(BPL) season will be the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The season will commence on the 9th of February with the final to be played on the 29th of February
The competition will start with a double round robin
group stage, in which each of the 6 teams will play against every other
team twice. These matches will followed by two semi-finals and a final
The highest wicket taker will win the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while the highest run scorer will win the orange
cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Best young player will be
awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play will be won by the team who will play most fairly throughout the tournament.
Matches will be held in Dhaka and Chittagong with a total of six franchises taking part. The franchises will represent Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna divisions. The franchise auction was held on January 10 and the player auction will take place on 18 and 19 January Each franchise will have to spend between US$2 million and US$5 million at the player auction.
On 21 December, the event Management Company bought the tournament
title for six years for 44.33 million dollars, or at 354 crore taka.
Logo Launching Ceremony
The official Logo Launching Ceremony of the Bangladesh Premier League T20 was held on December 29 in the Radisson Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka. The Ceremony started at 6 p.m BST (Local Time), which consisted of the organizers, the members of BCB, Special guests, Few Cricketers, etc. The Ceremony was followed by songs from Artists like Habib Wahid and Others, and dinner. The whole ceremony was broadcasted by Channel 9 of Bangladesh.how to start (BPL)Opening Ceremony
The President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman announced the launch of the first edition of the Bangladesh Premier League during the opening ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium on 9 February 2012.Bangladesh Premier League opening ceremony was arranged in world class standard. It was started at 4:00 PM BST.The opening ceremony was for about 3 hours. The culture and history of freedom fighting of Bangladesh was displayed in this show. For BPL opening ceremony, popular bollywood stars Bipasha Basu and Malaika Arora Khan performed. The popular singers Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal and Bappi Lahiri also arrived Dhaka in that time for BPL. Excitement regarding Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)start to spread in Bangladesh. India's most eye-catching singer Shreya Ghoshal performed in the tournament kick off show. There was a kick off program for BPL just before the player auction.
Venues
A total of 33 matches will be held including the final in this tournament. 25 matches will be played in Dhaka and the remaining 8 matches will be held in Chittagong.| Dhaka | Chittagong |
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