The Bangladesh Premier League 2017, also known as BPL Season 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the

Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...

(BPL), the top level professional

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franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and features seven teams from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) () also known as Sylhet Stadium and previously known as Sylhet Divisional Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Sylhet, Bangladesh. SICS is surrounded by hills and has a scenic view and it is the only cric ...

. Barisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions. This year,

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players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league. In the championship match,

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defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match

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was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 485 runs.

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was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.

Draft

The 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4. A total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad.

signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to

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as the picked

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and Usama Mir.

Venues

A total of 46 matches were played, with the playoffs and final held in

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Results

Points table

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

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* advanced to the

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League Progression

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League stage

A total of 42 matches were played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, followed by 16 in Dhaka, then ten in Chittagong, and the final eight in Dhaka.

Phase 1 (Sylhet)

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Phase 2 (Dhaka)

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Phase 3 (Chittagong)

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Phase 4 (Dhaka)

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Play-offs

Preliminary

Eliminator

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

*Source
Cricinfo.com
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Highest team totals

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References

External links

Series home on ESPN Cricinfo
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