The Player Draft of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will take place on Monday at a hotel in the capital.
This year’s BPL is slated to begin on January 21 and will be played across three venues in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet.
A total of six teams will take part in this season of BPL.
The local players are categorized into six different categories— A, B, C, D, E and F. The players in the A category will get BDT 7 million, while fees for other categories are (all in BDT and million): 3.5 for B, 2.5 for C, 1.8 for D, 1.2 for E, and .5 for the F category.
And the international players are categorized into five different categories— A, B, C, D and E. The players in the A category will draw USD 75 thousand while 50 for B, 40 for C, 30 for D and USD 20 thousand for the D category.
Each team is allowed to rope in one local player from any category outside the draft, and every team will be entitled to rope in at least 10 and a maximum of 14 local players from the draft on the top of one direct signing.
No team will be allowed to rope in more than 14 local players at any point in the event.
And, each team is allowed to register a minimum of three and a maximum of eight foreign players, and three direct signings are also allowed. Each team is bound to play at least three foreign players in every match.
This year’s BPL will be held in three different venues across Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet.
The champions will be rewarded BDT 10 million and the runners-up will get BDT 5 million as the prize money.
Source: United News of Bangladesh