The ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Bangladesh’s highest-level professional Twenty20 cricket league, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is the 2023 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 9 or Ispahani BPL 2023 Powered by Minister Group (for sponsorship reasons).
The BCB announced the BPL schedule for the next three seasons in July 2022, following the International Cricket Council’s inclusion of January and February for this league in its Future Tours Programme. As a result, the ninth season was planned to air in 2023 from January 5 to February 16.
In addition, BCB decided to sell the franchise rights for three years beginning with this season and bring the number of teams to seven. The list of franchise owners was released by BCB in September 2022, with Rangpur Riders returning after two seasons and five of the previous six franchises remaining in control.
The BCB announced the schedule for this season on December 24, 2022. In the group stage, there will be two games per day and reserve days for all knockout games.
Bangladesh Premier League Player’s Salary In 2023 :
Local players :
216 local players were listed into seven categories with the following salary cap:-
- Category A β ৳80 lakh (US$85,000)
- Category B β ৳50 lakh (US$53,000)
- Category C β ৳30 lakh (US$32,000)
- Category D β ৳20 lakh (US$21,000)
- Category E β ৳15 lakh (US$16,000)
- Category F β ৳10 lakh (US$11,000)
- Category G β ৳5 lakh (US$5,300)
Foreign players :
- Category A β US$80,000
- Category B β US$60,000
- Category C β US$40,000
- Category D β US$30,000
- Category E β US$20,000
Bangladesh Premier League Players list :
A Category :
- Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Kumar Das.
B Category :
- Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Imrul Kayes, Mehidy Hasan, Nasum Ahmed.
C Category :
- Rubel Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Enamul Haque Bijay, Mominul Haque, Naeem Sheikh, Mohammad Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saif Hassan, Shubhagat Home Chowdhury, Mohammad Mukidul Islam Mochad, Ebadat Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Munim Shahriar, Mehdi Hasan Rana, Nahidul Islam, Irfan Shukur, Fazle Mahmud Rabbi, Mohammad Shamim Hasan, Roni Talukder, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Naeem Hasan, Zakir Ali Anik.
D Category :
- Sanjamul Islam, Mohammad Zakir Hasan, Tanveer Islam, Parvez Hossain Imon, Rezaur Rahman, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Nasir Hossain, Junaid Siddiqui, Akbar Ali, Marshal Ayyub, Nadif Chowdhury, Enamul Haque Jr., Muktar Ali, Alauddin Babu, Naeem Islam, Shafiqul Islam, Nabeel Samad, Alok Kapali, Abu Zayed Chowdhury Rahi, Sohag Gazi, Mohammad Al Amin Hossain (Senior), Shamsur Rahman, Arafat Sani, Abu Haider Roni, Touhid Hriday, Mohammad Saikat Ali, Ziaur Rahman, Ariful Haque, Mohammad Shafiul Islam, Zahirul Islam (wicketkeeper), Farhad Reza, Mritunjoy Chowdhury, Mahidul Angkan, Nazmul Islam Apu.
E Category :
- Mohammad Al Amin Hossain (Junior), Sanjit Saha, Mohammad Tanbir Haider Khan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mahmudul Hasan Limon, Mohammad Abdul Majeed, Mizanur Rahman, Monir Hossain Khan, Imranuzzaman, Mohammad Ilyas, Suhrawardy Shuvo, Mehdi Maruf, Rakibul Hassan Sr., Saqline Sajib, Mohr Sheikh Antar, Dhiman Ghosh, Suman Khan, Rahatul Ferdous Javed, Rabiul Haque, Kazi Anik, Salman Hossain, Taibur Rahman Parvez, Maishukur Rahman Rial, Anisul Islam Imon, Amit Hasan, Pritam Kumar, Salahuddin Shakeel, Ruel Mia,Noman Chowdhury, Pinak Ghosh, Sadman Islam, Ashikuzzaman, Noor Hossain Saddam, Mohammad Sharifullah, Aminul Islam Biblab, Mohammad Hasan Murad, Abdul Halim, Farhad Hossain, Asif Hasan, Jabid Hossain, Abu Sayem, Zubair Hossain Likhan, Mohammad Naeem Islam (Jr.), Sazzadul Haque Ripon, Enamul Haque Jr (pace bowler), Masum Khan Tutul, Zahid Javed, Shamsul Islam, Fardin Hossain Ani, Rabiul Islam Ravi, Rubel Mia, Asaduzzaman Piyal, Sajjad Hossain Sabbir, Mushfiq Hasan, Tauhid Tarek Khan, Sabbir Hossain, Ripon Mandal, Mofizul Islam Robin.Mohiuddin Tarek, Manik Khan, Raihan Uddin, Alis Al Islam, Sayem Alam, Zahiduzzaman Khan, Moin Khan, Sanaur Rahman, Jasimuddin, AKS Swadhin, Jawad, Mohammad Ashikuzzaman, Nahid Rana, Mushfiq Hasan, Rakibul Hasan Jr., Nazmul Saqib.
F Category :
- Nihad-uz-Zaman, Mohaiminul Khan Chowdhury, Abhishek Mitra, Johnny Talukder, Minhajul Abedin Afridi, Azmir Ahmed, Islamul Ahsan Abir, Aich Mollah, Taufiq Khan Tushar, Rayan Rafsan Rahman, Nahid Rana, Mamun Hossain, Mainul Islam, Tipu Sultan, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Mainul Sohail, Abdur Rashid, Abdullah Al Mamun, Yasin Arafat Mishu.Iftekhar Sajjad Roni, Mohammad Hasanuzzaman, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Ajmir Ahmed, Shaheen Alam, Nazmul Hossain Milan, Imtiaz Hossain Tanna, Mohammad Tasamul Haque Rubel, Amit Majumdar, Delwar Hossain, Shahbaz Chauhan, Shahadat Hossain Rajib, Shahnaz Ahmed, Ahmed Sadiqur Rahman, Shehnaz Ahmed, Rafsan Al Mahmud, Mohammad Azim, Mohammad Shakeel Ahmed, Rakin Ahmed, Ali Ahmed Manik, Ifran Hussain.
G Category :
- Shubashis Roy, Asadullah Al Ghalib, Russell Al Mamun, Habibur Rahman Johnny, Mohammad Asif, Imran Ali, Hussain Ali, Biswajit Halder, Sujan Howlader, Shahanur Rahman, Jai Raj Sheikh, Shafiul Hayat Hriday, Mehrab Hossain Josi, Tauhidul Islam Russell, Zainul Islam, Mahmudul Haque Sentu, Nabin Islam, Golam Kabir Sohail, Kazi Kamrul Islam, Shakeel Hossain, Nahid Hasan, Shakhawat Hossain, Ahmed Abidul Haque, Mohammad Rakib, Mohammad Roni Hossain, Mahmudul Islam Anik, Alamin Raju, Samsul Islam Anil, Abdur Rahman, Zakirul Islam, Habibur Rahman Sohan.
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