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.
Dhaka Dynamites Chittagong Vikings Sylhet Sixers Khulna Titans Rajshahi Kings Rangpur Riders Comilla Victorians Shakib Al Hasan (c) Kumar Sangakkara Cameron Delport Joe Denly Jahurul Islam Evin Lewis Nadif Chowdhury Rovman Powell Shadman Islam Abu Hider Rony Kevon Cooper Mosaddek Hossain Sunil Narine Kieron Pollard Shahid Afridi Ronsford Beaton Akeal Hosein Khaled Ahmed Mohammad Amir Mohammad Shahid Saqlain Sajib Shaheen Afridi Mehedi Maruf Saddam Hossain Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Anamul Haque Bijoy Dilshan Munaweera Luke Ronchi Soumya Sarkar Najibullah Zadran Irfan Shukkur Liam Dawson Sikander Raza Luis Reece Stiaan van Zyl Nayeem Hasan Tanbir Hayder Taskin Ahmed Yasir Arafat Alauddin Babu Suhrawadi Shuvo Sunzamul Islam Al-Amin Sajjadul Haque Subashis Roy Nasir Hossain (c) Babar Azam Andre Fletcher Upul Tharanga Danushka Gunathilaka Ross Whiteley Andre McCarthy Nurul Hasan Sohan Chaturanga de Silva Sabbir Rahman Dasun Shanaka Sharifullah Shuvagata Hom Taijul Islam Abul Hasan Nabil Samad Liam Plunkett Krishmar Santokie Kamrul Islam Rabbi Usman Shinwari Ghulam Mudassar Imtiaz Hossain Mohammad Sharif Mahmudullah (c) Michael Klinger Najmul Hossain Shanto Saif Hassan Dhiman Ghosh Nicholas Pooran Rilee Rossouw Sarfaraz Ahmed Chadwick Walton Yasir Ali Afif Hossain Ariful Haque Carlos Brathwaite Akila Dananjaya Benny Howell Shehan Jayasuriya Mosharraf Hossain Muktar Ali Seekkuge Prasanna Shadab Khan Kyle Abbott Abu Jayed Jofra Archer Junaid Khan Shafiul Islam Tanvir Islam Imran Ali Darren Sammy (c) Rony Talukder Zakir Hasan Lendl Simmons Luke Wright Mominul Haque Mushfiqur Rahim Farhad Reza James Franklin Mehidy Hasan Miraz Malcolm Waller Samit Patel Mohammad Sami Mustafizur Rahman Nihaduzzaman Qazi Onik Usama Mir Kesrick Williams Hossain Ali Naeem Islam Jnr Raza Ali Dar Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Chris Gayle Brendon McCullum Johnson Charles Adam Lyth Sam Hain Mohammad Mithun Kusal Perera Shahriar Nafees Shamsur Rahman Ravi Bopara Fazle Mahmud Nahidul Islam Thisara Perera Samiullah Shinwari Ziaur Rahman Sohag Gazi David Willey Abdur Razzak Samuel Badree Ebadot Hossain Elias Sunny Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Nazmul Islam Rubel Hossain Zahir Khan Tamim Iqbal (c) Imrul Kayes Fakhar Zaman Litton Das Darren Bravo Jos Buttler Solomon Mire Marlon Samuels Colin Munro Raqibul Hasan Alok Kapali Dwayne Bravo Faheem Ashraf Mahedi Hasan Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Saifuddin Rashid Khan Shoaib Malik Al Amin Hossain Arafat Sunny Graeme Cremer Enamul Haque Jnr. Hassan Ali Imran Khan Mehedi Hasan Rana Rumman Raees
Venues A total of 46 matches were played, with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.
ChittagongDhakaSylhetZohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 18,500 Matches: 10 Matches: 28 Matches: 8
Results Points table The top four teams qualified for the playoffs advanced to the Qualifier 1 advanced to the Eliminator
League Progression
League matches Playoffs Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Q1/E Q2 F Chittagong Vikings Comilla Victorians Dhaka Dynamites Khulna Titans Rajshahi Kings Rangpur Riders Sylhet Sixers
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)
Phase 2 (Dhaka)
Phase 3 (Chittagong)
Phase 4 (Dhaka)
Play-offs
Preliminary Eliminator
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics +Most runs Player Team Matches Runs Chris GayleRangpur Riders 11 485 Evin Lewis Dhaka Dynamites 12 396 Ravi Bopara Rangpur Riders 15 365 Tamim Iqbal Comilla Victorians 10 332 Mohammad MithunRangpur Riders 15 329 Source: Cricinfo.com
+Most wickets Player Team Matches Wickets Shakib Al HasanDhaka Dynamites 1322 Abu Jayed Khulna Titans 1218 Hasan AliComilla Victorians 916 Mohammad SaifuddinComilla Victorians 1316 Shahid Afridi Dhaka Dynamites 815 Source: Cricinfo.com
Highest team totals Team Total Opponent Ground Khulna Titans 213/5 Rajshahi Kings Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumChittagong Vikings 211/5 Sylhet Sixers Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumRangpur Riders 206/1 Dhaka Dynamites Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Source: Cricinfo.com
References
External links Series home on ESPN Cricinfo