Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsDhaka Dynamites (3rd title)
Runners-upRajshahi Kings
Participants7
Matches46
Player of the seriesMahmudullah (Khulna Titans)
Most runsTamim Iqbal (Chittagong Vikings) (476)
Most wicketsDwayne Bravo (Dhaka Dynamites) (21)
Official websiteBPL
The Bangladesh Premier League 2016, also known as BPL Season 4 and AKS BPL 2016 (for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and featured seven teams. The season originally began on 4 November 2016 and ended on 9 December 2016. However, after the first four matches of the tournament were abandoned due to rain and with more rain forecast, the league opted to restart on 8 November and to replay all six of the opening six matches.
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League is located in Bangladesh
Draft and Squads
The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.
Player transfers
Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Sylhet Super Stars and the introduction of two new teams, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings. Transfers included the move of Barisal Bulls captain Mahmudullah Riyad to the Khulna Titans, Chris Gayle from the Barisal Bulls to the Chittagong Vikings, the signing of Shahid Afridi as team captain of Rangpur Riders from the Sylhet Super Stars and Shakib Al Hasan as team captain of Dhaka Dynamites from Rangpur Riders.
Venues
A total of 46 matches, including the final, were played at two venues in Chittagong and Dhaka. The Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong hosted eleven (11) matches in the middle block of games, with the majority of matches (35), including all playoff matches and the final being held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. 25,000 people attended the final.
Chittagong
Dhaka
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
Capacity: 25,000
ChittagongDhaka
Points table
The top four teams qualified for playoffs , advanced to the Qualifier , advanced to the Eliminator
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Dhaka Dynamites (C)
12
8
4
0
16
0.912
2
Khulna Titans (3)
12
7
5
0
14
−0.215
3
Chittagong Vikings (4)
12
6
6
0
12
0.233
4
Rajshahi Kings (R)
12
6
6
0
12
0.208
5
Rangpur Riders
12
6
6
0
12
−0.106
6
Comilla Victorians
12
5
7
0
10
−0.345
7
Barisal Bulls
12
4
8
0
8
−0.688
League stage
A total of 46 matches were played in the tournament. During the round-robin group stage each team played 12 matches, two against each other team taking part in the tournament. In total 42 matches were played in the group stage, with the top four teams progressing to the playoff stage of the tournament where three playoff matches and the final were played, the final taking place on 9 December at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
Group stage matches were played in three blocks. The first and third blocks took place in Dhaka, with the middle block of 10 matches taking place in Chittagong. Two matches were played on each day of the group stage part of the tournament. The first four matches of the tournament were washed out after heavy rain, and the two matches scheduled to take place on 6 November were postponed. The tournament was restarted on 8 November with the first six fixtures rescheduled and the matches from the opening day of fixtures replayed, with the points table reset.
Rain-affected fixtures
The following six matches were all affected by rain, with only the first one technically starting with a toss taking place. All of the results were removed from the points table and rescheduled for later in the tournament.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , No play was possible due to heavy rain. , The match was replayed on 30 November 2016.
No toss. , No play was possible due to heavy rain. , The match was replayed on 10 November 2016.
The match was replayed on 14 November 2016.
The match was replayed on 14 November 2016.
The match was replayed on 28 November 2016.
The match was replayed on 20 November 2016.
4 November 2016 14:30
Comilla Victorians
v
Rajshahi Kings
No result Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
4 November 2016 19:30 (D/N)
Rangpur Riders
v
Khulna Titans
Match abandoned Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban)
5 November 2016 14:30
Barisal Bulls
v
Chittagong Vikings
Postponed Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
5 November 2016 19:30 (D/N)
Comilla Victorians
v
Dhaka Dynamites
Postponed Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban)
6 November 2016 14:30
Rangpur Riders
v
Rajshahi Kings
Postponed Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
6 November 2016 19:30 (D/N)
Barisal Bulls
v
Khulna Titans
Postponed Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
Phase 1
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Zakir Hasan (Chittagong Vikings); Nahidul Islam and Nazmul Hossain Shanto (Comilla Victorians) all made their T20 debuts.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , Mahedi Hasan (Barisal Bulls) made his T20 debut.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat. , Abdul Mazid (Khulna Titans) and Mehedi Hasan (Rajshahi Kings) both made their T20 debuts.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , This was a replay of the match from 4 November 2016. , Rangpur Riders recorded the biggest win in the BPL in terms of balls remaining and Khulna Titans made the lowest total in the BPL.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field. , Hasanuzzaman (Khulna Titans) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Mohammad Saifuddin (Comilla Victorians) made his T20 debut.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field. , This was a replay of the match from 5 November 2016.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , This was a replay of the match from 5 November 2016.
8 November 2016 14:00 Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings161/3 (20 overs)
v
Comilla Victorians132/8 (20 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 54 (38) Imad Wasim 1/22 (4 overs)
Nazmul Hossain 54* (44) Mohammad Nabi 4/24 (4 overs)
Chittagong won by 29 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Chittagong Vikings)
8 November 2016 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Barisal Bulls148/6 (20 overs)
v
Dhaka Dynamites149/2 (16 overs)
Shahriar Nafees 55 (34) Mohammad Shahid 3/21 (4 overs)
Mehedi Maruf 75 (45) Taijul Islam 1/14(2 overs)
Phase 2
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field. , This was a replay of the match from 6 November 2016.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat. , Shahidul Islam (Chittagong Vikings) and Habibur Rahman (Comilla Victorians) both made their T20 debuts.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat. , Mohammad Enamul (Barisal Bulls) made his T20 debut.
Phase 3
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajshahi Kings 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.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , This was a replay of the match from 6 November 2016.
Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat. , As a result of this match, Dhaka Dynamites qualified
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , This was a reply of the match from 4 November 2016.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Afif Hossain (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Rajshahi Kings advanced to Qualifier 2 and Chittagong Vikings are eliminated
Qualifier 1
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field. , Dhaka Dynamites advanced to Final and Khulna Titans goes to Qualifier 2
Qualifier 2
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat. , Rajshahi Kings advanced to the Final and Khulna Titans were eliminated
Final
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Dhaka Dynamites won the championship and Rajshahi Kings became runners-up
Highest team totals
The following table lists the three highest team scores during the season.
