Mustafizur likely to be first pick in BPL draft

Sports Desk: BPL franchises have populated their squads by signing overseas players before the players' draft takes place on Saturday. They have also retained at least three local players from their 2016 roster while some have added a new icon cricketer.

Since this year's regulations stipulate that a team can field between three and five overseas players in its XI, all the franchises have to pick up several local players from the draft. A franchise should pick a minimum of seven local and two overseas players in the draft.

Mustafizur Rahman is the only local player in Grade A+ ($60,000) and is likely to be a franchise's first pick. Shahriar Nafees and Nazmul Hossain Shanto are going to be sought after among batsmen.

Source: Agencies

 

risingbd/Dhaka/September 14, 2017/A K Azad