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Player draft for Bangabandhu T20 Cup to be held tomorrow
DHAKA, Nov 11, 2020 (BSS) – The Player Draft of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at a local hotel in the city.
The Draft programme will start at 12 noon. There are 157 cricketers in the draft list who have been placed in four categories–A, B, C and D.
Five cricketers—Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mustafizur Rahman have been placed in Grade A with a price of BDT 15 lakh.
Grade 2 with price of BDT 10 lakh and Grade C with price of BDT 6 lakh featured 21 and 23 players respectively. 108 players have been placed in Grade D with a price of BDT 4 lakh. The likes of Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, Shahriar Nafees have been placed in Grade D, which featured mostly the Under-19 players.
The BCB had already named the five teams of the tournament—Beximco Dhaka, Gazi Group Chattogram, Fortune Barishal, Gemcon Khulna and Minister Group Rajshahi.
The BCB said the maximum squad size of a team should be 16 players. There will be a random draw for each set of the Draft to decide the order for the five participating teams to call their players of choice.
For the second round of each set, the call order will be reversed. For example, if a team gets to call first in round one, it will call last in the second round.
For each set there will be two rounds of calls. Each team will get one opportunity to call in each round. A team may call their player of choice from any category. After one set there will be a fresh draw to decide the order of calls.There will be maximum of eight sets for conducting the Player Draft.Once a player is chosen from the Draft, he cannot be withdrawn unless he is unavailable due to injury, illness, unavailability on medical grounds or any other logically acceptable reason.
Players can only be recruited from the Draft list. But in case of any injury, illness, unavailability of any player, teams may request for replacements. The replacement player has to be of the same or lower grade and from the unsold players’ list.
Grade A (BDT 15 lakh): Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mustafizur Rahman.
Grade B (BDT 10 lakh): Liton Das, Imrul kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Saifuddin, Shafiul Islam, Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi, Al-Amin Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Rubel Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed, Mahadi Hasan, Afif Hossain, Naim Sheikh, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Irfan Shukkur, Mominul Haque, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan.
Grade C (BDT 6 lakh): Hasan Mahmud, Sabbir Rahman, Abu Haider Rony, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Jahirul Islam, Farhad Reza, Fazle Rabbi, Yasir Ali Rabbi, Rony Talukdar, Sumon Khan, Sanzamul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Aminul Islam Biplob, Shamsur Rahman, Shahidul Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Saif Hassan, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Arafat Sunny, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed.
Grade D (BDT 4 lakh): Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvej Emon, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Shamim Patwari, Akbar Ali, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Murad, Al Amin Junior, Minhajul Abedin Afridi, Mahidul Ankan, Mohammad Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Rezaur Rahman Raja, Noman Chowdhury Sagor, Rakibul Hasan (Senior), Rakibul Hasan (Junior), Shahin Alom, Towhid Ridoy, Mukidul Islam Mugdho, Shafiqul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Ariful Haque, Rubel Mea, Shahriar Nafees, Juniad Siddique, Sohrawardi Shuvo, Shuvagata Hom, Salahuddin Shakil, Sajjdul Haque Ripon, Mohor Sheikh Antor, Shakhawat Hossain Saimon, Iftekhar Sajjad Rony, Nazmul Islam Apu, Sadman Islam, Sanjit Saha, Monir Hossain Khan, Nur Hossain Saddam, Sajidul Islam, Enamul Haque Junior, Avishek Mitra, Nadif Chowdhury, Abdul Majid, Ziaur Rahman, Muktar Ali, Zakir Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Delwar Hossain, Tanvir Hyder Khan, Mehedi Maruf, Robiul Haque, Mizanur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Naeem Islam (Senior), Nayeem Islam (Junior), Salman Hossain, Hossain Ali, Jubair Hossain Likhon, Rahatul ferdous Javed, Pinak Ghosh, Asif Hasan, Fardin Hossain Ani, Robiul Islam Robi, Abdur Razzak, Jabid Hossain, Nihad Uz Zaman, Habibur Rahman Jony, Mohammad Hasanuzzaman, Abu Syem, Taibur Rahman Parvez, Mahmudul Hasan Lemon, Jasim Uddin, Imran Ali, Sharifullah,Maishukur Rahman, Riyal, Rakin Ahmed, Irfan Hossain, Joy Raj Sheikh, Shafiul Hayat Ridoy, Mehrab Hossain Joshi, Ali Ahmed Manik, Raihan Uddin, Shabaz Chowhan, Azmeer Ahmed, Sujob Howladerm Shahnoor Rahman, Allis Al Islam, Shakil Hossain, Masum Khan, Tipu Sultan, Md. Rakib, Masum Khan Tutul, Ruyel Miah, Shykat Ali, Alauddin Babu, Nahidul Islam, Ahmed Sadikur Rahman, Nuruzzaman, Shenaz Ahmed, Imranuzzman, Arafat Sunny (Junior), Towhidul Islam Russel, Anisul Emon, Mehadi Hasan, Rony Chowdhury, Robin Das, Yeasir Arafat Mishu, Sadiqur Rahman.
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