2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League
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The Bangladesh Premier League 2015, also known as BPL Season 3 or BRB Cables BPL 2015 (for sponsorship reasons), was the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a twenty20 cricket league established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012. The tournament featured six teams during the third season. The season began on Friday, 20 November 2015, with a lavish opening ceremony held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, and the annual kickoff game was held between Chittagong Vikings and Rangpur Riders, which resulted with the Rangpur winning by two wickets in last ball finish.[1]
The championship game was held on 15 December 2015, in which Comilla Victorians won the championship by defeating Barisal Bulls by three wickets.[2] Alok Kapali from Comilla Victorians was awarded player of the match in the final for his match winning 39 from 28 balls. Ashar Zaidi was awarded the player of the tournament for his all rounding performance of 215 runs and 17 wickets throughout the tournament. Ashar Zaidi of Comilla Victorians was named Most valuable player (MVP), while Abu Hider was the find of the tournament.
Players' draft
The draft was held on 22 October 2015 in Dhaka. Six franchises participated in the draft method. Players from Category A-D were picked in the draft by six teams. The icon players and platinum category players were excluded from the draft process. Chris Gayle was picked up by
Opening Ceremony
The third season of the tournament was officially launched at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on 20 November 2015. During the opening ceremony, All six teams, along with their owners and captains were introduced. The opening ceremony featured live performances from Chirkutt Band, Ayub Bachchu, Momtaz Begum, KK, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Hrithik Roshan. The total cost of the opening ceremony was reported to be 3.5 crores.[4][5]
Venues
A total of 34 matches including the championship game was held in two venues. The first and third leg of the tournament was played at Dhaka while the second leg was held at the port city Chittagong.
Bangladesh | |
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Chittagong | Dhaka |
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
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Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
Teams and standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Comilla Victorians (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.788 |
2 | Barisal Bulls (R)
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.063 |
3 | Rangpur Riders (3) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.693 |
4 | Dhaka Dynamites (4)
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10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.010 |
5 | Sylhet Super Stars
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10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | −0.710 |
6 | Chittagong Vikings
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10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −0.828 |
- Top 4 teams qualifies for the playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier
- advanced to the Eliminator
Squads
League progression
This section possibly contains original research. (February 2023) |
Group matches | Knockout | ||||||||||||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | P1 | P2 | F | ||
Barisal Bulls
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2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | W | W | L | ||
Chittagong Vikings
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0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Comilla Victorians | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | W | W | |||
Dhaka Dynamites
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2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | L | ||||
Rangpur Riders | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | L | L | |||
Sylhet Super Stars
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the match summary.
Matches
Phase 1
Chittagong Vikings 187/7 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
188/8 (20 overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dynamites 112/4 (19.2) |
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Comilla Victorians
110/8 (20) |
Abul Hasan 3/29 (4 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Super Stars 179/6 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings 180/5 (20 overs) |
Tamim Iqbal 69(46)
Subashish Roy 1/22 (4 overs) |
- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls 155/9 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
142/10 (20 Overs) |
Mahmudullah Riyad 51 (43) 3/23 (4 Overs)Shakib Al Hasan |
Mithun Ali 55 (32) 5/15 (4 Overs)Kevon Cooper |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 176/4 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
177/3 (20 Overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls 108/10 (20 overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 107/9 (20 Overs) |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders
176/6(20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 107/10 (19.4 Overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Barisal Bulls 89/10 (18.3 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
90/2 (18 Overs) |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders
109/9 (20 overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 103/10 (19.2 Overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings 92/10 (18.4 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 96/4 (17.1 Overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders
82/10 (20 Overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
84/1 (11.5 overs) |
Mithun Ali 28(42) 4/12 (4 Overs)Nuwan Kulasekara |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites 166/6 (20 Overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 132/10 (19.5 Overs) |
Nurul Hasan 35(22) 3/15 (4 Overs)Mosharraf Hossain |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Phase 2
Barisal Bulls 211 /3 (20 Overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings 137/10 (20 Overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians
164/5 (20 Overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 168/5 (19.4 Overs) |
- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 111/8 (20 Overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
113/1 (17 Overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dynamites 158/5 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 159/1 (18.4 overs) |
Abul Hasan 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians
141/7 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 131/6 (20 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars 139/9 (20 overs) |
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Chittagong Vikings 140/0 (16.1 overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders
104/9 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 75/4 (12.3/13 overs, target 75) |
Mahmudullah Riyad 23(18) 2/11 (2 overs)Arafat Sunny |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 136/5 (20 overs) |
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Comilla Victorians
142/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3
Barisal Bulls 58/10 (16 Overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 62/1 (11.2 Overs) |
- Sylhet Superstars won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders
135/7 (20 Overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 136/4 (18.2 Overs) |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians
105/6 (20 Overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 106/3 (17.3 Overs) |
Mahmudullah Riyad 26(27) 2/12 (4 overs)Ashar Zaidi |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars 59/10 (11.5 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
60/2 (9.5 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 121/8 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 76/10 (16.4 overs) |
- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians
132/10 (19.5 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
153/6 (20 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars 162/4 (19.5 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 157/5 (20 overs) |
- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings 137/7 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 141/2 (20 overs) |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians
150/4 (20 overs) |
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Sylhet Super Stars 79/10 (13.5 overs) |
- Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls 136/6 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 137/8 (19.4 overs) |
- Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
12 December — Dhaka Dynamites | 117/8 | ||||||||||||
Qualifier 1
Comilla Victorians
163/7 (20 overs) |
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Rangpur Riders
91/10 (17 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field
- Comilla Victorians advance to final and Rangpur Riders will compete in qualifier 2.
Eliminator
Barisal Bulls 135/5 (20 overs) |
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Dhaka Dynamites 117/8 (20 overs) |
Mosaddek Hossain 26 (27) 3/15 (4 overs)Al-Amin Hossain |
- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field
- Barisal Bulls qualify for the qualifier 2 and Dhaka Dynamites eliminate from the tournament.
Qualifier 2
Rangpur Riders
160/9 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 163/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat
- Barisal Bulls advance to final.
Final
Comilla Victorians
157/7 (20 overs) |
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Barisal Bulls 156/4 (20 overs) |
Darren Stevens 1/19 (3 overs) |
- Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field
- Comilla Victorians won the 2015-16 Bangladesh Premier League.
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | ||||||
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Kumar Sangakkara | Dhaka Dynamites |
10 | 10 | 349 | 75 | ||||||
Imrul Kayes | Comilla Victorians | 10 | 10 | 312 | 67 | ||||||
Tamim Iqbal | Chittagong Vikings |
9 | 9 | 298 | 69 | ||||||
Mahmudullah Riyad
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Barisal Bulls |
13 | 12 | 279 | 51 | ||||||
Tillakaratne Dilshan | Chittagong Vikings |
10 | 10 | 260 | 67 | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo, last updated 26 December 2015 |
Most wickets
! Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||
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Kevon Cooper | Barisal Bulls |
9 | 9 | 22 | 5/15 | |||||
Abu Hider | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 12 | 21 | 4/19 | |||||
Thisara Perera | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 12 | 18 | 5/26 | |||||
Shakib Al Hasan | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 11 | 18 | 4/16 | |||||
Ashar Zaidi | Comilla Victorians | 11 | 11 | 17 | 4/11 | |||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015 |
Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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Barisal Bulls |
211/3 (20 overs) | Chittagong Vikings |
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
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Chittagong Vikings |
187/7 (20 overs) | Rangpur Riders | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
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Chittagong Vikings |
180/5 (20 overs) | Sylhet Super Stars |
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
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References
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- ^ NDTVSports (15 December 2015). "Bangladesh Premier League: Comilla Victorians Crowned 2015 Champions After Tense Last-Ball Win". NDTVSports.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Isam, Mohammad. "Nineteen overseas players picked in BPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "BPL's 3rd edition inaugurated thru colorful opening ceremony". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- Daily Sun. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Points Table - Bangladesh Premier League - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.