||CF Correspondent||

The players’ draft for the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League is over and among the 552 drafted cricketers (186 local and 366 overseas), 86 have been roped in by the seven participating teams.

The franchises were given the opportunity to retain up to four players from their last season’s squads. They were allowed to sign two players from outside the draft.

Each team were allowed to recruit a maximum of 12 local cricketers and nine overseas players and four of the non-nationals will be allowed to be named in the playing eleven for every side.

The sixth edition of the BPL will start take place between January 5 and February 8 next year.

Here is a list of players of all seven BPL teams.

Dhaka Dynamites: Rubel Hossain (Category A), Nurul Hasan (Category B), Rony Talukder (Category C), Shuvagoto Hom (Category B), Andrew Birch (South Africa, Category E), Ian Bell (England, Category D) Qazi Onik (Category E), Mizanur Rahman (Category D), Asif Hasan (Category C), Shahadat Hossain (Category B), Naim Sheikh (Category E)

Before the draft: Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Hazratullah Zazai

Chittagong Vikings: Mosaddek Hossain (Category A), Abu Jayed (Category A), Khaled Ahmed (Category D), Nayeem Hasan (Category E), Cameron Delport (South Africa, Category D), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka, Category D), Mohammad Ashraful (Category B), Robiul Haque (Category E), Yasir Ali Chowdhury (Category C), Nihaduzzaman (Category C), Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan, Category F), Shadman Islam

Before the draft: Sikandar Raza, Luke Ronchi, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sunzamul Islam, Mohammad Shahzad, Robbie Frylinck

Rangpur Riders: Shafiul Islam (category A), Sohag Gazi (Category C), Farhad Reza (Category B), Mehedi Maruf (Category C), Ravi Bopara (England, Category B), Rilee Rosssouw (South Africa, Category B), Nahidul Islam (Category D), Nadif Chowdhury (Category C), Abul Hasan (Category B), Fardin Hossain Anik (Category E), Benny Howell (England, Category D), Oshane Thomas (Windies).

Before the draft: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers, Alex Hales

Comilla Victorians: Abu Hider (Category A), Anamul Haque (Category A), Mahedi Hasan (Category B), Ziaur Rahman (Category C), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Category A+), Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka, Category A), Mosharraf Hossain (Category C), Mohammad Shahid (Category C), Shamsur Rahman (Category C), Sanjit Saha (Category D), Evin Lewis (Windies, Category A+), Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan), Aamer Yamin (Pakistan)

Before the draft: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoaib Malik, Asela Gunaratne, Liam Dawson

Khulna Titans: Jahurul Islam (Category B), Shoriful Islam (Category E), Taijul Islam (Category B), Mohammad Al-Amin (Category B), Zahir Khan (Afghanistan, Category D), Sherfane Rutherford (Windies, Category E), Subhashis Roy (Category B), Junaid Siddiqui (Category C), Tanvir Islam (Category E), Mahidul Islam Ankon (Category E), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, Category A), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe)

Before the draft: Mahmudullah Riyad, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan, Ali Khan