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2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League 2017, also known as BPL Season 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. 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 playing against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions. This year, Pakistani players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league.

In the championship match, 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 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.

Draft and squads

The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.

A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.

Venues

A total of 46 matches were played, with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.

Results

Points table

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  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
  • advanced to the Qualifier 1
  • advanced to the Eliminator</onlyinclude>

League Progression

League stage

A total of 42 matches were played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, followed by 16 in Dhaka, then ten in Chittagong, and the final eight in Dhaka.

Phase 1 (Sylhet)








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Phase 3 (Chittagong)










Phase 4 (Dhaka)








Play-offs

Preliminary

Eliminator

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

References

External links