Barisal signs Mushfiqur Rahim as most high-profile pick in BPL draft

But it was defending champions Comilla Victorians who added some big names. They were conservative in the draft as their 11 overseas signings included Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine and Iftikhar Ahmed even before the draft took place. During the draft, they picked the West Indian pair rahkeem cornwall And Matthew FordeApart from bringing back their championship winning captain Imrul Kayes,

Sylhet Strikers, who were runners-up last season, retained talisman Mashrafe Mortaza, while Nazmul Hussain Shanto was signed directly from among the local players. Mohammad Mithun and Rezaur Rahman Raja were their draft choices.

Khulna Tigers chose Sri Lankan pair Dasun Shanaka And Kasun Rajitha Among their overseas picks, they have already named Nasum Ahmed and Nahidul Islam as their retentions.

Rangpur Riders have the highest spending players shakib al hassan as their main man, and they added their local picks Ronnie Talukdar and Shamim Hussain in the draft. He also picked Michael Rippon, who recently moved to New Zealand from the Netherlands, and USA all-rounder Yasir Mohammed among his overseas names.

BPL 2024 is scheduled to start in mid-January, once again there will be a clash with the BBL, ILT20 and SA20 which will run around the same time. Here are the draft selections, direct signings and retentions for each team:

Comilla Victorian

Maintained and direct signature: Liton Das, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanvir Islam, Tauheed Hridayoy, Mohammad Rizwan, Sunil Narine, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Zaman Khan, Khushdil Shah, Johnson Charles, Noor Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Rashid Khan.

draft picks: Imrul Kayes, Mrityunjay Choudhary, Zakar Ali Anik, Mahidul Islam, Rishad Hussain, Mushfiq Hasan, Rahkeem Cornwall, Matthew Forde.

Sylhet Strikers

Maintained and direct signature: Mashrafe Mortaza, Zakir Hasan, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Ryan Burl, Ben Cutting, Harry Tector

draft picks: Mohammad Mithun, Rezaur Rahman Raja, Ariful Haq, Yasir Ali Choudhary, Najmul Islam, Shafiqul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Jawad Rowen, George Scrimshaw, Richard Nagarwa, Dushan Hemantha, Sameet Patel.

Khulna Tigers

Maintained and direct signature: Nasum Ahmed, Nahidul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Enamul Haq, Evin Lewis, Faheem Ashraf, Dhananjay de Silva, Shai Hope, Dasun Shanaka, Mohammad Wasim Jr.

draft picks: Afif Hussain, Rubel Hussain, Parvez Hussain Emon, Habibur Rahman Sohan, Muqidul Islam Mugdho, Akbar Ali, Kasun Rajitha.

Durdanto Dhaka

Maintained and direct signature: Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Arafat Sunny, Mossadeq Hussain, Chaturanga de Silva, Sam Ayyub, Usman Qadir

draft picks: Mohammad Naim, Saif Hasan, Irfan Sukkur, Sabbir Hussain, Alauddin Babu, SM Mahrob Hussain, Lahiru Samarakoon, Sadira Samarawickrama.

Chattogram Challengers

Maintained and direct signature: Shuvagata Hom, Ziaur Rahman, Nihaduzzaman, Shohidul Islam, Mohammad Haris, Nazibullah Zadran, Mohammad Hasnain, Stephen Eskinazi.

draft picks: Tanzeed Hasan Tamim, Al-Amin Hussain, Shaikaat Ali, Imran Uzzaman, Shahadat Hussain Dipu, Salahuddin Sakil, Curtis Camper, Bilal Khan

Fortune Barishal

Maintained and direct signature: Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Syed Khalid Ahmed, Ibrahim Zadran, Shoaib Malik, Paul Stirling, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Dunit Welles.

draft picks: Mushfiqur Rahim, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Soumya Sarkar, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Preetom Kumar, Yannick Kariya

Rangpur Riders

Maintained and direct signature: Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmood, Babar Azam, Mathisha Pathirana, Brandon King, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ihsanullah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nicholas Pooran

draft picks: Ronnie Talukdar, Shamim Hussain, Ripon Mandal, Hasan Murad, Michael Ripon, Fazle Mahmood, Yasir Mohammad, Abu Haider Rony, Ashiquzzaman

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84