The 3rd version of the six-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 cricket, BRB 3rd BPL-2015, will ceremonially open today (Friday) afternoon through a grand ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.Bollywood hero Hrithik Roshan, heroin Jacqueline Fernandez, KK, local popular singer Momtaz, and LRD and Chirkutt bands will perform in the opening ceremony, scheduled to begin at 4:30 pm.Meanwhile, the BPL matches will begin on November 22 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium when Rangpur Riders will take on Chittagong Vikings at 2pm while Dhaka Dynamites will face Comilla Victorians in the other opening day’s fixture at 6:45pm.Most of the BPL matches are scheduled to be held at Mirpur, but a few number of matches will be played at Chittagong as well.According to the schedule, two matches will be played on every match day. The first match will start at 2pm and will end at 5:20 pm while the second match will start at 6:45pm in the evening and continue till 10:05pm (Bangladesh Standard Time (BST).On completion of league basis group matches, four top teams will play in the semifinals. The 1st and 2nd ranked teams will play the first semifinal match and the winner will progress to the final directly. The 3rd and the 4th teams will play in the eliminator round and the winner will advance to play in the second qualifier match against the loser of the first semifinal.The winner of the second qualifier will play the final against the winner of the first semifinal. Fixture of BPL: First Stage (Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium)Nov 22 : Rangpur Riders vs Chittagong Vikings Dhaka Dynamites vs Comilla VictoriansNov 23 : Sylhet Superstars vs Chittagong VikingsRangpur Riders vs Barisal BullsNov 24 : Comilla Victorians vs Chittagong Sylhet Superstars vs Barisal Bulls Nov 25 : Rangpur Riders vs Dhaka Dynamites Comilla Victorians vs Barisal BullsNov 26 : Sylhet Superstars vs Rangpur Riders Chittagong Vikings vs Dhaka DynamitesNov 27: Comilla Victorians vs Rangpur Riders Sylhet Superstars vs Dhaka DynamitesSecond Stage: (Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong)Nov 30 : Comilla Victorians vs Chittagong Vikings Barisal Bulls vs Sylhet SuperstarsDec 01 : Rangpur Riders vs Chittagong Vikings Barisal Bulls vs Dhaka DynamitesDec 02 : Comilla Victorians vs Dhaka Dynamites Sylhet Superstars vs Chittagong VikingsDec 03 : Rangpur Riders vs Barisal BullsThird Stage (Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium)Dec 06 : Sylhet Superstars vs Barisal Bulls Rangpur Riders vs Dhaka DynamitesDec 07 : Comilla Victorians vs Barisal Bulls Sylhet Superstars vs Rangpur RidersDec 08 : Chittagong Vikings vs Dhaka Dynamites Comilla Victorians vs Rangpur RidersDec 09 : Sylhet Superstars vs Dhaka Dynamites Barisal Bulls vs Chittagong VikingsDec 10 : Comilla Victorians vs Sylhet Superstars Barisal Bulls vs Dhaka DynamitesRace to FinalDec 12: Qualifier 1 (1st vs 2nd team, group stage) Eliminator (3rd vs 4th team ,group stage)Dec 13 : Qualifier 2 (Loser of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Eliminator)Dec 15 (Grand Final)
