar Saklain
• Ahmed Sadikur Rahman
• Ahrar Amin
• Aich Molla
• Habib Mehedi
• Ariful Islam
• Ariful Islam Akash
• Asadullah Al Galib
• Ashikul Alam Naim
• Azmir Ahmed
• Fardin Hossain Ani
• Ghazi Tahjibul Islam
• Irfan Hossain
• Iftikhar Sajjad Roni
• Jasimuddin
• Jubair Hossain Likhan
• Mainul Sohel
• Manik Khan
• Masum Khan Tutul
• Abu Hasim
• Ashikur Rahman Shibli
• Khalid Hasan
• Mehedi Hasan
• Sohel Rana
• Naim Islam Junior
• Shihab James
• Mehedi Hasan Sohan
• Mehrab Hossain Joshi
• Mohiaminul Khan
• Mohammad Hasanuzzaman
• Mohammad Shakil Ahmed
• Mohor Sheikh Antor
• Moinul Islam
• Monir Hossain Khan
• Maishukur Rahman
• Naim Hossain Sakib
• Naimur Rahman Noyon
• Naim Ahmed
• Nur
• Prantik Nowroz Nabil
• Rafsan Al Mahmud
• Rahmatullah Ali
• Rakibul Atik
• Rakibul Hasan
• Ryan Rafsan Rahman
• Rabbiul Islam Robi
• Rubel Mia
• SM Meherb Hasan
• Saklain Sojib
• Sangeet Saha
• Shahin Alam
• Shahriar Alam Mahim
• Shakil Hossain
• Shamim Mia
• Shamsul Alam
• Shariar Kamal
• Sheikh Parvez Jibon
• Tipu Sultan
• Toufik Khan Tushar
• Tushar Mia
• Wasi Siddiq
• Yasin Arafat Mishu
• Zahiduzzaman Khan

References

1. "BPL 2025: How the squads look like after players' draft". bpl. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. "Players draft completed for the 11th edition of BPL". bpl. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
3. "BPL players' draft: 188 local cricketers into six distinct classes". bpl. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
4. "Shakib joins Chittagong Kings for upcoming edition of BPL". bpl. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
5. "A look at all seven teams after BPL players' draft". bpl. Retrieved 13 October 2024.