Bangladeshi Players: Mahmudullah Riyad, Shabbir Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Shohag Gazi, Taijul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Mehedi Maruf, Nadif Chowdhury, Rony Talukder, Mohammad Sharifullah, Sajedul Islam = 11 Players
Foreign Players: Chris Gayle (WI), Brendan Taylor (WK) (ZIM), Kevin Cooper (WI), Evin Lewis (WI), Seekkuge Prasanna (SL), Mohammad Sami (PAK), Imad Wasim (PAK) = 7 Players
In 2012, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) created the cricket tournament Bangladesh Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game.
Six teams participated in the inaugural tournament, beginning 9
February 2012. The teams representing six different Divisions of
Bangladesh, including Barisal, were put up on auction in Dhaka
on 10 January 2012 at the Radisson Hotel. The Barisal Burners were
bought by ALIF SSL Sports Holdings Ltd (A Concern of Alif Group) for a
price of USD 1.01 million..The Barisal Burners had been the cheapest buy of players and franchise at the beginning of the tournament. Their biggest buy was West Indies opener Chris Gayle
bought for a grand total of $551,000, the second biggest buy of the
inaugural BPL, however he was only available for five games. In his
short stay he was able to score two centuries and had the highest
average of 97.00. They continued with the destructive Ahmed Shehzad and experienced Brad Hodge opening the batting to provide a stable batting line up which qualified them for the semi finals. A close chase against Chittagong Kings qualified them narrowly to progress to the knock out stage to finish as the runner-up..Alif Group, the owner of Barisal Burners, initially gave the captaincy to experienced Bangladeshi opener Shahriar Nafees; however, the tournament progressed with Nafees failing to score regularly and as a result Brad Hodge took over when Nafees was dropped
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