Shanto produced an unbeaten 101 off 60 balls, smashing 10 fours and five sixes, and forged an unbroken 130-run partnership off just 71 deliveries with Mushfiqur Rahim.

As the tournament gets underway at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday, controversies continue to surface despite repeated assurances of a smoothly run event.

Noakhali Express head coach Khaled Mahmud and assistant coach Talha Jubair returned to training on Thursday after briefly walking out midway through the session over a shortage of facilities, with the issue later resolved following discussions with the franchise and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) remains without a title sponsor, with no official announcement made a day before the start of the tournament.

As things stand, Chattogram now have only two foreign signings - Delport, who last featured in a top franchise league back in 2021-22, and Ghulam from Pakistan.

The franchise confirmed the matter through their official Facebook page on Tuesday where they welcomed the 19-year-old uncapped opening batter from Afghanistan.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are set for a board meeting on Wednesday and BCB president Aminul Islam claimed the board is keeping a close watch on proceedings with security issues prevalent across the country.

Rangpur Riders head coach Mickey Arthur had a busy day getting to grips with the assignment ahead having joined the franchise today.

Bangladesh’s fastest pacer Nahid Rana is keen to put his newly developed skills to use in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which gets underway on December 26.

Pakistan’s legendary fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes Bangladesh have the potential to go deep in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka from February 7, citing the steady improvement of their pace unit in recent years.

Rangpur Riders have once again secured the services of experienced coach Mickey Arthur for the forthcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which is scheduled to get underway in Sylhet on December 26.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) governing council has released the fixtures for the upcoming 12th edition of the tournament, which is set to begin in Sylhet on December 26. The final is scheduled for January 23 in Dhaka, with January 24 kept as the reserve day. This year’s BPL will be played across three phases in Sylhet, Chattogram, and Dhaka.

Twelve years -- that’s how long the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) went without an auction. And with unexpected surprises, unprecedented requests, and an overall underwhelming foreign-player pool, Sunday’s return to the auction table was, in many ways, reflective of the BPL’s fragile reputation.

The players' auction returned to the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after 12 years yesterday and its comeback was not without surprises as top-order batter Mohammad Naim fetched the highest price among all local players and some young up-and-comers earned bigger bucks than the veterans.

The BPL returned to auction system after a gap of 12 years with Naim Sheikh snapped up for the highest price amongst local players.

Opener Mohammad Naim Sheikh went to Chattogram Royals for 1 crore 10 lakh in the BPL auctions on Sunday.

The High Court has cleared the way for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 12 players’ auction to go ahead as scheduled today, rejecting three writ petitions that challenged the exclusion of nine cricketers from the auction list.

Auctions in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), and the number 12, seem to have some sort of numeric connection.

The players’ auction for the 12th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to take place today at a city hotel in Dhaka, where over 400 Bangladeshi and overseas cricketers will go under the hammer, and six franchises will bid for their desired recruits.

A day before the players' auction for the 12th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), scheduled for today, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) excluded several local cricketers from the auction list who are under suspicion of being involved in fixing-related irregularities in the previous edition.