The player auction for the 2nd edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 will be held on Thursday (20 December 2012) at Utshab Banquet Hall, Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka. Bidding is expected to start at 10am.
Players divided into Categories:
Golden class cricket players auction price 45 to 70 thousand dollars.
A class auction price 30 to 45 thousand dollars.
B class auction price 20 to 30 thousand dollars.
C class cricket player auction price 10 to 20 thousand dollars more than fifty five cricket players was selected for this category.
Bangladesh’s former Captain Shakib Al Hasan became the highest-paid ‘golden category’ cricketer after the Dhaka Gladiators purchased him for $3,65,000 at Bangladesh Premiere League auctions on Thursday.
Pakistani cricketer Imran Nazir topped the golden category for foreign players when he was picked up by the Chittagong Kings for $2,80,000. That made him the second highest in payment.
The auctions was held at Hotel Radisson.
Shakib’s price shot past the maximum bar of $70,000 set for the local golden-category cricketers as the franchises bid hard to have him in their tents.
Dhaka Gladiators bought Shahid Afridi for $2,75,000.
Sylhet Royals had Bangladesh’s incumbent Captain Mushfiqur Rahim for $2,05,000, while Duronto Rajshahi paid $1,65,000 for Tamim Iqbal. Vice Captain Mahmududllah Riad fetched $1,25,000 from the Chittagong Kings.
The BPL Governing Council has fixed an expenditure limit of $15,00,000 for the franchises this year. No franchise can have more than 10 foreign players while only five of them can be used during a particular match.
Pakistani cricketer Imran Nazir topped the golden category for foreign players when he was picked up by the Chittagong Kings for $2,80,000. That made him the second highest in payment.
The auctions was held at Hotel Radisson.
Shakib’s price shot past the maximum bar of $70,000 set for the local golden-category cricketers as the franchises bid hard to have him in their tents.
Dhaka Gladiators bought Shahid Afridi for $2,75,000.
Sylhet Royals had Bangladesh’s incumbent Captain Mushfiqur Rahim for $2,05,000, while Duronto Rajshahi paid $1,65,000 for Tamim Iqbal. Vice Captain Mahmududllah Riad fetched $1,25,000 from the Chittagong Kings.
The BPL Governing Council has fixed an expenditure limit of $15,00,000 for the franchises this year. No franchise can have more than 10 foreign players while only five of them can be used during a particular match.
