The players’ draft of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2022 is set to start at 12 pm on Monday at Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka.
The six teams will represent Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Cumilla, Sylhet and Barishal. Dhaka will be owned by Rupa Fabrics Ltd & Marn Steel Ltd (Consortium) while Delta Sports Limited (Akhtar Group) will own the Chattogram-based side.
There are six categories for the local players and five for the overseas players. Local players of the A category have been priced at BDT 70 lakh, B category (BDT 35 Lac), C category (BDT 25 Lac), D category (BDT 18 Lac), E category (BDT 12 Lac) and F category (BDT 05 Lac).
While overseas players of the A category will get USD 75 thousand (BDT 64.3 lakh), B category (US$ 50K), C category (US$ 40K), D category (US$ 30K), E category (US$ 20K).
The six-team-based marquee event will begin on January 21. The final of the tournament is scheduled on 18 February. The Player Draft of BPL 2022 will be held on 27 December.
Dhaka, Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal, Chattogram and Cumilla respectively will take part in the 34-match-long tournament which will be staged in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet.
The tournament will be held in a double round-robin format followed by three playoffs and a final and the winning team will take home Tk one crore while the runners-up will win a prize money of Tk 50 lakh.
