2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL 2026) was the 12th season of the Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh that is organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season commenced on 26 December 2025, and the final was held on 23 January 2026. Rajshahi Warriors beat Chattogram Royals in the final by 63 runs and won their second title.
Background The 2025–26 BPL season overlapped with the BBL 15, SA20 2026, Super Smash 2025–26 and ILT20 2025–26.
During the previous season, payment-related issues involving Durbar Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings were reported. For the 2025–26 season, the Bangladesh Cricket Board disqualified teams that failed to submit the required documentation.
The 2026 general elections were also a reason for organising the BPL with fewer teams to complete the competition before the election.
The Chattogram franchise was acquired by Triangle Sports and renamed Chattogram Royals. The Rajshahi franchise also underwent a change in ownership, with Nabil Group of Industries taking over and renaming the team Rajshahi Warriors. The Sylhet franchise came under new ownership by Cricket With Sami and was renamed Sylhet Titans. Noakhali Express was introduced as a new franchise after being acquired by Desh Travels. The Khulna Tigers and Fortune Barishal franchises did not participate in the season.
The auction took place on 30 November 2025. Pakistan based company, TPT – Trans Production & Technologies won the official broadcasting rights for the 2025–26 BPL – Bangladesh Premier League replacing Real Impact.
On 25 December 2025, Triangle Sports terminated the ownership of Chattogram Royals, and the Bangladesh Cricket Board took charge.
Opening ceremony An opening ceremony had been previously planned to be on 23 December 2025 in Dhaka ahead of the opening game of this season of the BPL. But later, due to security concerns, BCB had decided to arrange an opening ceremony shortly before the opening game at Sylhet on 26 December 2026, and so the scheduled time of the first two matches of the first day of BPL got delayed by 1 hour and 45 minutes, respectively. Therefore, the opening game between Sylhet Titans and Rajshahi Warriors commenced at 3:00 pm and the second match between Noakhali Express and Chattogram Royals at 7:45 pm local time which had been previously scheduled at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, respectively. The opening ceremony was held in two phases. The first phase was before the start of the first match of the day, and the second phase was held in the interval between the two matches of the opening day.
Pre-season Practice Match A practice match was played between the Rajshahi Warriors and the Rangpur Riders as the North Bengal derby before the league stage. Only the local players of both teams featured in that match.
Match Officials & Commentators Match Officials These are the match officials for this season of BPL:
Match Referees Neeyamur Rashid Akhtar Ahmad Salim Shahed Simon Taufel
Umpires Sharfuddoula Tanvir Ahmed Masudur Rahman Morshed Ali Khan Gazi Sohel Muhammad Kamruzzaman Ali Arman Sajedul Islam Asif Yaqoob Ruchira Palliyaguruge
Commentators These are the commentators for this season of BPL:
Commentators Athar Ali Khan Shamim Chowdhury Samonnoy Ghosh Mazhar Uddin Omi Danny Morrison Darren Gough Samuel Badree Waqar Younis Ramiz Raja Farveez Maharoof Jamie Cox
Presenters/Hosts Zainab Abbas Ridhima Pathak
Teams Five franchises were confirmed initially, and on 24 November, Noakhali Express joined as the sixth team.
TeamLocationOwnerHead CoachCaptainChattogram RoyalsChattogramBangladesh Cricket Board Mizanur Rahman Babul Mahedi HasanDhaka CapitalsDhakaChampion Sports Toby Radford Mohammad MithunNoakhali ExpressNoakhaliDesh Travels Khaled MahmudRajshahi WarriorsRajshahi Hannan Sarkar Najmul Hossain ShantoRangpur RidersRangpurToggi Sports Mickey Arthur Nurul Hasan Sohan Litton DasSylhet TitansSylhetCricket With Sami Sohel Islam Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Squads
The auction took place on 30 November 2025. Before the event, each franchise was permitted to secure two local players and up to two overseas players through direct signings. At the auction, opening batter Mohammad Naim emerged as the most expensive local player after being signed by Chattogram Royals for $90,300 (approx. BDT 1.1 crore). Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka emerged as the highest-paid overseas player, joining Dhaka Capitals for a bid of $55,000 (approx. BDT 67.15 lakh).
The full squads are as follows:
Chattogram RoyalsDhaka CapitalsNoakhali ExpressRajshahi WarriorsRangpur RidersSylhet TitansCoaches Mizanur Rahman Babul Toby Radford Khaled Mahmud Hannan Sarkar Mickey Arthur Sohel IslamCaptain Mahedi Hasan Mohammad Mithun (wk) Shykat Ali Haider Ali Najmul Hossain Shanto Nurul Hasan Sohan (wk) Litton Das (wk) Mehidy Hasan MirazPlayers Abu Hider Arafat Sunny Mahfijul Islam Robin Mahmudul Hasan Joy Mohammad Naim Mukidul Islam Salman Hossain Shadman Islam Shoriful Islam Shuvagata Hom Sumon Khan Tanvir Islam Ziaur Rahman Zahiduzzaman (wk) Aamir Jamal Asif Ali Hassan Nawaz Kamran Ghulam Mirza Tahir Baig Mohammad Haris (wk) Adam Rossington (wk) Cameron Delport Abdullah Al Mamun Irfan Sukkur (wk) Jayed Ullah Maruf Mridha Mohammad Saifuddin Moinul Islam Nasir Hossain Sabbir Rahman Saif Hassan Shamim Hossain Taijul Islam Taskin Ahmed Tofael Ahmed Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Ziaur Rahman Zubaid Akbari Salman Mirza Usman Khan (wk) Imad Wasim Choudry Share Ali Mohammad Arif Hussain Dasun Shanaka Odean Smith Abu Hasim Abu Jayed Habibur Rahman Hasan Mahmud Jaker Ali (wk) Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk) Mehedi Rana Munim Shahriar Musfik Hasan Nazmul Islam Rahmatullah Ali Rejaur Rahman Sabbir Hossain Shahadat Hossain Dipu Soumya Sarkar Mohammad Nabi Zahir Khan Bilal Sami Hassan Eisakhil Maaz Sadaqat Ihsanullah Khan Johnson Charles (wk) Abdul Gaffar Saqlain Akbar Ali (wk) Hasan Murad Jishan Alam MD Rubel Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Ripon Mondol Robiul Haque SM Meherob Shakhir Hossain Tanzid Hasan Tanzim Hasan Sakib Wasi Siddiquee Yasir Ali Hussain Talat Jahandad Khan Sahibzada Farhan Mohammad Nawaz Binura Fernando Jimmy Neesham Kane Williamson Muhammad Waseem Ryan Burl Sandeep Lamichhane Abdul Halim Aliss Islam Iftakhar Hossain Ifti Mahmudullah Mehedi Hasan Sohag Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Mustafizur Rahman Nahid Rana Nayeem Hasan Rakibul Hasan Tawhid Hridoy Akif Javed Faheem Ashraf Iftikhar Ahmed Khawaja Nafay Khushdil Shah Muhammad Akhlaq Sufiyan Muqeem Dawid Malan Kyle Mayers Emilio Gay Afif Hossain Ariful Islam Ebadot Hossain Khaled Ahmed Mominul Haque Nasum Ahmed Parvez Hossain Emon (wk) Rahatul Ferdous Rony Talukdar (wk) Ruyel Miah Shohidul Islam Tawfique Khan Tushar Zakir Hasan Mohammad Amir Saim Ayub Salman Irshad Azmatullah Omarzai Hazratullah Zazai Chris Woakes Ethan Brookes Moeen Ali Sam Billings (wk)Withdrawal/Absent/Injured Players Abrar Ahmed Angelo Perera Avishka Fernando Charith Asalanka Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Paul Stirling Masood Gurbaz Alex Hales Kusal Mendis (wk) Dushan Hemantha Kamrul Islam Rabbi Aaron Jones Angelo Mathews
Venues DhakaSylhetSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket StadiumCapacity: 25,416Capacity: 18,500 Matches: 10 Matches: 24
Standings Points table
Match summary
League stage
The BCB officially published the schedule on 2 December 2025. The schedules were again revised and published on 31 December 2025 by BCB.
Sylhet Phase
Dhaka Phase
Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics Team Statistics +Highest team totalsScoreR/W (O)TeamAgainstResultVenueDate198/5 (20)Sylhet TitansSylhet07/01/2026Rajshahi WarriorsSylhet TitansSylhet26/12/2025190/5 (20)Sylhet TitansRajshahi WarriorsSylhet26/12/2025184/7 (20)Noakhali ExpressDhaka CapitalsSylhet11/01/2025184 (19.4)Sylhet TitansSylhet07/01/2026Source: ESPNCricinfo
Batting Statistics +Most runsRunsPlayerTeam395 Parvez Hossain EmonSylhet Titans1265*132.99382 Tawhid HridoyRangpur Riders11109137.90356 Tanzid Hasan TamimRajshahi Warriors13100136.39355Rajshahi Warriors13101*135.49300 Dawid MalanRangpur Riders978112.35 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Bowling Statistics +Most wicketsWicketsPlayerTeam26 Shoriful Islam125/95.8418Sylhet Titans125/75.97 Binura FernandoRajshahi Warriors114/96.1417 Ripon MondolRajshahi Warriors84/138.5316 Hasan MahmudNoakhali Express104/266.00 Mustafizur RahmanRangpur Riders103/186.89 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Boundary Tracker +4's tracker Total 4's 817 Most 4's Tawhid Hridoy (RR) (37)Source: Cricbuzz
+6's tracker Total 6's 360 Most 6's Parvez Hossain Emon (ST) (19) Tanzid Hasan (RW) (19)Source: Cricbuzz
Awards Awards Awardee (Team) Performance Prize Ref Player of the match in the Final Tanzid Hasan (Rajshahi Warriors) 100 (62) Best Fielder of the tournament Litton Das (Rangpur Riders) 10 catches (11 innings) Highest Wicket-taker of the tournament Shoriful Islam (Chattogram Royals) 26 wickets (12 innings) Highest run-getter of the tournament Parvez Hossain Emon (Sylhet Titans) 395 runs (12 innings) Emerging player of the tournament Ripon Mondol (Rajshahi Warriors) 17 wickets (8 innings) Player of the tournament Shoriful Islam (Chattogram Royals) 26 wickets (12 innings) Runners-up Chattogram Royals Champion Rajshahi Warriors
Broadcasting Here is the list of broadcasters of this season of BPL around the globe: +Broadcasters of BPLCountry/RegionChannels/PlatformsT SportsNagorik TVTapmad (BD) (OTT)Akash GO (OTT)A Sports HDARY ZAPMyCoTamasha (OTT)Tapmad (PK) (OTT)FanCodeSolh TVDialog TVDialog VIU+ AppPEO TVDishHomeNorth AmericaWillow TVWillow DRM (Digital)CaribbeanRush SportsMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)(19 countries)T Sports official YouTube channelRest of the worldT Sports official YouTube channel
See also 2025–26 Chattogram Royals season 2025–26 Dhaka Capitals season 2025–26 Noakhali Express season 2025–26 Rajshahi Warriors season 2025–26 Rangpur Riders season 2025–26 Sylhet Titans season
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External links
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