Desk Report: The players draft for the upcoming edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), will take place on October 25, said BPL official on Saturday.
The announcement came as BPL governing council took some decision regarding their next tournament after having a meeting with the franchises at the BCB headquarters in Mirpur, reports Daily Asian Age.
”Player draft will be held on 25th October,” said BPL member secretary Ismail Haider. ”Each team can retain up to four players.
The name of the [retained] players must be submitted by the clubs within September,” he said. ”Each team can take two players from outside the draft. Everyone else will have to buy from the draft. The foreigners who have played BPL last time have to be drafted this year,” he said.
Ismail said that they have decided to include two foreign players who are yet to be registered as there will be lot of competition for good players.
”The franchises can take two players from those who were not in the draft last time,” he added. The January 5th date may be pushed for a day. There are many good quality players.
Since there will be the national election this year, our date of play has been pushed back to January [next year],” he said.
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