Review of Bangladesh Premier League T20 Tournament 2012.

This is the review of Bangladesh Premier League T20 Tournament 2012 First season

which was held in February 10, 2012.

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 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The first edition of the tournament started on 10 February 2012 with six franchises consisting of players from around the world.

Dhaka Gladiators were the inaugural champions & Barisal Burners were Runners up of the BPL.

The Bangladesh Premier League was broadcasted internationally through ESPN Star Sports who made agreements to broadcast matches on a daily basis. The official channel for the BPL was Channel 9.

First season Statistics:

Team	Match	Won	Lost	Tie	Win%	Place
Dhaka Gladiators	12	7	5	0	71.40	Champion
Barisal Burners	12	6	6	0	50.00	Runners up
Chittagong Kings	10	5	5	0	50.00	5th
Khulna Royal Bengals	11	6	5	0	66.54	3rd
Duronto Rajshahi	11	7	4	0	77.00	4th
Sylhet Royals	10	2	8	0	20.00	6th

Team:

• Most runs in an innings: 208/5, Dhaka Gladiators v Barisal Burners, 14 February 2012.
• Lowest total in an innings: 93, Chittagong Kings v Khulna Royal Bengals, 20 February 2012.
• Largest victories:
• By runs: 69, Khulna Royal Bengals v Sylhet Royals, 27 February 2012.
• By wickets: 10, Barisal Burners v Sylhet Royals, 10 February 2012.
• By balls remaining: 44, Chittagong Kings v Barisal Burners, 16 February 2012.

Individual:

• Most runs in an innings: 116, Chris Gayle for Barisal Burners v Dhaka Gladiators, 14 February 2012.
• Most runs in a tournament: 486, Ahmed Shehzad (Barisal Burners), 2012
• Best bowling figures: 5/6 (3.2 Overs), Mohammad Sami for Duronto Rajshahi v Dhaka Gladiators, 27 February 2012
• Most wickets in a tournament: 17, Elias Sunny (Dhaka Gladiators) and Mohammad Sami (Duronto Rajshahi), 2012

Run Leaders:

Player	Runs
Ahmed Shehjed Barisal Burners	486
Imran Nazir Dhaka Gladiators	390
Kamran Akmal Sylhet Royals	356
Dwayne Smith Khulna Royal Bengals	346
Brad Hodge Barisal Burners	346

Wicket Leaders:

Player	Wickets
Elias Sunny Dhaka Gladiators	17
Mohammad Sami Duronto Rajshahi	17
Shakib Al Hasan Khulna Royal Bengals	15
Enamul Haque Jr Chittagong Kings	13
Sohail Tanvir Sylhet Royals	13

Top Of The Status:

Most Sixes	Chris Gayle Barisal Burners	26
Most Fours	Ahmed Shehjed Barisal Burners	46
Most Economic Bowling	Marshal Ayub Khulna Royal Bengals	5.00
Most Dismissals	Shagir Hossain Pavel Khulna Royal Bengals	8
Most Catches	Mohammad Ashraful Dhaka Gladiators	9

Official website

The Bangladesh Cricket Board manages the BPL T20 portals. The official BPL website is www.bplt20.com.bd .

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