2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League


The Bangladesh Premier League 2022, also known as BPL Season 8 or Bangabandhu BPL 2022, was the eighth season of the Bangladesh Premier League, the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The season was scheduled to start from March 2021. However, the tournament was postponed and rescheduled to be held from 21 January to 18 February 2022.
A franchise from Barisal was announced as taking part since Barisal Bulls played in 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League. Comilla Victorians returned after a hiatus of one season. On 12 December 2021, all six teams were announced, with the exclusion of Rangpur Rangers and the defending champion Rajshahi Royals.
In the final match, Comilla Victorians defeated Fortune Barishal by 1 run to win their third BPL title. Comilla Victorians' bowling allrounder Sunil Narine won Player of the match for his all-round performances and Fortune Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan won Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances.
Will Jacks was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 414 runs while Mustafizur Rahman was the leading wicket-taker with 19 wickets.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

    Draft and squads

The players' draft was held on 27 December 2021.
Chattogram Challengers
Comilla Victorians
Fortune Barishal
Khulna Tigers
Minister Dhaka
Sylhet Sunrisers

  • Imrul Kayes
  • Faf du Plessis
  • Moeen Ali
  • Sunil Narine
  • Mustafizur Rahman
  • Litton Das
  • Shohidul Islam
  • Tanvir Islam
  • Kusal Mendis
  • Oshane Thomas
  • Ariful Haque
  • Nahidul Islam
  • Mahmudul Hasan Joy
  • Sumon Khan
  • Mominul Haque
  • Mahidul Islam Ankon
  • Pervez Hossain Emon
  • Abu Hider
  • Mehedi Hasan
  • Cameron Delport
  • Karim Janat
  • Shakib Al Hasan
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman
  • Danushka Gunathilaka
  • Chris Gayle
  • Nurul Hasan
  • Najmul Hossain Shanto
  • Mehedi Hasan Rana
  • Fazle Mahmud
  • Obed McCoy
  • Alzarri Joseph
  • Towhid Hridoy
  • Ziaur Rahman
  • Shafiqul Islam
  • Shykat Ali
  • Niroshan Dickwella
  • Nayeem Hasan
  • Taijul Islam
  • Salman Hossain
  • Irfan Sukkur
  • Dwayne Bravo
  • Munim Shahriar
  • Jake Lintott
  • Sam Hain
  • Mushfiqur Rahim
  • Thisara Perera
  • Bhanuka Rajapaksa
  • Naveen-ul-Haq
  • Mahedi Hasan
  • Soumya Sarkar
  • Kamrul Islam Rabbi
  • Yasir Ali
  • Seekkuge Prasanna
  • Sikandar Raza
  • Farhad Reza
  • Rony Talukdar
  • Khaled Ahmed
  • Jaker Ali
  • Nabil Samad
  • Suhrawadi Shuvo
  • Sharifullah
  • Andre Fletcher
  • Tanzid Hasan
  • Ruyel Miah
  • Mahmudullah
  • Isuru Udana
  • Qais Ahmad
  • Najibullah Zadran
  • Tamim Iqbal
  • Rubel Hossain
  • Mashrafe Mortaza
  • Shuvagata Hom
  • Mohammad Shahzad
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi
  • Mohammad Naim
  • Arafat Sunny
  • Imran Uzzaman
  • Shafiul Islam
  • Jahurul Islam
  • Shamsur Rahman
  • Ebadot Hossain
  • Rishad Hossain
  • Andre Russell
  • Hasan Murad
  • Aminul Islam
  • Azmatullah Omarzai
  • Ravi Bopara
  • Mosaddek Hossain
  • Taskin Ahmed
  • Dinesh Chandimal
  • Kesrick Williams
  • Colin Ingram
  • Shiraz Ahmed
  • Mohammad Mithun
  • Al-Amin Hossain
  • Nazmul Islam
  • Angelo Perera
  • Anamul Haque
  • Sohag Gazi
  • Alok Kapali
  • Muktar Ali
  • Jubair Hossain
  • Mizanur Rahman
  • Nadif Chowdhury
  • Shafiul Hayet
  • Sunzamul Islam
  • Lendl Simmons
  • Devon Thomas
  • Alauddin Babu
  • AKS Swadhin
    • Sri Lanka Cricket did not provide a no-objection certificate to some of its players due to Future Tours Programme commitments.

    Venues

    Teams and standings

    Points Table

    • advances to the [|Qualifier 1]
    • advances to the [|Eliminator]

      League progression

    League stage

    Phase 1 (Dhaka)

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    Phase 4 (Sylhet)

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    Phase 5 (Dhaka)

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    Playoffs

    Eliminator

    Qualifiers

    ;Qualifier 1
    ;Qualifier 2

    Final

    Statistics

    • Source:
    PlayerTeamMatchesWickets
    Mustafizur RahmanComilla Victorians1119
    Dwayne BravoFortune Barishal1018
    Shakib Al HasanFortune Barishal1116
    Tanvir IslamComilla Victorians1216
    Mrittunjoy ChowdhuryChattogram Challengers815

    • Source:
    TeamTotalOpponentGroundResult
    Chattogram Challengers202/5Sylhet SunrisersZohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumWon
    Fortune Barishal199/4Sylhet SunrisersSylhet International Cricket StadiumWon
    Chattogram Challengers190/7Khulna TigersSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumWon

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