|| CF Correspondent ||

The just concluded Bangladesh Premier League can be termed as the most competitive ones compared to the previous editions with some highs and lows stitched with it.

Five centuries and three hat-tricks with some nail biting finishes only indicates the month long journey of BPL, country’s lone Twenty 20 tournament had all the elements required to bracket them among one of the top Twenty20 tournaments in the world.

Batman Laurie Evans, Evin Lewis, Alex Hales, Rille Russhow, Ab De and Tamim Iqbal scored centuries while hat-tricks were completed by Dhaka Dynamites suspect off-spinner  Allis al islam and Andree Russel along with Comilla Victorian Wahab Riaz.

Aliss, who had to quit from the tournament for sustaining injury was under the scanner for a suspect bowling action two days after picking a hat-trick on his BPL debut and later BPL stated that he need to comeback after clearing him from the bowling review committee.

The show ran with any major hiccups unlike the way it happened in the previous editions apart from the Steven Smith issue when he was barred from taking part in the tournament on the insistence of franchises and later was included after the rule was forced to make some changes.

With players like AB de Villiers, Steve Smith and David Warner featuring for the first time, this year's BPL was hyped up as it had more star power than the last five editions. The two Australians -- Smith and Warner -- were made captains for their respective franchises but unfortunately both had to leave the tournament early due to injury. Nevertheless, their inclusion alongside the likes of the returning Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard and Alex Hales increased the brand value of the tournament.

All-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz got an unexpected surprise when the 21-year-old was made the youngest captain in the tournament's history by the Rajshahi Kings and the way he hold his nerves and took some bold decision on such a big platform it only proved another captain is on the making.

Although scoring only 123 runs in 12 matches, the young skipper took the initiative of promoting himself up the order -- opening the batting on a few occasions and also batting at number three at times and even up came up with his maiden Twenty20 half-century at number three slot to showcase his talent with the willow up in the order.

The Chattogram leg of the tournament was the most entertaining one as it saw the highest (Rangpur Riders' 239 for four against Chittagong Vikings) and the second highest (Comilla's 237 for five against Khulna) totals in history of BPL being registered. It was not just a batman's paradise though, as two of the three hattricks in this edition-- Comilla pacer Wahab Riaz's against Khulna and Dhaka all-rounder Andre Russell's against Chittagong -- were registered in Chattogram.

But the tournament had a very slow start and some of the blame could be attributed to the unpredictable Mirpur pitch, which saw a number of low scoring dull contests.

In the opening match of the tournament, Chittagong struggled to chase the 98-run total posted by Rangpur. Mushfiqur Rahim's team only managed a three-wicket victory in a little preview of the Mirpur pitch.

However, even more reasoning behind the claim of the pitch being unpredictable could be given by the next game which saw Rajshahi bundled out for just 106 in response to Dhaka's 189 for five in the first innings. Throughout the tournament there were plenty more such instances in Mirpur.

More misery were added through the production unit as the most eye-catching and horrendous aspect of this edition's BPL was its abysmal quality of broadcast with unavailability of technological support in the initial phase as it started without the technological facilities of Ultra Edge, Snickometer or Hot Spot -- which were brought in almost a week after the tournament commenced. The commentary team cannot be spared as there were instances of commentators pronouncing the names of players wrong and the most noticeable mistakes were the graphical errors.