Sports Desk :The Rangpur Riders had world famed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as icon player allocated through lottery in a players’ draft ceremony of the 3rd Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) held at Radisson Hotel in the city on Thursday.The six-franchised team BPL T20 cricket is scheduled to begin on November 22 this year.Of the five other local icon players, national opener Tamim Iqbal will play for his home team Chittagong Vikings, Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim for Sylhet Superstars, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for Comilla Victorians, Nasir Hossain for Dhaka Dynamites and Mahmudullah for Barisal Bulls.Apart from those six national icon cricketers, 19 overseas players and 57 local ones were picked during the day’s players’ draft ceremony chaired by BCB President Nazmul Hassan MP and conducted by BCB vice-president Mahbubul Anam.BPL teams: Rangpur Riders: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Soumya Sarkar, Arafat Sunny, Mohammad Mithun, Arafat Sunny, Saqlain Sajib, Muktar Ali, Jahurul Islam, Abu Jayed, Murad Khan, Rassel Al Mamun, Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Wahab Riaz (Pakistan). Dhaka Dynamites: Nasir Hossin (Icon), Mustafizur Rahman, Khandaker Musharraf Hossain, Mosaddek Hossin, Saikat Ali, Shamsur Rahman, Farhad Reza, Nabil Samad, Abul Hossain Raju, Irfan Sukkur, Sohil Khan (Pakistan) Dawid Malan (Eng), Shahzaib Hasan (Pak). Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Anamul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Ziaur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Elias Sunny, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque Jr., Nasir Ali Chowdhury, Shafiul Islam, Asif Ahmed Ratul, Nafees Iqbal Khan, Jeevan Mendis (Sri Lanka), Saeed Ajmal (Pak) and Robin Peterson (South Africa). Barisal Bulls: Mahmudullah Riyd (Icon), Sabbir Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Shahariar Nafees, Taijul Islam, Mehedi Maruf, Nadif Chowdhury, Rony Talukdar, Mohammad Sharifullah, Sajedul Islam, Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Sami (Pak), Imad Wasim (Pak). Comilla Victorians: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Icon), Litton Kumar Das, Imrul Kayes, Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, Sanjamul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Ariful Haque, Mahmudul Hasan, Naeem IslamJnr., Abu Haider Rony, Dhiman Gosh, Darren Stevens (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka), Andre Russell (West Indies) and Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka). Sylhet Superstars: Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Rubel Hossain, Mominul Haque, Abdur Razzak, Nurul Hasan Swan, Mohammad Shahid, Nazmul Hossain Apu, Junaid Siddique, Nasmul Hasan Milon, Abu Sayed Chowdhury, Chris Jordan (Eng), Josh Cobb (Eng) and Sohail Tanvir (Pak).
