2023–24 Bangladesh Cricket League

Cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2023–24 Bangladesh Cricket LeagueDates| 5 December 2023 – 20 December 2023

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Administrator(s)| Bangladesh Cricket Board
Cricket format| First-class
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin
Host(s)|  Bangladesh
Champions| East Zone (1st title)
Participants| 4
Matches| 6
Player of the series| Khaled Ahmed (East Zone)
Most runs| Naeem Islam (244)
Most wickets| Khaled Ahmed (18)

<- 2022–23

The 2023–24 Bangladesh Cricket League is the eleventh edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), a first-class cricket competition that is being held in Bangladesh from 5 December 2023 to 20 December 2023.[1][2] Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the 11th BCL would be held in December 2023.[3] South Zone were the defending champions.[4][5] East Zone clinched their maiden BCL title, finishing as the table-toppers.[6]

## Squads

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As of 20 December 2023[7]
Central Zone | East Zone | North Zone | South Zone

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* Saif Hassan (c)
* Mohammad Naim
* Rony Talukdar
* Shuvagoto Hom
* Shohidul Islam
* Taibur Rahman
* Md Anamul Haque
* Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk)
* Naeem Islam
* Abu Haider Rony
* Arif Ahmed
* Ripon Mondol
* Nazmul Islam Apu
* Abdul Mazid

* Irfan Shukkur (c) (wk)
* Shykat Ali
* Amite Hasan
* Jaker Ali
* Nasum Ahmed
* Yasir Ali
* Parvez Hossain Emon
* Shamsur Rahman
* Rejaur Rahman Raja
* Tanzim Hasan Sakib
* Nayeem Ahmed
* Shamim Hossain
* Abu Jayed Rahi
* Khaled Ahmed
* Mominul Haque
* Zakir Hasan
* Shahadat Hossain

* Akbar Ali (c)
* Abdullah Al Mamum
* Mushfiq Hasan
* Nahid Rana
* Pritom Kumar (wk)
* Rishad Hossain
* Sabbir Hossain
* Sabbir Rahman
* Sunzamul Islam
* Tanzid Hasan Tamim
* Towhid Hridoy
* Aich Mollah
* Aminul Islam
* Enamul Hoque Ashiq
* Nahidul Islam
* Yeasin Arafat
* Mahmudul Hasan Joy
* Asadullah Galib
* Hasan Murad
* Enamul Haque jr

* Mohammad Mithun (c)
* Afif Hossain
* Al-Amin Hossain
* Anamul Haque (wk)
* Fazle Mahmud
* Kamrul Islam Rabbi
* Mahedi Hasan
* Marshal Ayub
* Moin Khan
* Soumya Sarker
* Tanvir Islam
* Arafat Sunny
* Prantik Nawrose Nabil
* Pinak Ghosh
* Tanbir Hayder
* Sumon Khan
* Nurul Hasan
* Naeem Hasan
* Asaduzzaman Payel
* Abdul Halim

## Venue

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SICS Academy Ground

Sher-e-Bangla

SICS

ZAC

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted in 2023-24 Bangladesh Cricket League season

Dhaka | Chittagong | Sylhet | Sylhet

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Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | SICS Academy Ground
Capacity: 25,416  | Capacity: 22,000  | Capacity: 18,500  | Capacity: 20+
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Matches:1  | Matches:2  | Matches:2  | Matches:1

## Points table

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Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A |  NRR | Pts

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East Zone (C) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.901 | 5
Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.114 | 3
North Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.793 | 2
South Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.605 | 2

* Champion

## Fixture

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### Round 1

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5–8 December 2023
Scorecard

East Zone

South Zone

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402 (134.1 overs)
Parvez Hossain Emon 90 (167)
Tanvir Islam 5/114 (42 overs)

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282 (97.2 overs)
Fazle Mahmud Rabbi 81 (250)
Nasum Ahmed 5/75 (30.2 overs)

249/6d (67.3 overs)
Amite Hasan 102* (193)
Mehedi Hasan 2/46 (15 overs)

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80/3 (16 overs)
Anamul Haque Bijoy 55 (50)
Nasum Ahmed 2/23 (8 overs)

Match Drawn
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Moniruzzaman and Sharfuddoula
Player of the match: Nasum Ahmed (East Zone)

* South Zone won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

5–8 December 2023
Scorecard

Central Zone

North Zone

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281 (68.4 overs)
Naeem Islam 122 (195)
Mushfiq Hasan 4/37 (16.4 overs)

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277 (72 overs)
Towhid Hridoy 165 (166)
Arif Ahmed 3/80 (22 overs)

54/0 (11)
Rony Talukder 32 (38)

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Match Drawn
SICS Academy Ground, Sylhet
Umpires: Ali Arman and Morshed Ali Khan
Player of the match: Towhid Hridoy (North Zone)

* North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.

### Round 2

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11–14 December 2023
Scorecard

North Zone

South Zone

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219 (74.3 overs)
Nahidul Islam 51 (86)
Mahedi Hasan 4/63 (19 overs)

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243 (93.2 overs)
Prantik Nawrose Nabil 90 (228)
Yeasin Arafat 4/47 (19.2 overs)

345/7d (95 overs)
Abdullah Al Mamun 117* (258)
Mehedi Hasan 3/112 (36 overs)

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172/8 (71 overs)
Marshall Ayub 52 (84)
Nahidul Islam 5/29 (19 overs)

Match Drawn
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Umpires: Muhammad Kamruzzaman and Sharfuddoula
Player of the match: Nahidul Islam (North Zone)

* South Zone won the toss and elected to field.

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11–14 December 2023
Scorecard

Central Zone

East Zone

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280 (88.4 overs)
Mahidul Islam Ankon 91 (174)
Naeem Ahmed 4/61 (22 overs)

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257 (80.1 overs)
Yasir Ali 120 (179)
Abu Haider 3/27 (10.1 overs)

125 (38.2 overs)
Shuvagoto Hom 25 (40)
Naeem Ahmed 4/16 (9 overs)

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149/3 (43.2 overs)
Amite Hasan 63* (137)
Nazmul Islam Apu 1/29 (18 overs)

East Zone won by 7 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan and Masudur Rahman
Player of the match: Yasir Ali (East Zone)

* Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 3

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18–21 December 2023
Scorecard

South Zone

Central Zone

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214 (68.3 overs)
Moin Khan 75 (110
Shohidul Islam 3/31 (15.3 overs)

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248 (74 overs)
Naeem Islam 89 (181)
Naeem Hasan 3/66 (26 overs)

49/9 (25 overs)
Pinak Ghosh 14 (55)
Abu Hider 4/6 (6 overs)

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16/0 (1 over)
Mohammad Naim 14 (8)

Central Zone won by 10 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan and Tanvir Ahmed
Player of the match: Naeem Islam (Central Zone)

* Central Zone won the toss and elected to field first

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18–21 December 2023
Scorecard

North Zone

East Zone

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108 (34.3 overs)
Abdullah Al Mamun 26 (50)
Khaled Ahmed 4/40 (15.3 overs)

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352 (95.4 overs)
Mominul Haque 117 (167)
Nahid Rana 4/68 (22 overs)

132 (38 overs)
Akbar Ali 33 (40)
Khaled Ahmed 7/50 (13 overs)

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East Zone won by an innings and 112 runs
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Umpires: Masudur Rahman and Muhammad Kamruzzaman
Player of the match: Khaled Ahmed (East Zone)

* East Zone won the toss and elected to field first

## Statistics

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### Most runs

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Runs  | Player  | M | HS | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s

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244  | Naeem Islam (Central Zone) | 3 | 122 | 52.47 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4
219  | Amite Hasan (East Zone) | 3 | 102* | 46.00 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6
216  | Abdullah Al Mamun (North Zone) | 3 | 117* | 44.35 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8
Last updated: 20 December 2023[9]

### Most wickets

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Wkts | Player  | M | Econ | BBI

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18  | Khaled Ahmed (East Zone) | 2 | 3.53 | 7/50
12  | Abu Hider (Central Zone) | 3 | 3.31 | 4/6
10  | Nahidul Islam (North Zone) | 2 | 2.46 | 5/29
Last updated: 20 December 2023[10]

## References

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1. ^ "আজ থেকে মাঠে গড়াচ্ছে বিসিএল". 5 December 2023.
2. ^ "বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট লিগ শুরু মঙ্গলবার". 2 December 2023.
3. ^ "বিসিএলের সময়সূচি প্রকাশ". 4 December 2023.
4. ^ "বিসিএল চ্যাম্পিয়ন দক্ষিণাঞ্চল". 7 March 2023.
5. ^ "Bangladesh Cricket League 2022/23". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
6. ^ "East Zone claim maiden BCL title". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
7. ^ "BCL 2023-34: Updated squads of all 4 teams". cricheroes.in. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
8. ^ "Bangladesh Cricket League Table - 2023-24". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
9. ^ "Most Runs 2023-24 Bangladesh Cricket League".
10. ^ "Most Wickets 2023-24 Bangladesh Cricket League".

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