Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsComilla Victorians (4th title)
Participants7
Matches46
Player of the seriesNajmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers)
Most runsNajmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) (516)
Most wicketsTanvir Islam (Comilla Victorians) Hasan Mahmud (Rangpur Riders) (17 Wickets each)
Official websitebplt20.com.bd
The Bangladesh Premier League 2023, also known as BPL Season 9 or Ispahani BPL 2023 (for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). In July 2022, after the International Cricket Council accommodated the month of January and February for this league in its Future Tours Programme, the BCB announced the schedule of the BPL for the next three seasons. Accordingly, the ninth season was scheduled to be held from 5 January to 16 February in 2023. BCB also decided to increase the number of teams to 7 and to sell the franchise rights for 3 years from this season.
2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League is located in Bangladesh
Draft and squads
Before the draft Fortune Barishal signed up 10 players through direct recruitment, the most by any team. Unmukt Chand, former Indian cricketer also registered for the draft, being the only Indian so far to have registered in BPL's players' draft. Before the draft, each team was allowed to directly recruit only one domestic player and unlimited number of foreign players.
The players' draft was held on 23 November 2022.
Each team was allowed to pick a minimum of 12 players from the draft, at least ten local players and two foreign players. But there was no maximum limit of how many foreign players could be picked from the draft.
Points Table
Advanced to Qualifier 1 , Advanced to the Eliminator
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Sylhet Strikers (RU)
12
9
3
0
0
18
0.737
2
Comilla Victorians (C)
12
9
3
0
0
18
0.723
3
Rangpur Riders
12
8
4
0
0
16
0.165
4
Fortune Barishal
12
7
5
0
0
14
0.542
5
Khulna Tigers
12
3
9
0
0
6
−0.534
6
Dhaka Dominators
12
3
9
0
0
6
−0.776
7
Chattogram Challengers
12
3
9
0
0
6
−0.872
Phase 1 (Dhaka)
Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , Ashiqur Zaman (Comilla Victorians) made his T20 debut. , Rony Talukdar scored the fastest half-century by a Bangladeshi batter in the Bangladesh Premier League.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to bat.
Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field. , Habibur Rahman Sohan (Khulna Tigers) made his T20 debut. , Azam Khan and Usman Khan both scored their maiden centuries in T20 cricket.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to field.
Match 1 6 January 2022 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Chattogram Challengers89/9 (20 overs)
v
Sylhet Strikers90/2 (12.3 overs)
Afif Hossain 25 (23) Rejaur Rahman Raja 4/14 (4 overs)
Sylhet Strikers won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Rejaur Rahman Raja (Sylhet Strikers)
Rangpur Riders won by 34 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Rony Talukdar (Rangpur Riders)
Match 3 7 January 2022 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Khulna Tigers113/8 (20 overs)
v
Dhaka Dominators117/4 (19.1 overs)
Yasir Ali 24 (25) Al-Amin Hossain 4/28 (4 overs)
Nasir Hossain 36* (36) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/22 (4 overs)
Dhaka Dominators won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Nasir Hossain (Dhaka Dominators)
Match 4 7 January 2022 18:30 (N) Scorecard
Fortune Barishal194/7 (20 overs)
v
Sylhet Strikers196/4 (19 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 67 (32) Mashrafe Mortaza 3/48 (4 overs)
Towhid Hridoy 55 (34) Chaturanga de Silva 1/14 (2 overs)
Sylhet Strikers won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Towhid Hridoy (Sylhet Strikers)
Match 5 9 January 2022 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Comilla Victorians149/6 (20 overs)
v
Sylhet Strikers150/5 (17.4 overs)
Jaker Ali 57* (43) Mohammad Amir 2/22 (4 overs)
Towhid Hridoy 56 (37) Mohammad Nabi 2/28 (4 overs)
Sylhet Strikers won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Towhid Hridoy (Sylhet Strikers)
Match 6 9 January 2022 18:30 (N) Scorecard
Khulna Tigers178/5 (20 overs)
v
Chattogram Challengers179/1 (19.2 overs)
Azam Khan 109* (58) Abu Jayed 2/29 (4 overs)
Usman Khan 103* (58) Nahidul Islam 1/26 (3 overs)
Chattogram Challengers won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Chattogram Challengers)
Match 7 10 January 2022 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Rangpur Riders158/7 (20 overs)
v
Fortune Barishal162/4 (19.2 overs)
Shoaib Malik 54* (36) Mehidy Hasan 2/21 (4 overs)
Ibrahim Zadran 52 (41) Sikandar Raza 2/14 (2 overs)
Fortune Barishal won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Mehidy Hasan (Fortune Barishal)
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to bat.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to bat.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Iftikhar Ahmed (Fortune Barishal) scored his first century in T20 cricket. , 192-run stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Iftikhar Ahmed (Fortune Barishal) is the highest fifth wicket partnership in T20 cricket.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field. , Khawaja Nafay (Chattogram Challengers) made his T20 debut.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to field.
Phase 3 (Dhaka)
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Dhaka Dominators won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field. , Nahid Rana (Khulna Tigers) made his T20 debut.
Phase 4 (Sylhet)
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to bat. , Abdullah Al Mamun (Dhaka Dominators) made his T20 debut.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field. , This is the highest successful run chase in BPL.
Phase 5 (Dhaka)
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Shoaib Malik (Rangpur Riders) become the third cricketer to play 500 matches in T20 cricket.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to bat. , Ripon Mondol (Rangpur Riders) made his T20 debut.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to bat.
Eliminator
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifiers
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
Prizes and awards
The following prizes were given after the final match.
