The Bangladesh Premier League 2013 season, also known as BPL Season 2 or Prime Bank BPL 2013 (for sponsorship reasons), was the second season of the Bangladesh Premier League, established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in 2012. The tournament began on 18 January 2013 and ended on 19 February. The competition featured seven teams, with the addition of the Rangpur Riders to the six franchise teams that played the first edition of the tournament. Dhaka Gladiators became champions again by beating Chittagong Kings by 43 runs in the final.
This season did not include any Pakistan players as the Pakistan Cricket Board refused to release the 27 players sold at the auction in retaliation to Bangladesh cancelling their international tour of Pakistan over safety issues.
Venues Most of the matches were held at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. For the first time, matches were played in Khulna at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. MA Aziz Stadium hosted the matches in Chittagong, instead of Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, which hosted the tournament in the first season.
ChittagongDhakaKhulnaMA Aziz StadiumSher-e-Bangla Cricket StadiumSheikh Abu Naser StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 15,000 Matches: 10 Matches: 28 Matches: 8
Player auction
The player auction was held on 20 December 2012. Changes were made this season to the players' salaries structure, including the introduction of restrictions on payment to players. This glorious Auction were host by the popular & sensational film Actress Alisha Pradhan along with other honourable BPL members. Players were divided into the following categories: Category Base price (USD) Bidding price restriction (USD) Golden 50,000 75,000 Golden (foreign) 75,000 150,000 A (local) 30,000 50,000 B (local) 20,000 30,000 C (local) 10,000 20,000 A (foreign) 50,000 75,000 B (foreign) 30,000 50,000 C (foreign) 15,000 30,000
Teams and standings
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs advanced to the Qualifier 1 advanced to the Eliminator Duronto Rajshahi qualified in fourth place, due to their head-to-head record against Rangpur Riders and Barisal Burners.
Fixtures All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).
Group stage Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1
Elimination
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Highest team totals The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season. Team Total Opponent Ground Dhaka Gladiators 217/4 (20 overs) Rangpur Riders Shere Bangla National Stadium Duronto Rajshahi 213/6 (20 overs) Barisal Burners MA Aziz Stadium Barisal Burners 209/7 (20 overs) Duronto Rajshahi MA Aziz Stadium Dhaka Gladiators 204/4 (20 overs) Khulna Royal Bengals Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka Gladiators 202/5 (20 overs) Rangpur Riders Shere Bangla National Stadium
Most runs The top five highest run scorers in the season are included in this table.
Player Team Runs Sylhet Royals 440 Chittagong Kings 432 Shamsur Rahman Rangpur Riders 416 Barisal Burners 410 Khulna Royal Bengals 395
Most wickets The top five highest wicket-takers in the season are included in this table.
Player Team Wickets Alfonso Thomas Dhaka Gladiators 20Azhar Mahmood Barisal Burners 19Enamul Haque Jr. Chittagong Kings 18Mohammad Nabi Sylhet Royals 18Mosharraf Hossain Dhaka Gladiators 17
See also 2013 Bangladesh Premier League squads 2012–13 Bangladeshi cricket season
References
External links Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo Bangladesh Premier League Score, News Site Official website of the Bangladesh Cricket Board