| Countries | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Format | First-class |
| First edition | 2012–13 |
| Latest edition | 2023–24 |
| Next edition | 2024–25 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champion | East Zone (1st title) |
| Most successful | South Zone (6 titles) |
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TheBangladesh Cricket League is an annualfirst-class cricket tournament that began inBangladesh in the2012–13 season.
The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) was inaugurated in the 2012–13 season as a four-team first-class tournament comprising the best-performing players from the eight-teamNational Cricket League (NCL). The aim was to raise the level of the nation's top first-class competition to better prepare players forTest cricket.[1]
The BCL consists of four zonal teams, each made up of players from teams representing two adjacent regions in the NCL. The teams are as follows:
Each team is owned and officially named as a franchise:Islami Bank East Zone, for example. The matches are played on a limited number of nominally neutral grounds, without home and away matches.
| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Central Zone | North Zone | |
| 2013–14 | South Zone | North Zone | |
| 2014–15 | South Zone | East Zone | |
| 2015–16 | Central Zone | East Zone | |
| 2016–17 | North Zone | South Zone | [2] |
| 2017–18 | South Zone | North Zone | [3] |
| 2018–19 | South Zone | East Zone | [4] |
| 2019–20 | South Zone | East Zone | [5][6] |
| 2020–21 | Not held | ||
| 2021–22 | Central Zone | South Zone | [7] |
| 2022–23 | South Zone | Central Zone | [8] |
| 2023–24 | East Zone | Central Zone | [9] |
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Bank South Zone | 6 | 2 | 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23 | 2016–17, 2021–22 |
| Walton Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 2012–13, 2015–16, 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| Islami Bank East Zone | 1 | 4 | 2023–24 | 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20 |
| BCB North Zone | 1 | 3 | 2016–17 | 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18 |
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Zone | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| North Zone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| East Zone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
In the final, Central Zone beat North Zone by 31 runs.Sanjamul Islam (North Zone) took 8 for 73 in the second innings of the final, which remained the best bowling figures in the tournament until the2016–17 season.[10][11]
Matches took place from December 2012 to February 2013, atMirpur (in Central Zone) andBogra (in North Zone).[12] The highest scorer wasMarshall Ayub (Central Zone) (465 runs, average 77.50) and the leading wicket-takers wereSohag Gazi (South Zone) (19 wickets, average 24.47) andMosharraf Hossain (Central Zone) (19 wickets, average 25.31). Marshall Ayub was named player of the tournament; he scored 289 against East Zone, which remains the highest individual score in the tournament.[13]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Zone | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| East Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
In the final South Zone beat North Zone by 213 runs.[14]
Matches took place in January and May 2014, the round-robin matches atBangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan cricket grounds 2, 3 and 4 inSavar, and the final atMirpur (all in Central Zone).[15] The highest scorer wasImrul Kayes (South Zone) (511 runs, average 73.00) and the leading wicket-taker wasTaijul Islam (North Zone) (37 wickets, average 17.24). Taijul Islam was named player of the tournament.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| East Zone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| North Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
There was no final. Matches took place in April and May 2015, atFatullah andMirpur (both in Central Zone) andChittagong (in East Zone).[16] The highest scorer wasAlok Kapali (East Zone) (408 runs, average 102.00) and the leading wicket-taker wasAbdur Razzak (South Zone) (18 wickets, average 19.00).
In April 2015, the BCL staged a One-Day League, which was won by East Zone.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Zone | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 64 |
| East Zone | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| North Zone | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 49 |
| South Zone | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
There was no final. Instead of a single round-robin, as in previous years, a double round-robin was held from mid-January to mid-March 2016. Matches were played atRajshahi andBogra (both in North Zone),Cox's Bazar (East Zone), andMirpur andFatullah (both in Central Zone).[17] The highest scorer was Marshall Ayub (Central Zone), with 562 runs at 56.20, while Abdur Razzak (South Zone) took the most wickets, 38 at 32.15.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Zone | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| South Zone | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| East Zone | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Central Zone | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
A double round-robin was held from late January to early March 2017.[18] The highest scorer wasTushar Imran (South Zone), with 731 runs at 91.37, whileSunzamul Islam (North Zone), 25 wickets at 26.44, andShuvagata Hom (Central Zone), 25 at 26.92, took the most wickets. Sunzamul Islam took 9 for 80, a competition record, in the second innings against Central Zone at Chittagong.[19]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Zone | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 65 |
| North Zone | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 62 |
| East Zone | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 52 |
| Central Zone | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 51 |
The first three rounds were played in January 2018, and the last three in April, split by the 2017–18 season of theDhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The highest scorer wasLiton Das (East Zone), with 779 runs at 97.37, whileAbdur Razzak (South Zone) was the leading wicket-taker with 43 wickets at 25.00. Both totals were new records for the competition.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Zone | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31.88 |
| East Zone | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 29.14 |
| Central Zone | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23.37 |
| North Zone | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18.61 |
The tournament was played in November and December 2018. The highest scorer wasAnamul Haque (South Zone), with 658 runs at 65.80, while Abdur Razzak (South Zone) was once again the leading wicket-taker with 34 wickets at 24.88.[20]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Zone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23.47 |
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19.89 |
| Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.50 |
| North Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.22 |
In the final, South Zone beat East Zone by 105 runs.The tournament was played from late January to late February 2020. The highest scorer was again Anamul Haque (South Zone), with 501 runs, while Abdur Razzak (South Zone) was once again the leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets.[21]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| North Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| East Zone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
In the final, Central Zone beat South Zone by four wickets. The round-robin matches were played in December 2021 and the final in January 2022. The highest scorer wasMithun Ali (Central Zone), with 468 runs, whileHasan Murad (Central Zone) was the leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets.[22]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Zone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| South Zone | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| East Zone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| North Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
In the final, South Zone defeated Central Zone by an innings and 33 runs. The highest scorer in the tournament wasJaker Ali with 492, and the highest wicket-taker wasNazmul Islam with 19 wickets.[23]
| Team[24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Zone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.901 | 5 |
| Central Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.114 | 3 |
| North Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.793 | 2 |
| South Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.605 | 2 |
In Round 3, East Zone defeated North Zone by an innings and 112 runs. They finished the league as the table-toppers with 20 points, and clinched their maiden BCL title.[25]
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