Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsComilla Victorians (2nd title)
Runners-upDhaka Dynamites
Participants7
Matches46
Player of the seriesShakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites)
Most runsRilee Rossouw (Rangpur Riders) (558)
Most wicketsShakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) (23)
Official websiteBPL
The Bangladesh Premier League 2019, also known as BPL Season 6 or UCB BPL 2019 Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth 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), featuring seven teams from seven cities. Teams were restricted to having four overseas players per side, instead of five in the previous edition of the tournament. Rangpur Riders were the defending champions.
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket Stadium2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League is located in Bangladesh
Draft and squads
By 30 September 2018 teams announced the names of their retained players and their icon players. A players' draft was initially scheduled to take place on 25 October 2018. However, the date was moved to 28 October due to a schedule clash with the ODI series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Teams added to their squads in the draft. Litton Das and Mustafizur Rahman were new additions to the list while Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman were excluded from the list. Initially, Steve Smith was barred from playing in the tournament by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). However, the BCB overturned its decision, allowing Smith to take part in the competition.
Venues
A total of 46 matches were played at three venues, with the playoffs and final held at Dhaka. Dhaka hosted 14 matches in the first phase of the competition, then Sylhet hosted eight matches, followed by a further six matches in Dhaka in the third phase, while Chittagong hosted 10 matches during the fourth phase.
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 (incl. Playoffs)
Matches: 8
ChittagongDhakaSylhet
Points table
advanced to the Qualifier 1 , advanced to the Eliminator
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Rangpur Riders (3)
12
8
4
0
16
1.018
2
Comilla Victorians (C)
12
8
4
0
16
0.066
3
Chittagong Vikings (4)
12
7
5
0
14
−0.293
4
Dhaka Dynamites (R)
12
6
6
0
12
0.974
5
Rajshahi Kings
12
6
6
0
12
−0.518
6
Sylhet Sixers
12
5
7
0
10
0.066
7
Khulna Titans
12
2
10
0
4
−1.259
League stage
A total of 42 matches were played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 8 matches in Sylhet and 10 in Chittagong.
Phase 1 (Dhaka)
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Mohor Sheikh (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Towhid Hridoy (Sylhet Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Aliss Islam (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut and took a hat-trick.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field. , Mahidul Islam Ankon (Khulna Titans) made his T20 debut.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat. , Mohammad Naim (Dhaka Dynamites) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
5 January 2019 12:30 Scorecard
Rangpur Riders98 (20 overs)
v
Chittagong Vikings101/7 (19.1 overs)
Ravi Bopara 44 (47) Robert Frylinck 4/14 (4 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 27 (23) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/24 (4 overs)
Chittagong won by 3 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Robert Frylinck (Chittagong Vikings)
Mohammad Hafeez 29 (28) Rubel Hossain 3/7 (3 overs)
Dhaka won by 83 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Dhaka Dynamites)
6 January 2019 12:30 Scorecard
Sylhet Sixers127/8 (20 overs)
v
Comilla Victorians130/6 (19.5 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 41 (26) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/13 (3 overs)
Comilla won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Comilla Victorians)
6 January 2019 17:20 (D/N) Scorecard
Rangpur Riders169/3 (20 overs)
v
Khulna Titans161/5 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 76* (52) Zahir Khan 1/30 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 61 (46) Shafiul Islam 2/44 (4 overs)
Rangpur won by 8 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Rangpur Riders)
8 January 2019 12:30 Scorecard
Dhaka Dynamites192/6 (20 overs)
v
Khulna Titans87 (13 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 57 (36) Paul Stirling 2/2 (1 over)
Junaid Siddique 31 (16) Shakib Al Hasan 3/18 (3 overs)
Dhaka won by 105 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Nadir Shah (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Dhaka Dynamites)
Rangpur won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (Rangpur Riders)
9 January 2019 12:30 Scorecard
Sylhet Sixers168/5 (20 overs)
v
Chittagong Vikings163/7 (20 overs)
David Warner 59 (47) Robert Frylinck 3/26 (4 overs)
Robert Frylinck 44* (24) Taskin Ahmed 4/28 (4 overs)
Sylhet won by 5 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Sylhet Sixers)
Phase 2 (Sylhet)
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians 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. , Jaker Ali (Sylhet Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Sylhet Sixers 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.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Dhaka)
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Laurie Evans (Rajshahi Kings) scored his first century in T20 cricket.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) became the first batsman to hit 900 sixes in T20 Cricket.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites) became first bowler to take 100 wickets in the BPL.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 4 (Chittagong)
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field. , Robiul Haque (Chittagong Vikings) made his T20 debut. , Rangpur Riders recorded highest ever team total in BPL history. , Rilee Rossouw and Alex Hales (Rangpur Riders) both scored century, making it only third instances in T20 history of two batsmen scored hundreds in the same team innings.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field. , Wahab Riaz (Comilla Victorians) took a hat-trick.
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat. , Andre Russell (Dhaka Dynamites) took a hat-trick.
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
Phase 5 (Dhaka)
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat. , Sanjit Saha (Comilla Victorians) and Minhajul Abedin Afridi (Rangpur Riders) both made their T20 debuts.
Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Eliminator
Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat. , As a result of this match, Dhaka advanced to Qualifier 2 while Chittagong were eliminated.
Qualifiers
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat. , As a result of this match, Comilla advanced to the Final while Rangpur advanced to Qualifier 2
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , As a result of this match, Dhaka advanced to the Final while Rangpur were eliminated.
Final
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field. , Tamim Iqbal (Comilla Victorians) scored his highest individual score in T20 cricket and it was also first time a century was scored by a Bangladeshi batsman in any T20 cricket final. , Comilla Victorians won their second BPL title.
