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Bangladesh Premier League 2023

Dates	6 January – 16 February 2023
Administrator(s)	Bangladesh Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Bangladesh
Champions	Comilla Victorians (4th title)
Participants	7
Matches	46
Player of the series	Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers)
Most runs	Najmul Hossain Shanto (Sylhet Strikers) (516)
Most wickets	Tanvir Islam (Comilla Victorians) Hasan Mahmud (Rangpur Riders) (17 Wickets each)
Official website	bplt20.com.bd
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The Bangladesh Premier League 2023, also known as BPL Season 9 or Ispahani BPL 2023 Powered by Minister Group (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.

BCB announced the list of franchise owners in September 2022, with five of the previous six franchises retaining ownership and the return of Rangpur Riders after two seasons. On 24 December 2022, BCB announced the fixtures for this season with two matches to be played per day in the group stage and having reserve days for all of the knockout matches.

In the final, Comilla Victorians defeated Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets to win their second successive and overall fourth title.

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 recruit directly only one domestic player and unlimited number of foreign players.

The players' draft was held on 23 November 2022.

Each team are allowed to pick up a minimum of 12 players from the draft, at least ten local players and two foreign players. But there is no maximum limit of picking up foreign players from the draft.

Venues

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Chittagong	Dhaka	Sylhet
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 18,500
Matches:12	Matches:26	Matches:8
ChittagongDhakaSylhet

Teams and standings

Points Table

•   Advanced to Qualifier 1
•   Advanced to the Eliminator

League stage

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.

Phase 2 (Chittagong)

• 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.

Playoffs

Eliminator

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifiers

Qualifier 1

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Final

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

As of 17 February 2023

Most runs

• Source: Cricinfo.com

Most wickets

• Source: Cricinfo.com

Highest team totals

1. ^ These scores were made during the same match

• Source: Cricinfo.com

Prizes and awards

The following prizes were given after the final match.

References

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2. "Dates for next 3 BPL seasons finalised". Prothomalo. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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4. "Comilla Victorians owners to stay on till BPL 2025". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
5. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "৬ জানুয়ারি শুরু বিপিএল, ফাইনাল ১৬ ফেব্রুয়ারি". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
6. Isam, Mohammad (16 February 2023). "Litton, Charles help Comilla Victorians to fourth Bangladesh Premier League title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
7. "Unmukt Chand registers for Bangladesh Premier League 2023 draft: One of the best tournaments in world". India Today. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
8. "BPL 2023: Mashrafe, Tamim to play for new franchises; Shakib, Mustafizur remain in same team". The Business Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
9. "7 local cricketers get direct contracts in 2023 BPL". United News of Bangladesh. unb.com.bd. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
10. "9th BPL players' draft to take place Wednesday". www.dhakatribune.com. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
11. "Rony's record-breaking knock powers Rangpur to easy win over Comilla". Prothomalo. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
12. "Usman trumps Azam to guide Chattogram to victory in BPL". Jago News 24. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
13. ^ "বিশ্বরেকর্ড গড়লেন সাকিব, সঙ্গী ইফতিখার". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
14. Jacks, Bradley. "Shai Hope's 91* in vain as Johnson Charles blasts 107* to help Comilla Victorians complete highest successful chase in BPL history". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
15. "Shoaib Malik gets special guard of honour on his 500th T20 match, becomes third cricketer to reach the landmark". The Times of India. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
16. "BCB Announces BPL 2023 Prize Amount - Full List". 16 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

External links

• League home at ESPNCricinfo

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