BPL T20 Bangladesh Premier League

The second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to begin on January 17 next year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed.

The franchise auction will be held on November 9 this year, and the players' auction will follow it, on December 7.

Apart from the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna will host BPL matches. Two more stadiums - the Sylhet Divisional Stadium and the Shahid Kamaruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi - will host the warm-up games.

There would be three categories of players to be auctioned. 'Golden' category players would have a base price of US$75,000, the foreign cricketers would have base prices ranging from $50,000 to $15,000, and the local players will have base prices ranging from $30,000 to $10,000. Franchises

The minimum bidding price for each franchise is $1 million. The franchise owners are now in possession of the franchise for six years and can only sell it after three years.

In the second edition of BPL, Rangpur Riderswas the seventh team to enter the tournament.

Team	Division	Owner(s)	Price	Captain	Head coach
Barisal Burners	Barisal	Alif Group Bangladesh	US$1.01 million	Azhar Mahmood	Tom Moody
Chittagong Kings	Chittagong	SQ Sports	US$1.20 million	Mahmudullah	Waqar Younus
Dhaka Gladiators	Dhaka	Europa Group	US$1.05 million	Mashrafe Mortaza	Ian Pont
Duronto Rajshahi	Rajshahi	Digital Auto Care	US$1.07 millio		Robin Singh
Khulna Royal Bengals	Khulna	Orion Group	US$1.10 million		Saqlain Mushtaq
Sylhet Royals	Sylhet	Walton Group	US$1.06 million	Mushfiqur Rahim	Stuart La
Rangpur Riders	Rangpur	I-sports	US$ 1.01 million	Nasir Hossain