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54 players sign for new team on day 1 of DPL players transfer
DHAKA, March 3, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 54 players registered their name
for the new team on the first day of the three-day Inter Club Players
Transfer of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) at the Sher-e-Bangla National
Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
The premier tournament of the domestic cricket, DPL this year is dedicated
to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark his
birth centenary and therefore named as ‘Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier League.’
This season saw the traditional players transfer replaced the ‘Players By
Choice’ system after two years-vastly basically for the cricketers’ demand as
they wanted to choose the club by their own.
On the first day, Mohammedan Sporting Club acquired the service of 10
players including the likes of Taskin Ahmed, who played for Legends of
Rupganj in the last year. The traditional club of the country also roped in
Shamsur Rahman Shuvo, Abur Razzak, Shuvagata Hom, Abu Haider Rony, Abu Jayed
Rahi and World Cup winning Under-19 star Parvez Hossain Emon.
While they roped in some promising stars along with the senior players,
they let Mohammad Ashraful and Rakibul Hasan leave the team to join Sheikh
Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited, which also obtained players like Sohrawari
Shuvo, Sykat Ali.
Their archrivals Abahani Limited acquired the service of another World Cup
winning Under-19 star Tanzim Hasan Sakib along with national leg-spinner
Aminul Islam Biplob, both of who joined the Dhanmondi outfit from BKSP.
Arafat Sunny also joined Abahani from Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club. Mehedi
Hasan Rana and Shohidul Islam are the other two players who they recruited on
the first day of the players transfer.
Prime Bank Cricket Club recruited some mid-level stars so far on the first
day with the likes of Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Rony Tlukdar, Nazmul Islam Apu,
Amit Mojumdar.
Partex Spoting Club, Khelaghar Samaj Kallayan Samity, Old DOHS were the
other three teams who took part in the players transfer on day one.
The second day’s players’ transfer will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla
National Cricket Stadium before the venue shifted to Sylhet International
Cricket Stadium for final day’s transfer to facilitate the signing of the
national players.
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