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Bangladesh Premier League 2019–20

2019-20 BPL Logo
Dates	11 December 2019 – 17 January 2020
Administrator(s)	Bangladesh Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Bangladesh
Champions	Rajshahi Royals (1st title)
Runners-up	Khulna Tigers
Participants	7
Matches	46
Player of the series	Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals)
Most runs	Rilee Rossouw (Khulna Tigers) (495)
Most wickets	Mustafizur Rahman (Rangpur Rangers) Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers) Rubel Hossain (Chattogram Challengers) Robert Frylinck (Khulna Tigers) (20 wickets each)
Official website	BPL
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The Bangladesh Premier League 2019–20, also known as BPL Season 7 or Bangabandhu BPL Presented by AKASH DTH and Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the seventh season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season was scheduled to originally start from 6 December 2019 and end on 11 January 2020, with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019. Comilla Victorians were the defending champions. However, the tournament was delayed by five days and started on 11 December 2019 and ended on 17 January 2020, with the opening ceremony held on 8 December 2019.

Chittagong Vikings were announced as not taking part in this edition of the tournament after their ownership was sold, and were replaced by two new teams. A total of eight teams were originally scheduled to participate in this edition of the tournament, with contracts of pre-signed cricketers being cancelled until the players' draft. However, the idea was cancelled, with the number of teams being reverted to seven, and Chittagong Vikings being renamed to Chattogram Challengers and reinstated after the change of format by the BCB.

In the final match, Rajshahi Royals defeated Khulna Tigers by 21 runs to win their first ever BPL title. Rajshahi Royals captain Andre Russell won both Player of the match and Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances. Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 495 runs while the leading wicket-taker was tied with four players with 20 wickets.

Changes of rules

On 11 September 2019, BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season during a press briefing. Due to having some conflict of interests between BPL Governing Council and all other franchises, the BCB decided to run this edition of the BPL themselves without taking any franchises. The Board wanted to mark the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu in 2020 and to pay homage to him, the tournament was named "Bangabandhu BPL" after him. The responsibility to manage the team was on the BCB. The players’ transportation and accommodation were managed by the board. On 13 November 2019, the sponsorship and names of Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet teams were confirmed. The Comilla and Rangpur teams were sponsored by BCB themselves.

Draft and squads

The players' draft was scheduled to be held on 12 November 2019. However, the tournament was delayed by five days and the draft was held on 17 November 2019. Out of 7 teams, 5 teams are sponsored by private corporate firms while 2 teams are sponsored by BCB itself.

On 16 November 2019, BPL Governing Council unveiled the logo for this season and the names of the participating 7 teams. The squads were confirmed during the draft.

Venues

Chittagong	Dhaka	Sylhet
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 18,500
Matches: 12	Matches: 28 (incl. Playoffs)	Matches: 6
ChittagongDhakaSylhet

Results

Points table

• (C) and (R) denotes Champion and Runners-up respectively, (3) and (4) indicates 3rd and 4th position team.
•   advanced to the Qualifier 1
•   advanced to the Eliminator

League progression

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.

Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Playoffs) to see the match summary.

League stage

A total of 42 matches were played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 6 matches in Sylhet and 12 in Chittagong.

Phase 1 (Dhaka)

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Hasan Mahmud (Dhaka Platoon) made his T20 debut.

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Sylhet Thunders won the toss and elected to field.

Phase 2 (Chittagong)

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Chattogram Challengers scored the second highest team total in BPL history (238).
• It was the highest match aggregate in the BPL (460).

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.

• Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Phase 3 (Dhaka)

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals) hit his 400th six in T20 cricket.

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Jaker Ali (Dhaka Platoon) took the most number of catches and effected the most number of dismissals as a wicket-keeper in BPL (6 catches).

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Pinak Ghosh (Chattogram Challengers) made his T20 debut.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Phase 4 (Sylhet)

• Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.

• Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• This is the second ever tied match in BPL history.

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Sylhet Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.

Phase 5 (Dhaka)

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

• Rangpur Rangers won the toss and elected to field.

• Dhaka Platoon won the toss and elected to field.

• Cumilla Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
• Najmul Hossain Shanto (Khulna Tigers) became the second youngest player to score a century in BPL (21 years 144 days).
• It was the highest successful run chase in the history of BPL.

Playoffs

Eliminator

• Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifiers

Qualifier 1

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers) bowled the best bowling figures in the BPL (6/17).

Qualifier 2

• Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Final

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Rilee Rossouw	Khulna Tigers	14	14	495	45.00	155.17	71*	0	4	43	23
Mushfiqur Rahim	Khulna Tigers	14	14	491	70.14	147.00	98*	0	4	51	15
Litton Das	Rajshahi Royals	15	15	455	32.50	134.21	75	0	3	47	15
Shoaib Malik	Rajshahi Royals	15	15	455	37.91	130.00	87	0	3	40	17
Dawid Malan	Cumilla Warriors	11	11	444	49.33	145.09	100*	1	3	35	19
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 18 January 2019

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Over	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4WI	5WI
Mustafizur Rahman	Rangpur Rangers	12	12	44.3	2	312	20	3/10	15.60	7.01	13.3	0	0
Mohammad Amir	Khulna Tigers	13	13	50.2	0	355	20	6/17	17.75	7.05	15.1	0	1
Rubel Hossain	Chattogram Challengers	13	13	48.5	0	357	20	3/17	17.85	7.31	14.6	0	0
Robert Frylinck	Khulna Tigers	14	14	53.0	0	392	20	5/16	19.60	7.39	15.9	0	0
Shohidul Islam	Khulna Tigers	13	13	49.0	0	396	19	4/23	20.84	8.08	15.4	1	0
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated on 18 January 2019

Highest team totals

See also

• Mujib 100 T20 Cup Bangladesh 2020

Notes

1. left out for national duty and replaced by Liam Plunkett
2. left out for national duty and Chris Gayle replaced him
3. did not play in the 4th phase in Sylhet
4. did not play in the 4th phase in Sylhet due to injury
5. replaced by Ahmed Shehzad

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External links

• Series home at ESPNCricinfo

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