Dhaka: The ‘Player Draft’ for the recruitment of local and foreign cricketers for the most exciting segment of the fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket was competed in Dhaka Friday night.  

Seven franchise teams will compete in this year BPL with the inclusion of Rajshahi Kings Khulna Titans, while Sylhet franchise team— Sylhet Super Kings— will miss the ensuing meet for breaching the franchisee agreement terms.  

Earlier, six teams competed in the BPL in 2012, 2013 and 2015 editions.

The franchise-based teams are defending champions Comilla Victorians, runners-up Barisal Bulls, Rangpur Riders, Dhaka Dynamites, Chittagong Vikings, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings.

All the seven franchises who are participating in this edition of BPL chose their required players from the players draft segment.

Players of the participating teams are:  

Comilla Victorians : Mashrafe Bin Mortoza (Icon), Imrul Kayes, Litton Kumar Das, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ashar Zaidi, Nuawn Kulasekara , Thisara Perera , Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan, Mohammad Al-Amin, Nazmul Islam Shanto, Nahidul Islam, Md Saifuddin, Jason Holder, Shahzaib Hasan, Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Mohammad Sharif, Nabil Samad, Jasim Uddin, Shoikat Ali, Rasel Al Mamun.

Barisal Bulls: Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Al-Amin Hossain, Taijul Islam, Dilshan Munaweera, Mohammad Nawaz, Shamsur Rahman, Abu Hider Rony, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Nadif Chowdhury, Carlon Brathwaite, Josh Cobb, Mehedi Hasan, Monir Hossain Khan, Shahriar Nafees.  

Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Taskin Ahmed, Anamul Haque, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Chaturanga de Silva, Mohammad Nabi, Grant Elliot, Imran Khan Jnr, Abdur Razzak, Shubashis Roy, Jahurul Islam , Najmul Hossain Milon, Jeevan Mendis, Tymal Mills, Zakir Hasan, Md Shohidul Islam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Jubair Hossain.

Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Mosaddek Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Kumar Sangakkara, Andre Russell, Mahela Jawawardene, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Ravi Bopara , Seekuge Prasanna, Wayne Parnell, Sanjamul Islam, Alauddin Babu, Sohrawardi Shuvo, Mehedi Maruf, Mohammad Shorif, Imran Shukkur, Tanvir Haider Khan, Usama Mir.

Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah Riyad ( Icon), Mosharraf Hossain Rubel, Shafiul Islam, Nicholas Pooran, Ricky Wessels, Kevin Cooper, Mohammad Asgar, Benny Hawal, Lendl Simmons, Ben Laughlin, Shuvagata Hom, Ariful Haque, Md Abdul Mazid, Andre Fletcher, Alok Kapali, Junaid Khan, Ariful Haque, Md Hasanuzzaman, Naem Islam jnr, Nur Hossain Saddam, Saidur Rahman, Abdul Halim.

Rajshahi Kings: Sabbir Rahman (Icon), Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Darren Sammy, Mohammad Sami, Milinda Siriwardana, Upul Tharanga, Mominul Haque, Farhad Reza, Nazmul Hasan Apu, Raqibul Hasan, Samit Patel, Abul Hasan Raju, Rony Talukdar, Salman Hossain, Ibadat Hossain.

Rangpur Raiders: Soumya Sarkar ( Icon) , Mohammad Mithun, Arafat Sunny, Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Babor Azam, Mohammad Shahzad, Dasun Shanaka, Gidron Pope, Richard Gleeson, Nasir Jamshed, Sachitra Senanayake, Rubel Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Ziaur Rahman, Naeem Islam,

Pinak Gosh, Muktar Ali, Mehrab Hossain Jossy, Shahbaz Chouhan, Gihan Rupasinghe.