The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the official dates for the next three editions of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) between 2023 to 2025.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially announced that the Basundhara Group’s Rangpur, who are also the former Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) champions will be making their comeback for the next three editions of the Bangladesh franchise tournament from 2023 to 2025.
Bangladesh Cricket Board have made advance plans for the league, and announced dates for the next three editions of the BPL.
The 2023 edition will be played between January 5 to February 16, the 2024 season between January 6 to February 17 and the 2025 season will be played from January 1 to February 11.
“After detailed evaluation and assessment of the EOI documents submitted by prospective owners, the BPL (Bangladesh Premier League) T20 Governing Council has invited the following parties to complete the process of securing Franchise Ownership Rights for the next three (9th, 10th & 11th) editions of the tournament,” BPL governing council said in a statement.
According to reports in Cricbuzz, “the player draft will be held on either October 7 or 8 while the selected business houses have been asked to deposit BDT 10 Crores to get the franchise rights for the first year of the tournament.”
“The BCB will get BDT 1.5 Crore as franchise fees while the rest of the amount will be kept for players payments, accommodation and other expenses for the franchises.”
Here’s the list of the BPL franchises:
BPL Franchises: Fortune Barishal Sports Ltd (Barishal), Mindtree Limited (Khulna), Progoti Green Auto Rice Mills Ltd (Dhaka), Future Sports Bangladesh Limited (Sylhet), Bashundhara Group’s Toggi Sports Limited (Rangpur), Delta Sports Ltd (Chattogram) Comilla Legends Limited (Comilla).