2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League
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| Dates | 21 January – 18 February 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board BPL Governing Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double Round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Official website | BPL |
The 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 8 or Bangabandhu BPL 2021–22 presented by BBS Cables and powered by Walton (for sponsorship reasons), is the eighth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).[1] The season was scheduled to start from March 2021.[2] However, the tournament was postponed and rescheduled to be held from 21 January to 18 February 2022.[3][4]
A franchise from Barisal was announced as taking part since Barisal Bulls played in 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League.[5] Comilla Victorians returned after the hiatus of one season.[6] On 12 December 2021, all six teams were announced, with the exclusion of Rangpur Rangers and the defending champion Rajshahi Royals.[7]
Changes of rules
After confirming all franchises, BCB changed the rule of playing condition as:
- Each team is allowed to play a maximum of three overseas players in a match.[8]
- Each franchise is allowed to sign one local players from any category as direct signing prior to the players' draft, and a maximum of 3 foreign players can be recruited as direct signing.[9]
- Each franchise is allowed to sign a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 local players while a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 8 can be signed, in the case of foreign players.[9]
Draft and squads
The players' draft was held on 27 December 2021.[10]
Sri Lanka Cricket did not provide a no-objection certificate to some of its players due to FTP commitments.[11]
Venues
Bangladesh
| Chittagong | Dhaka | Sylhet |
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| Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 18,500 |
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| Matches: 8 | Matches: 20 (incl. Playoffs) | Matches: 6 |
Results
Points Table:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comilla Victorians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.942 |
| 2 | Fortune Barishal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.287 |
| 3 | Minister Dhaka | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.266 |
| 4 | Khulna Tigers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.175 |
| 5 | Chattogram Challengers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.215 |
| 6 | Sylhet Sunrisers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.784 |
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2022. Source: Cricinfo.com
- advances to the Qualifier 1
- advances to the Eliminator
League progression
| League matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |||
| Chattogram Challengers | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ? | ? | ||||||
| Comilla Victorians | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Fortune Barishal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Khulna Tigers | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Minister Dhaka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Sylhet Sunrisers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Win | Loss | No result |
- 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
Phase 1 (Dhaka)
Chattogram Challengers
125/8 (20 overs) |
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Fortune Barishal
126/6 (18.4 overs) |
- Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Minister Dhaka
183/6 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
186/5 (19 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sunrisers
96 (19.1 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
97/8 (18.4 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers
161/8 (20 overs) |
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Minister Dhaka
131 (19.5 overs) |
- Minister Dhaka won the toss and elected to field
Fortune Barishal
129/8 (20 overs) |
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Minister Dhaka
130/6 (17.3 overs) |
- Minister Dhaka won the toss and elected to field.
- Shakib Al Hasan (Fortune Barishal) took his 400th wicket in Twenty20 cricket.[12]
Chattogram Challengers
190/7 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
165/9 (20 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Andre Fletcher (Khulna Tigers) was replaced by Sikandar Raza during Khulna Tiger's innings, after suffering a concussion.
Minister Dhaka
100 (18.4 overs) |
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Sylhet Sunrisers
101/3 (17 overs) |
- Sylhet Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians
158/7 (20 overs) |
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Fortune Barishal
95 (17.3 overs) |
- Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 2 (Chittagong)
Chattogram Challengers
143/8 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
144/4 (18.5 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sunrisers
175/5 (20 overs) |
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Minister Dhaka
177/1 (17 overs) |
- Minister Dhaka won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal
141/9 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
124 (19 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers
202/5 (20 overs) |
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Sylhet Sunrisers
186/6 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
- Mrittunjoy Chowdhury (Chattogram Challengers) took a hat-trick.[13]
Comilla Victorians
183/3 (20 overs) |
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Chattogram Challengers
131 (17.3 overs) |
- Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal
145 (18.5 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
139/6 (20 overs) |
- Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Soumya Sarkar (Khulna Tigers) scored his 3,000th runs in T20 cricket.[14]
Minister Dhaka
181/6 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
131 (17.3 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal
149 (19.1 overs) |
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Chattogram Challengers
135 (19.4 overs) |
- Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to bat.
Phase 3 (Dhaka)
Sylhet Sunrisers
142/5 (20 overs) |
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Khulna Tigers
144/1 (14.2 overs) |
- Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers
138/8 (18 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
148/1 (16.3 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during Chattogram Challengers innings. Comilla Victorians were set a revised target of 144 runs from 18 overs.
- Mustafizur Rahman got 5 wickets third time in T20's
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
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- No toss
- No play was possible due to rain.
Phase 4 (Sylhet)
Phase 5 (Dhaka)
Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifiers
- Qualifier 1
- Qualifier 2
Final
Notes
- ^ After 4 matches, Naeem Islam took over the captaincy
References
- ^ "BCB pushes 2020-21 BPL to next year; wants to hold DPL 2019-20 this year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "BPL 8 to be Held in March 2021!". Daily Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Bangladesh Premier League to be held in January-February 2022". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "BPL starts on January 21". Daily Cricket. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "বিপিএলে বরিশালের হয়ে খেলবেন সাকিব, কোচ সুজন". Bdcrictime.com (in Bengali). Dhaka. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Faf du Plessis-Moeen Ali set to feature in forthcoming BPL". Cricfrenzy. Dhaka. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "BPL 2022 franchises finalised, not team from Rajshahi or Rangpur". Bdcrictime.com. Dhaka. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Staff, C. A. "BPL 2022 To Have Six Franchises, Only Three Overseas Players Allowed". Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b Azam, Atif. "BPL 2022 to kick off on January 21". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "BPL Players' Draft to be held today". New Age. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "SLC to not provide NOC for BPL 2022". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Andre Russell's all-round brilliance gives Minister Dhaka first win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Mrittunjoy Chowdhury hat-trick on BPL debut downs Sylhet Sunrisers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "জ্বলে উঠতে দেরি করে সাকিবদের কাছে হার মুশফিকদের". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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