Dates | 8 November 2016 – 9 December 2016 |
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Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Bangladesh |
Champions | Dhaka Dynamites (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Rajshahi Kings |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 46 |
Player of the series | Mahmudullah (Khulna Titans) |
Most runs | Tamim Iqbal (Chittagong Vikings) (476) |
Most wickets | Dwayne Bravo (Dhaka Dynamites) (21) |
Official website | BPL |
The Bangladesh Premier League 2016, also known as BPL Season 4 and AKS BPL 2016 (for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and featured seven teams.[1] The season originally began on 4 November 2016 and ended on 9 December 2016.[2] However, after the first four matches of the tournament were abandoned due to rain and with more rain forecast, the league opted to restart on 8 November and to replay all of the opening six matches.[2][3][4]
Two new teams, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings played in the competition with new ownership after the original franchises were not allowed to enter the 2015 competition, while the Sylhet Super Stars franchise was excluded from the competition.[1][5] The BCB originally claimed that Sylhet had breached franchisee agreements or not paid bank guarantees, but on 21 September clarified that the franchise had been excluded for "disciplinary reasons".[5] Comilla Victorians were the defending champions[6] but were eliminated in the group stage. In the championship game, Dhaka Dynamites defeated Rajshahi Kings to win their third title.[7]
The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September.[1][8] Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season.[9] A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.[10]
Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Sylhet Super Stars and the introduction of two new teams, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings. Transfers included the move of Barisal Bulls captain Mahmudullah Riyad to the Khulna Titans, Chris Gayle from the Barisal Bulls to the Chittagong Vikings, the signing of Shahid Afridi as team captain of Rangpur Riders from the Sylhet Super Stars and Shakib Al Hasan as team captain of Dhaka Dynamites from Rangpur Riders.[11]
A total of 46 matches, including the final, will be held at two venues in Chittagong and Dhaka. The Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong hosted eleven (11) matches in the middle block of games, with the majority of matches (35), including all playoff matches and the final being held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. 25,000 people attended the final.
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Chittagong | Dhaka |
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.912 |
2 | Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 |
3 | Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.233 |
4 | Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.208 |
5 | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 |
6 | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 |
7 | Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 |
A total of 46 matches was played in the tournament. During the round-robin group stage each team played 12 matches, two against each other team taking part in the tournament. In total 42 matches was played in the group stage, with the top four teams progressing to the playoff stage of the tournament which will feature three playoff matches and the final which was played on 9 December at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
Group stage matches was played in three blocks. The first and third blocks took place in Dhaka with the middle block of 10 matches taking place in Chittagong. Two matches was played on each day of the group stage part of the tournament. The first four matches of the tournament were washed out after heavy rain[2] and the two matches scheduled to take place on 6 November were postponed.[3] The tournament was restarted on 8 November with the first six fixtures to be rescheduled at a later date.[3] The matches from the opening day of fixtures was replayed with the points table reset.[4]
The following six matches were all affected by rain, with only the first one technically starting with a toss taking place. All of the results were removed from the points table and rescheduled for later in the tournament.[4]
4 November 2016
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4 November 2016
19:30 (D/N) |
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Chittagong Vikings
161/3 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
132/8 (20 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
148/6 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites
149/2 (16 overs) |
Khulna Titans
133/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
130 (20 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
124 (19.4 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
125/1 (15 overs) |
Khulna Titans
44 (10.4 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
45/1 (8 overs) |
Comilla Victorians
129/8 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
130/4 (18.3 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
138/5 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
139/4 (18.1 overs) |
Khulna Titans
127/7 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings
123/9 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
170/6 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
92/9 (19.2 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
192/4 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
188/6 (20 overs) |
Khulna Titans
144/9 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
131/9 (20 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
163/3 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
167/3 (19.4 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
194/5 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
161/9 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
148/9 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings
129/8 (20 overs) |
Rangpur Riders
175/6 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
163 (19.4 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
190/5 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
171/9 (20 overs) |
Comilla Victorians
122/5 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
126/1 (17 overs) |
Khulna Titans
157/5 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites
148 (19.1 overs) |
Comilla Victorians
152/5 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
120 (19 overs) |
Khulna Titans
151/7 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
129 (19.3 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
182/4 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
184/7 (19.5 overs) |
Comilla Victorians
183/3 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings
186/4 (19.2 overs) |
Khulna Titans
125/7 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
129/3 (19 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
185/5 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
107 (18.4 overs) |
Rajshahi Kings
162/5 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
150/5 (20 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
119/5 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Titans
120/4 (18.4 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
170/4 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
138/8 (20 overs) |
Rajshahi Kings
154/8 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Titans
145/6 (20 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
132/6 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites
135/6 (19.2 overs) |
Rangpur Riders
124/6 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings
128/1 (16 overs) |
Rajshahi Kings
128/7 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
79 (17.4 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
142/8 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
145/2 (19 overs) |
Khulna Titans
131/8 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings
135/5 (18.4 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
188/7 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
146/8 (20 overs) |
Rajshahi Kings
124/7 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
125/2 (18.4 overs) |
Barisal Bulls
161/4 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
144/7 (20 overs) |
Khulna Titans
141/6 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
142/5 (18.4 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
134/6 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites
135/4 (18.2 overs) |
Rangpur Riders
154/5 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls
125 (18.2 overs) |
Chittagong Vikings
111/9 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
112/4 (13.5 overs) |
Comilla Victorians
170/6 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
162/8 (20 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
158/7 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Titans
159/4 (18 overs) |
Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
6 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 9 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
1 | Dhaka Dynamites | 140/8 (20 overs) | 1 | Dhaka Dynamites | 159/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||
2 | Khulna Titans | 86 (16.2 overs) | 7 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 4 | Rajshahi Kings | 103 (17.4 overs) | |||||||
2 | Khulna Titans | 125/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
6 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 4 | Rajshahi Kings | 129/3 (19.2 overs) | ||||||||||
3 | Chittagong Vikings | 142/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Rajshahi Kings | 143/7 (18.3 overs) | |||||||||||
Chittagong Vikings
142/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
143/7 (18.3 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
140/8 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Titans
86 (16.2 overs) |
Khulna Titans
125/9 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
129/3 (19.2 overs) |
Dhaka Dynamites
159/9 (20 overs) |
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Rajshahi Kings
103 (17.4 overs) |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||
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Tamim Iqbal | Chittagong Vikings | 13 | 13 | 476 | 43.27 | 115.81 | 75 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Mahmudullah | Khulna Titans | 14 | 14 | 396 | 33.00 | 118.20 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Sabbir Rahman | Rajshahi Kings | 15 | 15 | 377 | 26.92 | 117.81 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 17 | |||||||||||||
Mohammad Shahzad | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 11 | 350 | 38.88 | 110.06 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Mushfiqur Rahim | Barisal Bulls | 12 | 12 | 341 | 37.88 | 134.78 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 5 December 2016 |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Over | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI | 5WI | |||||||||||
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Dwayne Bravo | Dhaka Dynamites | 13 | 13 | 44.2 | 0 | 335 | 21 | 3/10 | 15.95 | 7.55 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Junaid Khan | Khulna Titans | 14 | 14 | 52.4 | 0 | 321 | 20 | 4/23 | 16.05 | 6.09 | 15.8 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mohammad Nabi | Chittagong Vikings | 13 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 285 | 19 | 4/24 | 15.00 | 6.47 | 13.8 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Shafiul Islam | Khulna Titans | 13 | 12 | 42.3 | 0 | 331 | 18 | 4/17 | 18.38 | 7.78 | 14.1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Shahid Afridi | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 254 | 17 | 4/12 | 14.94 | 6.35 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 5 December 2016 |
The following table lists the three highest team scores during this season.
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dhaka Dynamites | 194/5 (20 overs) | Comilla Victorians | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Barisal Bulls | 192/4 (20 overs) | Rajshahi Kings | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chittagong Vikings | 190/5 (20 overs) | Rajshahi Kings | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 5 December 2016 |