Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsComilla Victorians (1st title)
Runners-upBarisal Bulls
Participants6
Matches34
Player of the seriesAshar Zaidi (Comilla Victorians)
Most runsKumar Sangakkara (Dhaka Dynamites) (349)
Most wicketsKevon Cooper (Barisal Bulls) (22)
Official websiteBPL
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 in the Rangpur winning by two wickets in a last-ball finish.
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League is located in Bangladesh
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 Barisal Bulls for 1.65 crores (US$210,000). Total 319 players took part in the draft process, and 82 players were drafted. The six icon players were selected through lottery process.
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.
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. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium hosted 26 matches while Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium hosted the eight group stage matches.
Chittagong
Dhaka
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
Capacity: 25,000
ChittagongDhaka
Teams and standings
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs , advanced to the Qualifier , advanced to the Eliminator
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Comilla Victorians (C)
10
7
3
0
14
0.788
2
Barisal Bulls (R)
10
7
3
0
14
0.063
3
Rangpur Riders (3)
10
7
3
0
14
0.693
4
Dhaka Dynamites (4)
10
4
6
0
8
−0.010
5
Sylhet Super Stars
10
3
7
0
6
−0.710
6
Chittagong Vikings
10
2
8
0
4
−0.828
Phase 1
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
22 November 14:00 Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings187/7 (20 overs)
v
Rangpur Riders188/8 (20 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (32) Saqlain Sajib 3/26
Misbah-ul-Haq 61 (37) Mohammad Amir 4/30
Rangpur won by 2 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq
22 November 18:15 Scorecard
Dhaka Dynamites112/4 (19.2)
v
Comilla Victorians110/8 (20)
Nasir Jamshed 44(44) Abu Hider 2/17 (4 Overs)
Mashrafe Mortaza* 25 Abul Hasan 3/29 (4 overs)
Dhaka won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Abul Hassan
23 November 14:00 Scorecard
Sylhet Super Stars179/6 (20 overs)
v
Chittagong Vikings180/5 (20 overs)
Dilshan Munaweera 64(36) Shafiul Islam 3/25 (4 Overs)
Tamim Iqbal 69(46) Subashish Roy 1/22 (4 overs)
Chittagong won by 1 run Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban)and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shafiul Islam
23 November 18:15 Scorecard
Barisal Bulls155/9 (20 overs)
v
Rangpur Riders142/10 (20 Overs)
Mahmudullah Riyad 51 (43) Shakib Al Hasan 3/23 (4 Overs)
Mithun Ali 55 (32) Kevon Cooper 5/15 (4 Overs)
Barisal won by 13 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Kevon Cooper
24 November 14:00 Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings176/4 (20 overs)
v
Comilla Victorians177/3 (20 Overs)
Ziaur Rahman 39 (16) Ashar Zaidi 2/29 (4 Overs)
Marlon Samuels 69 (52) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (3.5 Overs)
Comilla won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza
24 November 18:15 Scorecard
Barisal Bulls108/10 (20 overs)
v
Sylhet Super Stars107/9 (20 Overs)
Nadif Chowdhury 24 (28) Nazmul Islam 3/18 (4 Overs)
Barisal won by 1 Run Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Al-Amin Hossain
25 November 14:00 Scorecard
Rangpur Riders176/6(20 overs)
v
Dhaka Dynamites107/10 (19.4 Overs)
Lendl Simmons 51(39) Yasir Shah 2/24 (4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 29(28) Shakib Al Hasan 4/16 (4 Overs)
Rangpur won by 69 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan
25 November 18:45 Scorecard
Barisal Bulls89/10 (18.3 overs)
v
Comilla Victorians90/2 (18 Overs)
Kevon Cooper 22(21) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/8 (4 Overs)
Mahmudul Hasan 31(43) Kevon Cooper 1/7 (3 Overs)
Phase 2
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3
Sylhet Superstars won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 1
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field , Comilla Victorians advance to final and Rangpur Riders will compete in qualifier 2.
Eliminator
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 won the toss and elected to bat , Barisal Bulls advance to final.
Final
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field , Comilla Victorians won the 2015-16 Bangladesh Premier League.
Highest team totals
The following table lists the three highest team scores during this season.
