Bangladesh Premier League

Bangladeshi professional twenty20 cricket league

Not to be confused with the Bengal Pro T20 League.

For the Bangladeshi football league, see Bangladesh Premier League (football).

Cricket tournament

Bangladesh Premier League

Countries| Bangladesh
Administrator| Bangladesh Cricket Board
Format| Twenty20
First edition| 2012
Latest edition| 2025
Tournament format| Double round-robin and Playoffs
Number of teams| 7
Current champion| Fortune Barishal
(2nd title)
Most successful| Comilla Victorians
(4 titles)
Most runs| Tamim Iqbal Khan (3429)
Most wickets| Shakib Al Hasan (149)
TV| List of broadcasters
Website| bplt20.com.bd
Seasons

* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2019
* 2019–20
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Bangladesh Premier League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the suspension of its predecessor organisation, 2009/10 National Cricket League Twenty20. The first season was held in February 2012, and the games were held across Dhaka and Chittagong. The BPL is headed by the chairman of its Governing Council.

Following the success of franchise Twenty20 cricket leagues such as the Indian Premier League around the world, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a plan to replace the National Cricket League with a franchise-based league.[1] On 18 January 2012, the board entered a 6-year, 350-crore deal with Game on Sports Group to establish a franchise tournament. The deal gave the group exclusive rights to manage the tournament. The league was founded with six franchises from the largest cities of Bangladesh. Nine companies took part in the bidding process for the franchise auction, with six winning the rights to clubs.[2]

In July 2022, after the ICC accommodated the month of January and February for the BPL, in its ICC Future Tours Programme, the BCB announced the schedule of the BPL for the next three seasons.[3][4]

## History

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### 2012 (1st edition)

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See also: 2012 Bangladesh Premier League

The first edition of the league officially kicked off on 9 February 2012, with a lavish opening ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Shariar Islam Mozumder Shawon was the owner and organizer of BPL.[5] The initial player auction was held on 18 and 19 January 2012 and the first match in the tournament was staged on 9 February 2012 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium between Sylhet Royals and Barisal Burners. The first Bangladesh Premier League season's final game was between Dhaka Gladiators and Barisal Burners, with Dhaka Gladiators emerging as champions after winning by eight wickets. All matches in the first edition of the league were held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the country's second-largest city Chattogram.[6]

### 2013 (2nd edition)

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See also: 2013 Bangladesh Premier League

Rangpur Riders were added as a seventh team for the second season. Dhaka Gladiators again emerged as champions beating Chittagong Kings in the final by 43 runs. Once again Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka hosted the final. For most of the matches, the MA Aziz Stadium, replaced the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram due to higher capacity and Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna (third-largest city) was added as the third venue.[7]

The owners of Dhaka Gladiators were handed a lifetime suspension by the governing committee.[8] A number of players and administrators were handed bans for match-fixing, including the former captain of Bangladesh, Mohammad Ashraful.[9]

### 2015 (3rd edition)

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See also: 2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League

Following the match-fixing scandal and political issues of the country the league was not played in 2014. It returned in 2015 with six new franchises and it was held in the winter season unlike spring previously. Comilla Victorians won the competition, beating Barisal Bulls by three wickets. Leading up to the 2016–17 edition of the league, the Sylhet Super Stars, were suspended following breaches of disciplinary regulations,[10] and two new franchises, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings, were introduced, bringing the number of teams in the competition back to seven.

### 2016 (4th edition)

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See also: 2016 Bangladesh Premier League

The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. 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. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft. Dhaka Dynamites, captained by Shakib Al Hasan, topped the group stage table, whereas Rajshahi Kings, led by Darren Sammy, stood at the fourth position. Dynamites beat Khulna Titans in the Qualifier 1 and went to final. Rajshahi Kings defeated Chittagong Vikings and Khulna Titans respectively in Eliminator and Qualifier.

In Final after winning the toss, Kings' captain D. Sammy elected to field first. The Dynamites scored 159 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 9 wickets. They scored 23 runs in the opening partnership. Evin Lewis top scored for the Dynamites with 45 runs. Kings' bowler Farhad Reza took 3 wickets for 28 runs. The Kings failed to build a good opening partnership. After scoring 60 runs, they started losing wickets and couldn't hold on. The Dynamites won the match and their 1st title by a wide margin of 56 runs. Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the match. This was the 3rd title for a Dhaka franchise in BPL.

Khulna Titans' skipper Mahmudullah was made the player of the tournament since he scored the second most runs (384) and defended less than 7 runs in the last over of the 2nd innings in more than one instance.

### 2017 (5th edition)

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See also: 2017 Bangladesh Premier League

It was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and featured seven teams from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions.

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 were 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 and the two matches scheduled to take place on 6 November were postponed. The tournament was restarted on 8 November with the first six fixtures to be rescheduled at a later date. The matches from the opening day of fixtures was replayed with the points table reset.

In the Finale, Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match Chris Gayle was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 2 banger centuries (146* of 69 and 126 of 51 ) and a total tally of 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.

### 2018–19 (6th edition)

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See also: 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League

Originally, the season was scheduled to start on 1 October 2018 and end on 16 November 2018. However, in May 2018, it was reported that the tournament might be moved to January 2019, because of security concerns around the Bangladeshi general election, which took place in December 2018. In July 2018, it was confirmed that the tournament would start in January 2019. For this edition of the tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) were used for the first time.

In the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League final, the Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs to win their second title. In the final match, Tamim Iqbal was awarded the man of the match award, after scoring 141 not out. Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 558 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets and also won the player of the tournament award.

### 2019–20 (7th edition)

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See also: 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League

Rajshahi Royals defeated Khulna Tigers by 21 runs in the final match. Royals skipper Andre Russell was elected as both Man of the match for the final and Player of the Tournament for his all-round performances and for leading his side to their maiden BPL title.[11][12]

### 2021–22 (8th edition)

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See also: 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League

The 2022 season was initially scheduled to start in March 2021.[13] However, the tournament was postponed and rescheduled to be held from 21 January to 18 February 2022.[14] In December 2021, all six teams were announced, with Rangpur Rangers and the defending champion Rajshahi Royals being excluded, a franchise from Barisal was included and Comilla Victorians also returned after a year's break.[15] Initially, Rupa Steel & Marn Group owned the Dhaka franchise, but a day before the players' draft their ownership was terminated due to non compliance of rules. However, the Minister Group took ownership of the franchise after the players' draft.[16] Due to the unavailability of technical teams the DRS system could not be used in this season. Initially, BCB decided to allow spectators this year, however, due to the rise of Omicron variants, the board backed out from its decision and decided to play behind closed doors.[17]

The two points table topper teams Fortune Barishal and Comilla Victorians reached the final. In the final, Comilla Victorians defended 151 runs to win their third title in a thrilling 1-run victory.[18] Sunil Narine was the Player of the Final for his all-round performances. Shakib Al Hasan, captain of the runners-up team, Fortune Barishal, received the Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performance, having scored 284 runs in 11 innings and picked up 16 wickets.[19]

### 2023 (9th edition)

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See also: 2023 Bangladesh Premier League

BCB announced the list of franchise owners in September 2022, with five of the previous six franchises retaining ownership and the return of Rangpur Riders after two seasons. On 24 December 2022, BCB announced the fixtures for this season with two matches to be played per day in the group stage and having reserve days for all of the knockout matches.

[20] In the final, Comilla Victorians defeated Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets to win their second successive and overall fourth title.

### 2024 (10th edition)

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See also: 2024 Bangladesh Premier League

In the opening match, Durdanto Dhaka defeated the then defending champions Comilla Victorians in the first match.[21] But surprisingly, that was their only win and had to face defeats all the way.[22] Many international players also played in this season, namely Imran Tahir, James Neesham, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller etc, making this season a remarkable one.

Fortune Barishal stopped Comilla Victorians winning back-to-back-to-back titles by defeating them in the final. Barishal won their first ever title in this tournament.[23]

### 2025 (11th edition)

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See also: 2025 Bangladesh Premier League

Excited Crowd at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for BPL Clash – January 17, 2025

In the opening match, Fortune Barishal beat Durbar Rajshahi by 4 wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka and Mahmudullah was player of the match.[24]

Rajshahi have been dogged by financial problems from the start of this BPL. Local players hadn't received any payments prior to the start of the tournament as they are usually played 25% before the tournament starts. They boycotted a training session in Chattogram last month, while the overseas players boycotted a match. Burl and Haris eventually made themselves available to play and helped them stay in contention for a playoff finish, but they fell short on net run rate.

In the final match, Fortune Barishal crafted the second-highest chase to win a final in men's T20 cricket, knocking off 195 against Chittagong Kings with three wickets and three balls to spare. And with that they had successfully defended their BPL crown, having come into this season as defending champions. The packed house at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka was treated to Barishal captain Tamim Iqbal striking a rapid fifty, before Kyle Mayers did the running in the middle overs and Rishad Hossain's two sixes sealed things.

### 2026 (12th edition)

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The Bangladesh Premier League 2026 is rescheduled to May due to Bangladesh’s general elections and preparation deadlines. This change causes a direct clash with the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL), affecting player availability, viewership, and sponsorships. The IPL, valued between $10.9–16.4 billion, remains the most lucrative and preferred league, overshadowing the BPL, which generates $10–15 million. The scheduling overlap risks reduced international player participation and fragmented audiences for the BPL and PSL. Consequently, the BPL is focusing on local talent development, venue expansion, and digital engagement to enhance its domestic appeal.[25]

## League organisation

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Fortune

Kings

Capitals

Tigers

Strikers

Riders

Durbar

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Locations of Bangladesh Premier League teams

At a corporate level, the Bangladesh Premier League considers itself an association made up of and financed by its member teams. All income generated through television rights, licensing agreements, sponsorship, ticket sales and other means is earned and shared between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the participating franchises. The league is controlled by a Governing Council (GC). As the parent organisation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board appoints the GC's members.

As of the 2018–19 season, the league consists of seven franchises. Each team plays every other team twice in the round-robin stage of the competition with the teams with the top 4 advancing to a series of play-off matches. These lead to a championship match in which the league champion is decided.

## Teams

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Team  | City  | Owner  | Captain  | Coach  | Home ground

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Fortune Barishal | Barishal | Fortune Group | Tamim Iqbal | Mizanur Rahman Babul | Abdur Rab Serniabad Stadium
Chittagong Kings | Chattogram | SQ Sports | Mohammad Mithun | Shaun Tait | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Dhaka Capitals | Dhaka | Champions Sports Limited | Thisara Perera | Khaled Mahmud | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Khulna Tigers | Khulna | MindTree Limited | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Talha Jubair | Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium
Rangpur Riders | Rangpur | Bashundhara Group | Nurul Hasan | Mickey Arthur | Rangpur Riders Cricket Arena
Sylhet Strikers | Sylhet | Future Sports Limited | Ariful Haque | Rajin Saleh | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
Durbar Rajshahi | Rajshahi | Valentine Group | Taskin Ahmed | Ijaz Ahmed | Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium

### Franchise history

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Franchise  | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2019–20 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025

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Barishal | Barisal Burners | Barisal Bulls | DNP  | Fortune Barishal
Chattogram | Chittagong Kings | Chittagong Vikings | Chattogram Challengers | Chittagong Kings
Comilla | DNP  | Comilla Victorians | Comilla Warriors | Comilla Victorians | DNP
Dhaka | Dhaka Gladiators | Dhaka Dynamites | Dhaka Platoon | Minister Dhaka | Dhaka Dominators | Durdanto Dhaka | Dhaka Capitals
Khulna | Khulna Royal Bengals | DNP  | Khulna Titans | Khulna Tigers
Rajshahi | Duronto Rajshahi | DNP  | Rajshahi Kings | Rajshahi Royals | DNP  | Durbar Rajshahi
Rangpur | DNP  | Rangpur Riders | Rangpur Rangers | DNP  | Rangpur Riders
Sylhet | Sylhet Royals | Sylhet Super Stars | DNP  | Sylhet Sixers | Sylhet Thunder | Sylhet Sunrisers | Sylhet Strikers

### Draft system

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The BPL operates a draft system to assign players to teams. Franchises can choose new players during an annual draft. Teams can also choose to retain players from one year to the next and players can also be signed outside of the draft and traded between organisations. Since 2015, Imago Sports Management has been conducting the players draft event and also is the official players management partner of Bangladesh Cricket Board for Bangladesh Premier League[26][27]

## Tournament seasons and results

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### Finals

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All finals in the competition have been played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.

Season  | Final  | Player of the Tournament

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Winner  | Result  | Runner-up
2012
Details | Dhaka Gladiators
144/2 (15.4 overs) | Dhaka Gladiators won by 8 wickets
Scorecard | Barisal Burners
140/7 (20 overs) | Shakib Al Hasan (Khulna Royal Bengals)
2013
Details | Dhaka Gladiators
172/9 (20 overs) | Dhaka Gladiators won by 43 runs
Scorecard | Chittagong Kings
129 (16.5 overs) | Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Gladiators)
2014  | (Cancelled due to 2014 Bangladesh Political Crisis)[28]
2015
Details | Comilla Victorians
157/7 (20 overs) |  Comilla Victorians won by 3 wickets
Scorecard | Barisal Bulls
156/4 (20 overs) | Ashar Zaidi (Comilla Victorians)
2016
Details | Dhaka Dynamites
159/9 (20 overs) | Dhaka Dynamites won by 56 runs
Scorecard | Rajshahi Kings
103 (17.4 overs) | Mahmudullah (Khulna Titans)
2017
Details | Rangpur Riders
206/1 (20 overs) | Rangpur Riders won by 57 runs
Scorecard | Dhaka Dynamites
149/9 (20 overs) | Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders)
2018
Details | Comilla Victorians
199/3 (20 overs) | Comilla Victorians won by 17 runs
Scorecard | Dhaka Dynamites
182/9 (20 overs) | Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites)
2019
Details | Rajshahi Royals
170/4 (20 overs) | Rajshahi Royals won by 21 runs
Scorecard | Khulna Tigers
149/8 (20 overs) | Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals)
2020  | (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[29]
2021
2022
Details | Comilla Victorians
151/9 (20 overs) | Comilla Victorians won by 1 run
Scorecard | Fortune Barishal
150/8 (20 overs) | Shakib Al Hasan (Fortune Barishal)
2023
Details | Comilla Victorians
176/3 (19.2 overs) | Comilla Victorians won by 7 wickets
Scorecard | Sylhet Strikers
175/7 (20 overs) | Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers)
2024
Details | Fortune Barishal
157/4 (19 overs) | Fortune Barishal won by 6 wickets
Scorecard | Comilla Victorians
154/6 (20 overs) | Tamim Iqbal (Fortune Barishal)
2025
Details | Fortune Barishal
195/7 (19.3 overs) | Fortune Barishal won by 3 wickets
Scorecard | Chittagong Kings
194/3 (20 overs) | Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Khulna Tigers)

### Overall team performances

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As of 5 April 2024

Records include all matches played under the name of a franchise, even where the franchise has been suspended and re-created as a new organisation.

Overall team performances[30] Team | Match | Win | Loss  | Tied | Tied+W | Tied+L | NR | Win%

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Fortune Barishal | 89 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55.68%
Chittagong Kings | 124 | 55 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45.53%
Comilla Victorians | 105 | 65 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.46%
Dhaka Capitals | 127 | 63 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.40%
Khulna Tigers | 111 | 47 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42.73%
Rangpur Riders | 105 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.24%
Sylhet Strikers | 107 | 40 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.10%
Durbar Rajshahi | 78 | 40 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.28%

Note:

* Tie&W and Tie&L indicate matches tied and then won or lost by "Super Over"
* The win percentage excludes no results.

### Overall team standings

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Season
(No. of Teams)  | 2012
(6)  | 2013
(7)  | 2015
(6)  | 2016
(7)  | 2017
(7)  | 2019
(7)  | 2019–20
(7)  | 2022
(6)  | 2023
(7)  | 2024
(7)  | 2025
(7)

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Fortune Barishal | RU  | 5th  | RU  | 7th  | DNP  | RU  | PO  | C
Chittagong Kings | 5th  | RU  | 6th  | PO  | 7th  | PO  | PO  | PO  | 7th  | PO  | RU
Comilla Victorians | DNP  | C | 6th  | PO  | C | 5th  | C | C | RU  | DNP
Dhaka Capitals | C | C | PO  | C | RU  | RU  | PO  | 5th  | 6th  | 7th  | 6th
Khulna Tigers | SF  | 7th  | DNP  | PO  | PO  | RU  | PO  | 5th  | 5th  | 5th  | PO
Durbar Rajshahi | SF  | PO  | DNP  | RU  | 6th  | 5th  | C | DNP  | 5th
Rangpur Riders | DNP  | 5th  | PO  | 5th  | C | PO  | 6th  | DNP  | PO  | PO  | PO
Sylhet Strikers | 6th  | PO  | 5th  | DNP  | 5th  | 6th  | 7th  | 6th  | RU  | 6th  | 7th

*   C: champions
*   RU: runner-up
*   PO: Play Off
*   DNP: Did not participate

### Team performances

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Team performances[31][30] Teams | Seasons | Appearances | Champion(s) | Runner–up(s) | Playoffs | League Stage

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Comilla Victorians | 2015–2024 | 7 | 4
(2015, 2019, 2022, 2023) | 1
(2024) | 1 | 1
Dhaka Capitals | 2012–present | 11 | 3
(2012, 2013, 2016) | 2
(2017, 2019) | 2 | 3
Fortune Barishal | 2012–present | 8 | 2
(2024, 2025) | 3
(2012, 2015, 2022) | 1 | 2
Durbar Rajshahi | 2012–present | 6 | 1
(2019–20) | 1
(2016) | 2 | 2
Rangpur Riders | 2013–present | 7 | 1
(2017) | 0 | 3 | 3
Chittagong Kings | 2012–present | 11 | 0 | 2
(2013, 2025) | 5 | 4
Khulna Tigers | 2012–present | 8 | 0 | 1
(2019–20) | 4 | 2
Sylhet Strikers | 2012–present | 8 | 0 | 1
(2023) | 1 | 6

## Rivalries

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### Dhaka Capitals–Comilla Victorians (BPL Clásico)

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The Dhaka–Comilla rivalry is a cricket rivalry between two franchises, Dhaka Capitals and Comilla Victorians in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), known as the BPL Clásico. They are the two most successful teams in BPL winning a combined 7 titles out of the 10 BPL seasons. Dhaka and Comilla have historically engaged in some of the most iconic clashes in the BPL. It is considered to be the biggest and iconic match in Bangladeshi domestic cricket. Dhaka Capitals and Comilla Victorians produced some intense nail bitting clash. BPL Clásico is the oldest domestic cricket rivalry in Bangladesh. Many legendary cricketers have played for both teams. some notable players are Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Andre Russell, Kiron Pollard, Shahid Afridi.

### Fortune Barishal-Rangpur Riders Rivalry (North-South Derby)

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The Barishal-Rangpur rivalry is a cricket rivalry between the BPL teams of Fortune Barishal and Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. It is the biggest rivalry of the BPL and is often referred to as the North–South Derby of the Bangladesh Premier League. Shakib and Tamim incident started the hype of the rivalry and is still constant. The rivalry became more intense when, during the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League faceoff between the two teams in playoff round. Rangpur won 1 title and played playoffs 4 times. Other hand Barishal played in final 4 times and won 1 time, also played playoffs 1 time in BPL.[32][33][34]

### Durbar Rajshahi–Chittagong Kings Rivalry (East-West Derby)

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The Rajshahi–Chittagong rivalry, between the BPL teams of Durbar Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings, known as the East-West Derby, is one of the most heated and passionate cricket rivalry in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The rivalry is Representing the western powerhouse Rajshahi and the eastern economic giant Chittagong. The rivalry is also referred to as the Padma-Karnaphuli Derby due to geographical reasons. It is alternatively known as the Education-Economy Derby, highlighting Chittagong's economic strength and Rajshahi's educational excellence. This clash reflects both deep-rooted regional pride and cricketing dominance.[35][36][37][38][39]

## Sponsorship

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For the first season of the tournament, Bangladeshi conglomerate Destiny Group was the main sponsor of the tournament, negotiating a one-year sponsorship package for 75 million taka (US$1.0 million). Prime Bank Limited was awarded the sponsorship deal for the second season for 100 million taka (US$1.5 million). BRB Cables Limited held the sponsorship rights for third season in 2015 with 150 million taka (US$2.0 million). Abul Khair Steel (AKS), a sister concern group of Abul Khair Industries Limited became the title sponsor of the fourth and fifth editions.

Season  | Sponsorship rights  | Gross revenues Earned[40] | Broadcasting rights

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2012  | Destiny Group
৳7.5 crore (US$620,000)  | ৳35.47 crore (US$2.9 million)  | Channel Nine
৳63.2 crore (US$5.2 million)
four-year broadcasting rights (2012–16)[41]
2013  | Prime Bank Limited
৳10 crore (US$820,000)  | ৳30.2 crore (US$2.5 million)
2015–16  | BRB Cables Industries Limited
৳15 crore (US$1.2 million)  | ৳26.65 crore (US$2.2 million)
2016–17  | Abul Khair Steel (AKS) and Shah Cement
৳22 crore (US$1.8 million)  | ৳43.3 crore (US$3.6 million)  (2016–17)
Unpublished  | GTV and Maasranga
৳64 crore (US$5.3 million)
three-year broadcasting rights (2017–2019)[42]
2019  | United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) and TVS Motor Company
Akash DTH and TVS Motor Company
2022  | BBS Cables and Walton |  | GTV and T Sports
2023[43] | M. M. Ispahani Limited and Minister Group

16 Crore ( US$1.3 million)

| 20 Crore  | Nagorik TV
৳35 crore (US$2.9 million)
broadcasting rights for 2023-25 edition[44]
2024  |  | GTV and T Sports
2025  | Dutch-Bangla Bank |

## Broadcasters

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As of 2025 the competition is broadcast in a number of countries.

Location  | TV channels  | Digital streaming

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Bangladesh  | T Sports | RabbitholeBD
T Sports App
Nagorik
India  | Zoom | FanCode
Pakistan  | Ten Sports | Tapmad App
Sri Lanka  | ThePapare TV HD | Dialog ViU
United Kingdom  | Willow | Rabbithole YouTube
United States  | Willow |
Southeast Asia  |  | Cricbuzz
Middle East and North Africa  |  | Cricbuzz
Rest of the world  |  | Rabbithole YouTube

* Source: MyKhel[45]

## See also

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* List of Bangladesh Premier League captains
* List of Bangladesh Premier League records and statistics

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