2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League

2015 Bangladesh Premier League

Dates	22 November 2015 – 15 December 2015[1]
Administrator(s)	BCB
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Bangladesh
Champions	Comilla Victorians[2]
Participants	6
Matches played	34
Attendance	742,000 (21,824 per match)
Player of the series	Ashar Zaidi (Comilla Victorians)
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (Dhaka Dynamites)
Most wickets	Kevon Cooper (Barisal Bulls)

The 2015 season of the Bangladesh Premier League', abbreviated as BPL 3 or BRB BPL 2015, was the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a twenty20 cricket league established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012. The tournament featured six teams during the third season. The season began on Friday, 20 November 2015, with a lavish opening ceremony held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, and the annual kickoff game was held between Chittagong Vikings and Rangpur Riders, which resulted with the Rangpur winning by two wickets in last ball finish.^[3]

The championship game was held on 15 December 2015, in which Comilla Victorians won the championship by defeating Barisal Bulls by three wickets. Alok Kapali from Comilla Victorians was awarded player of the match in the final for his match winning 39 from 28 balls. Ashar Zaidi was awarded the player of the tournament for his all rounding performance of 215 runs and 17 wickets throughout the tournament. Ashar Zaidi of Comilla Victorians was named Most valuable player (MVP), while Abu Hider was the find of the tournament.

Bangladesh Cricket Board termed the third edition as The Revival of Bangladesh Premier League, as the committee plans to expand the tournament massively during the Fourth season.

Player Auction

The auction was held on 22 October 2015 in Dhaka. Six franchises participated in the draft method. Players from Category A-D were picked in the draft by six teams. The icon players and platinum category players were excluded from the draft process. Chris Gayle was picked up by Barisal Bulls for 1.65 crores (US$210,000). Total 319 players took part in the draft process, and 82 players were drafted. The six icon players were selected through lottery process.^[4]

Opening Ceremony

The third season of the tournament was officially launched at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on 20 November 2015. During the opening ceremony, All six teams, along with their owners and captains were introduced. The opening ceremony featured live performances from Chirkutt Band, Ayub Bachchu, Momtaz Begum, KK, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Hrithik Roshan. The total cost of the opening ceremony was reported to be 3.5 crores.

Venues

A total of 34 matches including the championship game was held in two venues. The first and third leg of the tournament was played at Dhaka while the second leg was held at the port city Chittagong. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium hosted 26 matches while Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium hosted the eight group stage matches.

Bangladesh
Chittagong	Dhaka
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 25,000
Chittagong Dhaka

Teams and standings

Team[5]	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Comilla Victorians (C)	10	7	3	0	0	14	+0.788
Barisal Bulls (R)	10	7	3	0	0	14	+0.063
Rangpur Riders (3)	10	7	3	0	0	14	+0.609
Dhaka Dynamites (4)	10	4	6	0	0	8	-0.010
Sylhet Super Stars	10	3	7	0	0	6	-0.710
Chittagong Vikings	10	2	8	0	0	4	-0.844

• Top 4 teams qualifies for the playoffs
•      advanced to the Qualifier
•      advanced to the Eliminator

Squads

Barisal Bulls	Chittagong Vikings	Comilla Victorians	Dhaka Dynamites	Rangpur Riders	Sylhet Super Stars
Mahmudullah Riyad (c) Brendan Taylor (vc) Jos Buttler Chris Gayle Sabbir Rahman Shahriar Nafees Rony Talukdar Evin Lewis Mehedi Maruf Nadif Chowdhury Nikhil Dutta Suhrawadi Shuvo Imad Wasim Seekkuge Prasanna Mohammad Sharifullah Mohammad Sami Kevon Cooper Sohag Gazi Taijul Islam Al-Amin Hossain Sajedul Islam Rayad Emrit	Tamim Iqbal (c) Tillakaratne Dilshan (vc) Nafees Iqbal Asif Hasan Anamul Haque Umar Akmal Kamran Akmal Naeem Islam Yasir Ali Asif Ahmed Ziaur Rahman Elton Chigumbura Shafiul Islam Enamul Haque Jr Saeed Ajmal Elias Sunny Jeevan Mendis Mohammad Amir Taskin Ahmed Robiul Islam Chamara Kapugedera Bilawal Bhatti	Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Shoaib Malik (vc) Abu Hider Ahmed Shehzad Darren Stevens Imrul Kayes Liton Das Dhiman Ghosh Shuvagata Hom Marlon Samuels Alok Kapali Mahmudul Hasan Naeem Islam Jr Ariful Haque Nuwan Kulasekara Kamrul Islam Rabbi Sunzamul Islam Sunil Narine Krishmar Santokie Ashar Zaidi Andre Russell	Kumar Sangakkara (c) Nasir Hossain (vc) Shadman Islam Nasir Jamshed Yasir Shah Shamsur Rahman Irfan Sukkur James Franklin Lahiru Thirimanne Abul Hasan Farhad Reza Mosaddek Hossain Mohammad Irfan Nabil Samad Shykat Ali Sohail Khan Mosharraf Hossain Mustafizur Rahman Ryan ten Doeschate Malcolm Waller	Shakib Al Hasan (c) Misbah-ul-Haq (vc) Lendl Simmons Soumya Sarkar Jahurul Islam Abdullah Al Mamun Mithun Ali Darren Sammy Thisara Perera Mohammad Nabi Murad Khan Sachithra Senanayake Wahab Riaz Arafat Sunny Saqlain Sajib Mukhtar Ali Abu Jayed Al-Amin	Shahid Afridi (c) Mushfiqur Rahim (vc) Dilshan Munaweera Brad Hodge Joshua Cobb Junaid Siddique Nurul Hasan Ravi Bopara Mominul Haque Chris Jordan Sohail Tanvir Nazmul Hossain Milon Rubel Hossain Abdur Razzak Mohammad Shahid Nazmul Hossain Ajantha Mendis Fidel Edwards Abu Sayem Chowdhury Subashis Roy

League progression

		Group matches											Knockout
Team		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		P1	P2	F
Barisal Bulls		2	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	14		L	W	L
Chittagong Vikings		0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
Comilla Victorians		0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14		W		W
Dhaka Dynamites		2	2	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8		L
Rangpur Riders		2	2	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14		L	L
Sylhet Super Stars		0	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	6	6

Win

Loss

No result

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.

Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the match summary.

League stage

Home \ Away	Barisal	Chittagong	Comilla	Dhaka	Rangpur	Sylhet
Barisal Bulls		Barisal 33 runs	Barisal 7 wickets	Barisal 9 wickets	Barisal 13 runs	Sylhet 9 wickets
Chittagong Vikings	Barisal 8 wickets		Comilla 7 wickets	Dhaka 6 wickets	Rangpur 9 wickets	Chittagong 10 wickets
Comilla Victorians	Comilla 8 wickets	Comilla 5 wickets		Dhaka 6 wickets	Comilla 9 wickets	Sylhet 4 wickets
Dhaka Dynamites	Barisal 2 wickets	Barisal 2 wickets	Dhaka 45 runs		Rangpur 69 runs	Dhaka 34 runs
Rangpur Riders	Barisal 6 wickets	Rangpur 2 wickets	Comilla 9 wickets	Rangpur 69 runs		Rangpur 6 runs
Sylhet Super Stars	Barisal 1 run	Chittagong 1 runs	Comilla 71 runs	Dhaka 34 runs	Rangpur 6 runs

  Home team won

  Visitor Team Won

Matches

Phase 1

22 November 14:00 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 187/7 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 188/8 (20 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (32) Saqlain Sajib 3/26		Misbah-ul-Haq 61 (37) Mohammad Amir 4/30

Rangpur won by 2 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.

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22 November 18:15 Scorecard

Dhaka Dynamites 112/4 (19.2)	v	Comilla Victorians 110/8 (20)
Nasir Jamshed 44(44) Abu Hider 2/17 (4 Overs)		Mashrafe Mortaza* 25 Abul Hasan 3/29 (4 overs)

Dhaka won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Abul Hassan

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bat.

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23 November 14:00 Scorecard

Sylhet Super Stars 179/6 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Vikings 180/5 (20 overs)
Dilshan Munaweera 64(36) Shafiul Islam 3/25 (4 Overs)		Tamim Iqbal 69(46) Subashish Roy 1/22 (4 overs)

Chittagong won by 1 run Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban)and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shafiul Islam

• Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.

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23 November 18:15 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 155/9 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 142/10 (20 Overs)
Mahmudullah Riyad 51 (43) Shakib Al Hasan 3/23 (4 Overs)		Mithun Ali 55 (32) Kevon Cooper 5/15 (4 Overs)

Barisal won by 13 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Kevon Cooper

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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24 November 14:00 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 176/4 (20 overs)	v	Comilla Victorians 177/3 (20 Overs)
Ziaur Rahman 39 (16) Ashar Zaidi 2/29 (4 Overs)		Marlon Samuels 69 (52) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (3.5 Overs)

Comilla won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

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24 November 18:15 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 108/10 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Super Stars 107/9 (20 Overs)
Nadif Chowdhury 24 (28) Nazmul Islam 3/18 (4 Overs)		Dilshan Munaweera 36 (31) Al-Amin Hossain 5/36 (4 Overs)

Barisal won by 1 Run Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Al-Amin Hossain

• Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.

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25 November 14:00 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 176/6(20 overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 107/10 (19.4 Overs)
Lendl Simmons 51(39) Yasir Shah 2/24 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 29(28) Shakib Al Hasan 4/16 (4 Overs)

Rangpur won by 69 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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25 November 18:45 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 89/10 (18.3 overs)	v	Comilla Victorians 90/2 (18 Overs)
Kevon Cooper 22(21) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/8 (4 Overs)		Mahmudul Hasan 31(43) Kevon Cooper 1/7 (3 Overs)

Comilla won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara

• Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.

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26 November 14:00 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 109/9 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Super Stars 103/10 (19.2 Overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 33(37) Mohammad Shahid 4/12 (4 Overs		Mominul Haque 29(23) Shakib Al Hasan 3/31 (4 Overs)

Rangpur won by 6 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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26 November 18:45 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 92/10 (18.4 overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 96/4 (17.1 Overs)
Naeem Islam 29 (38) Mustafizur Rahman 3/14 (3.4 Overs)		Shadman Islam 45(47) Naeem Islam 3/7 (3 Overs)

Dhaka won by 6 Wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Shadman Islam

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 November 14:00 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 82/10 (20 Overs)	v	Comilla Victorians 84/1 (11.5 overs)
Mithun Ali 28(42) Nuwan Kulasekara 4/12 (4 Overs)		Marlon Samuels 42 (24) Arafat Sunny 1/13 (3 Overs)

Comilla won by 9 Wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Marlon Samuels

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

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27 November 18:45 Scorecard

Dhaka Dynamites 166/6 (20 Overs)	v	Sylhet Super Stars 132/10 (19.5 Overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 75(56) Muhammad Shahid 2/27 (4 Overs)		Nurul Hasan 35(22) Mosharraf Hossain 3/15 (4 Overs)

Dhaka won by 34 Runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

• Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.

Phase 2

30 November 14:00 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 211 /3 (20 Overs)	v	Chittagong Vikings 137/10 (20 Overs)
Chirs Gayle 122(65)* Mohammad Amir 2/40 (4 Overs)		Tamim Iqbal 60(40) M.Sami 5/28 (4 Overs)

Barisal won by 33 Runs Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Christopher Henry "Chris Gayle

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.

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30 November 18:45 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 164/5 (20 Overs)	v	Sylhet Super Stars 168/5 (19.4 Overs)
Ashar Zaidi 53(36) Ravi Bopara 4/18 (4 Overs)		Ravi Bopara 50(38) Abu Hider 4/28 (3.4 Overs)

Sylhet won by 4 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara

• Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.

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1 December 14:00 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 111/8 (20 Overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 113/1 (17 Overs)
Tamim Iqbal 36(43) Shakib Al Hasan 2/16 (4 Overs)		Soumya Sarkar 58(56) Shafiul Islam 1/22 (2 Overs)

Rangpur won by 9 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Soumya Sarkar

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.

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1 December 18:45 Scorecard

Dhaka Dynamites 158/5 (20 overs)	v	Barisal Bulls 159/1 (18.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 60 (47) Seekkuge Prasanna 2/23 (4 overs)		Evin Lewis 101* (65) Abul Hasan 1/22 (2 overs)

Barisal won by 9 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Evin Lewis

• Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

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2 December 14:00 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 141/7 (20 overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 131/6 (20 overs)
Ashar Zaidi 45(29) Yasir Shah2/26 (4 overs)		Nasir Hossain 32(30) Abu Hider 2/30 (4 overs)

Comilla Victorians won by 10 runs. Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Ashar Zaidi

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

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2 December 18:45 Scorecard

Sylhet Super Stars 139/9 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Vikings 140/0 (16.1 overs)
Shahid Afridi 62(41) Shafiul Islam 2/37 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 67*(46) Ravi Bopara 0/10 (2 overs)

Chittagong Vikings won by 10 wickets. Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.

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3 December 14:00 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 104/9 (20 overs)	v	Barisal Bulls 75/4 (12.3/13 overs, target 75)
Jahurul Islam 24 (32) Al-Amin Hossain 3/30 (4 overs)		Mahmudullah Riyad 23(18) Arafat Sunny 2/11 (2 overs)

Barisal Bulls won by 6 wickets (D/L method) Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Al-Amin Hossain

• Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

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3 December 18:45 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 136/5 (20 overs)	v	Comilla Victorians 142/5 (19.4 overs)
Umar Akmal 49(34) Ashar Zaidi 1/18 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 37(41) Mohammad Amir 2/22 (4 overs)

Comilla Victorians won by 5 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

Phase 3

6 December 14:00 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 58/10 (16 Overs)	v	Sylhet Super Stars 62/1 (11.2 Overs)
Mohammad Sami 16(23) Ravi Bopara 3/12 (4 overs)		Junaid Siddique 34(37) Mohammad Sami 1/9 (3 overs)

Sylhet Super Stars won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Rez Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Junaid Siddique

• Sylhet Superstars won the toss and elected to field.

6 December 18:45 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 135/7 (20 Overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 136/4 (18.2 Overs)
Nasir Hossain 30(28) Shakib Al Hasan 1/16 (4 overs)		Jahurul Islam 35(26) Mustafizur Rahman 1/5 (3 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Enamul Haque (BAN) Player of the match: Jahurul Islam

• Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.

7 December 14:00 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 105/6 (20 Overs)	v	Barisal Bulls 106/3 (17.3 Overs)
Mahmudullah Riyad 26(27) Ashar Zaidi 2/12 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 76(63) Al-Amin Hossain 1/11 (3 overs)

Barisal Bulls won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Masudur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

7 December 18:15 Scorecard

Sylhet Super Stars 59/10 (11.5 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 60/2 (9.5 overs)
Sohail Tanvir 20(17) Arafat Sunny 4/14 (4 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 29 (24) Mohammad Shahid 2/18

Rangpur Riders won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Anisur Rahman (BAN) and Gazi Sohel (BAN) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

8 December 14:00 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 121/8 (20 overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 76/10 (16.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 38(36) Mohammad Amir 3/18 (4 overs)		Umar Akmal 14(22) Mosharraf Hossain 4/16

Dhaka Dynamites won by 45 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Masudur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Mosharraf Hossain

• Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.

8 December 18:45 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 132/10 (19.5 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 153/6 (20 overs)
Imrul Kayes 38(24) Thisara Perera 3/18 (4 overs)		Jahurul Islam 62(50) Abu Hider 2/28

Rangpur Riders won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Gazi Sohel (BAN) and REJ Martinesz (SRI) Player of the match: Jahurul Islam

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.

9 December 14:00 Scorecard

Sylhet Super Stars 162/4 (19.5 overs)	v	Dhaka Dynamites 157/5 (20 overs)
Ravi Bopara 55(40) Farhad Reza 2/42 (3.5 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 48(35) Abdur Razzak 2/9 (2 overs)

Dhaka Dynamites won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (BAN) and Masudur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara

• Sylhet Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.

9 December 18:45 Scorecard

Chittagong Vikings 137/7 (20 overs)	v	Barisal Bulls 141/2 (20 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 28(27) Kevon Cooper 2/24		Chris Gayle 92(47) Taskin Ahmed 1/23 (3 overs)

Barisal Bulls won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Gazi Sohel (BAN) Player of the match: Chris Gayle

• Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

10 December 2015 BDT 14:00 match28

Comilla Victorians

v

Sylhet Super Stars

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

10 December 2015 BDT 18:45 match29

Barisal Bulls

v

Dhaka Dynamites

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Playoffs

Preliminary

Final

15 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

12 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

1

Comilla Victorians

163/7

2

Rangpur Riders

91/10

1

Comilla Victorians

157/7

Comilla won by 72 runs

3

Barisal Bulls

156/4

Comilla won by 3 wickets

13 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

2

Rangpur Riders

160/9

3

Barisal Bulls

163/5

Barisal won by 5 wickets

12 December — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

3

Barisal Bulls

135/5

4

Dhaka Dynamites

117/8

Barisal won by 18 runs

Semifinal

Qualifier 1 12 December 15:30 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 163/7	v	Rangpur Riders 91/10 (17 overs)
Imrul Kayes 67 (48) Thisara Perera 5/26 (4 overs)		Lendl Simmons 25 (20) Ashar Zaidi 4/11 (4 overs)

Comilla Victorians won by 72 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Ashar Zaidi (Comilla)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field
• Comilla Victorians advance to final and Rangpur Riders will compete in qualifier 2.

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Eliminator 12 December 18:30 Scorecard

Barisal Bulls 135/5	v	Dhaka Dynamites 117/8
Sabbir Rahman 41 (39) Mustafizur Rahman 2/21 (4 overs)		Mosaddek Hossain 26 (27) Al-Amin Hossain 3/15 (4 overs)

Barisal Bulls won by 18 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Al-Amin Hossain (Barisal)

• Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field
• Barisal Bulls qualify for the qualifier 2 and Dhaka Dynamites eliminate from the tournament.

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Qualifier 2 13 December 18:30 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 160/9	v	Barisal Bulls 163/5 (19.3 overs)
Lendl Simmons 73 (57) Kevon Cooper 4/39 (4 overs)		Sabbir Rahman 79 (49) Arafat Sunny 1/18 (3 overs)

Barisal Bulls won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Sabbir Rahman (Barisal)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat
• Barisal Bulls advance to final.

Final

Final 15 December 15:30 Scorecard

Comilla Victorians 157/7	v	Barisal Bulls 156/4
Imrul Kayes 53 (37) Mahmudullah 2/23 (4 overs)		Mahmudullah 48 (36) Darren Stevens 1/19 (3 overs)

Comilla Victorians won by 3 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Alok Kapali (Comilla)

• Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field
• Comilla Victorians won the 2015-16 Bangladesh Premier League.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Kumar Sangakkara	Dhaka Dynamites	10	10	349	38.77	117.11	75	0	2	35	5
Imrul Kayes	Comilla Victorians	10	10	312	28.36	114.70	67	0	2	32	10
Tamim Iqbal	Chittagong Vikings	9	9	298	37.25	118.72	69	0	3	29	9
Mahmudullah Riyad	Barisal Bulls	13	12	279	27.90	100.35	51	0	1	27	3
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Chittagong Vikings	10	10	260	28.88	133.33	67	0	1	31	10
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	4WI	5WI
Kevon Cooper	Barisal Bulls	9	9	22	9.31	5.85	5/15	09.50	1	1
Abu Hider	Comilla Victorians	12	12	21	15.04	6.91	4/19	15.04	2	0
Thisara Perera	Rangpur Riders	12	12	18	13.61	6.74	5/26	13.61	1	0
Shakib Al Hasan	Rangpur Riders	11	11	18	13.61	6.39	4/16	13.60	1	0
Ashar Zaidi	Comilla Victorians	11	11	17	10.41	4.78	4/11	13.00	1	0
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Barisal Bulls	211/3 (20 overs)	Chittagong Vikings	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Chittagong Vikings	187/7 (20 overs)	Rangpur Riders	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Chittagong Vikings	180/5 (20 overs)	Sylhet Super Stars	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium

Highest individual scores

Player	Team	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate	4's	6's
Chirs Gayle	Barisal Bulls	111*	65	155.38	7	6
Evin Lewis]	Barisal Bulls	101*	47	195.74	6	9
Chirs Gayle	Barisal Bulls	92	49	161.22	7	3
Saffat Sharif	Comilla Victorians	79*	63	120.63	10	1
Steve Smith	Dhaka Dynamites	75	44	133.92	6	4

References

1. "Bangladesh Premier League 2015". cricketwa. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
2. NDTVSports (15 December 2015). "Bangladesh Premier League: Comilla Victorians Crowned 2015 Champions After Tense Last-Ball Win". NDTVSports.com.
3. "BPL 2015 to start from November 22". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
4. Isam, Mohammad. "Nineteen overseas players picked in BPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
5. "Points Table - Bangladesh Premier League - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

External links

• Official website
• BPL 2016 Player list, Start Date, Schedule, New Teams and venue