2016 Bangladesh Premier League

2016 Bangladesh Premier League
Dates November 2016 – December 2016
Administrator(s) BCB
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) Bangladesh
Participants 8

The 2016 Bangladesh Premier League will be the fourth edition of the tournament. Several changes are expected during this edition of the tournament such as the number of teams and venues. As per sources, the fourth season will feature all six teams from the previous season plus two new franchise from Khulna and Rajshahi. The tournament is expected to be held in four venues including Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, and Khulna. The tournament is expected to be held during November and December 2016.

Venues

Dhaka Dhaka Chittagong
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Fatullah Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 30,760 Capacity: 22,000
Chittagong Khulna Sylhet
MA Aziz Stadium Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium Sylhet Divisional Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 22,000

New franchise

Bangladesh Premier League governing committee have expressed interest in retaining two existing franchise from Khulna and Rajshahi after a brief suspension both franchise faced during the third edition of the tournament. Inclusion to the two new franchise will make it an eight team tournament. In addition to eight teams, a request was officially filed for a franchise based on Noakhali, however, BPL Governing Committee denied the request indefinitely.

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