Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsRangpur Riders (1st title)
Runners-upDhaka Dynamites
Participants7
Matches46
Player of the seriesChris Gayle (Rangpur Riders)
Most runsChris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) (485)
Most wicketsShakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) (22)
Official websiteBPL
The Bangladesh Premier League 2017, also known as BPL Season 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth 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 from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites playing against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket Stadium2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League is located in Bangladesh
Draft and squads
The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.
A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.
Venues
A total of 46 matches were played, with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.
Chittagong
Dhaka
Sylhet
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Capacity: 26,000
Capacity: 18,500
Matches: 10
Matches: 28
Matches: 8
ChittagongDhakaSylhet
Points table
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs , advanced to the Qualifier 1 , advanced to the Eliminator
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Comilla Victorians (3)
12
9
3
0
18
0.578
2
Dhaka Dynamites (R)
12
7
4
1
15
1.631
3
Khulna Titans (4)
12
7
4
1
15
0.075
4
Rangpur Riders (C)
12
6
6
0
12
−0.267
5
Sylhet Sixers
12
4
7
1
9
−0.429
6
Rajshahi Kings
12
4
8
0
8
−1.098
7
Chittagong Vikings
12
3
8
1
7
−0.473
League stage
A total of 42 matches were played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, followed by 16 in Dhaka, then ten in Chittagong, and the final eight in Dhaka.
Phase 1 (Sylhet)
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Nihaduzzaman (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field. , Khaled Ahmed (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Hossain Ali (Rajshahi Kings) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet won by 9 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Riazuddin (Pak) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sylhet Sixers)
4 November 2017 7:00 pm (D/N) Scorecard
Rajshahi Kings154/8 (20 overs)
v
Rangpur Riders155/4 (18.5 overs)
Rony Talukdar 47 (38) Nazmul Islam 2/20 (4 overs)
Mohammad Mithun 46 (33) James Franklin 1/26 (3 overs)
Rangpur won by 6 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Rangpur Riders)
5 November 2017 2:00 pm Scorecard
Comilla Victorians145/6 (20 overs)
v
Sylhet Sixers148/6 (19.5 overs)
Marlon Samuels 60 (47) Taijul Islam 2/22 (4 overs)
Sylhet won by 4 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sylhet Sixers)
5 November 2017 7:00 pm (D/N) Scorecard
Dhaka Dynamites202/7 (20 overs)
v
Khulna Titans137 (18.1 overs)
Evin Lewis 66 (40) Abu Jayed 2/29 (4 overs)
Jofra Archer 36 (24) Abu Hider 3/13 (3 overs)
Dhaka won by 65 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Akteruzzaman (Ban) and Riazuddin (Pak) Player of the match: Cameron Delport (Dhaka Dynamites)
7 November 2017 2:00 pm Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings143/7 (20 overs)
v
Comilla Victorians144/2 (17.2 overs)
Luke Ronchi 40 (21) Mohammad Saifuddin 3/24 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 48 (42) Subashis Roy 2/24 (3.2 overs)
Comilla won by 8 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mohammad Saifuddin (Comilla Victorians)
7 November 2017 7:00 pm (D/N) Scorecard
Sylhet Sixers205/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Kings172/8 (20 overs)
Upul Tharanga 50 (37) Kesrick Williams 2/39 (4 overs)
Luke Wright 56 (39) Abul Hasan 3/22 (4 overs)
Sylhet won by 33 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Riazuddin (Pak) Player of the match: Danushka Gunathilaka (Sylhet Sixers)
8 November 2017 2:00 pm Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings166/4 (20 overs)
v
Rangpur Riders155/8 (20 overs)
Luke Ronchi 78 (35) Ravi Bopara 2/14 (3 overs)
Ravi Bopara 38 (32) Taskin Ahmed 3/31 (4 overs)
Chittagong won by 11 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Riazuddin (Pak) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Taskin Ahmed (Chittagong Vikings)
Phase 2 (Dhaka)
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , Wanidu Hasaranga (Sylhet Sixers) made his T20 debut. , This was the fastest victory in BPL history.
Chittagong Vikings 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.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
No toss. , No play was possible due to rain.
No toss. , No play was possible due to rain.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans 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.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Chittagong)
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Tanvir Islam (Khulna Titans) made his T20 debut.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
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 bat. , Nayeem Hasan (Chittagong Vikings) and Qazi Onik (Rajshahi Kings) both made their T20 debuts.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 4 (Dhaka)
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field. , This was concurrently the largest victory in terms of wickets in BPL history.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat. , Mehedi Rana (Comilla Victorians) made his T20 debut.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat. , Ebadot Hossain (Rangpur Riders) made his T20 debut.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Preliminary
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to Qualifier 2 and Khulna Titans are eliminated.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat. , As a result of this match, Dhaka Dynamites advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians qualified for Qualifier 2.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Rain stop play when 7 overs of the 1st innings were completed which caused match to reschedule and begin from 11 December at 6:00 PM from where it was halted , As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders advanced to the Final and Comilla Victorians are eliminated. , Johnson Charles (Rangpur Riders) scored his maiden T20 century.
Final
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) has hit the most sixes by a player in a T20 match (18 sixes). , He has also scored the highest score by a player in a T20 final as well as the highest in BPL history. , The partnership between Gayle and Brendon McCullum is the highest ever in BPL (201* for the 2nd wicket). , As a result of this match, Rangpur Riders won the championship.
