The Bangladesh Premier League 2016, also known as BPL Season 4 and AKS BPL 2016 (for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the

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(BPL), the top level professional

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franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the

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(BCB) and featured seven teams. The season originally began on 4 November 2016 and ended on 9 December 2016. However, after the first four matches of the tournament were abandoned due to rain and with more rain forecast, the league opted to restart on 8 November and to replay all of the opening six matches. Two new teams,

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and

Rajshahi Kings Durbar Rajshahi () is a Bangladeshi franchise Twenty20 cricket team. The team is based in Rajshahi in Bangladesh and competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket competition. The team is currently owned by the V ...

played in the competition with new ownership after the original franchises were not allowed to enter the 2015 competition, while the Sylhet Super Stars franchise was excluded from the competition.Isam M (2016
Rajshahi, Khulna return to BPL with new owners

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, 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-09-30. The BCB originally claimed that Sylhet had breached franchisee agreements or not paid bank guarantees, but on 21 September clarified that the franchise had been excluded for "disciplinary reasons". Comilla Victorians were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. In the championship game, Dhaka Dynamites defeated Rajshahi Kings to win their third title.

Player draft

The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.

Player transfers

Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Sylhet Super Stars and the introduction of two new teams,

and

. Transfers included the move of Barisal Bulls captain Mahmudullah Riyad to the Khulna Titans,

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from the Barisal Bulls to the

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, the signing of

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as team captain of

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from the Sylhet Super Stars and

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as team captain of Dhaka Dynamites from Rangpur Riders.

Venues

A total of 46 matches, including the final, were played at two venues in

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and

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. The

Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium (), previously known as Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium and Bir Shrestha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in the port city of Chattogram, in south-eastern Bangla ...

in Chittagong hosted eleven (11) matches in the middle block of games, with the majority of matches (35), including all playoff matches and the final being held at the

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in Dhaka. 25,000 people attended the final.

Points table

* The top four teams qualified for playoffs * advanced to the Qualifier * advanced to the Eliminator

League stage

A total of 46 matches were played in the tournament. During the round-robin group stage each team played 12 matches, two against each other team taking part in the tournament. In total 42 matches were played in the group stage, with the top four teams progressing to the playoff stage of the tournament where three playoff matches and the final were played, the final taking place on 9 December at the

. Group stage matches were played in three blocks. The first and third blocks took place in Dhaka, with the middle block of 10 matches taking place in

. Two matches were played on each day of the group stage part of the tournament. The first four matches of the tournament were washed out after heavy rain, and the two matches scheduled to take place on 6 November were postponed. The tournament was restarted on 8 November with the first six fixtures rescheduled and the matches from the opening day of fixtures replayed, with the points table reset.

Rain-affected fixtures

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Phase 1

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Playoffs

Eliminator

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

*Source
Cricinfo.com

Most wickets

*Source

Highest team totals

The following table lists the three highest team scores during the season. *Source

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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