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| Dates | 22 November 2015 – 15 December 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Champions | Comilla Victorians (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Barisal Bulls |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Player of the series | Ashar Zaidi (Comilla Victorians) |
| Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (Dhaka Dynamites) (349) |
| Most wickets | Kevon Cooper (Barisal Bulls) (22) |
| Official website | BPL |
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The Bangladesh Premier League 2015, also known as BPL Season 3orBRB Cables BPL 2015 (for sponsorship reasons), 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.[1]
The championship game was held on 15 December 2015, in which Comilla Victorians won the championship by defeating Barisal Bulls by three wickets.[2] 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.
The draft 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
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.
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| Chittagong | Dhaka |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Comilla Victorians (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.788 |
| 2 | Barisal Bulls (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.063 |
| 3 | Rangpur Riders (3) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.693 |
| 4 | Dhaka Dynamites (4) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.010 |
| 5 | Sylhet Super Stars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | −0.710 |
| 6 | Chittagong Vikings | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −0.828 |
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| Group matches | Knockout | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | W | 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 |
22 November |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Tamim Iqbal 51 (32) |
Misbah-ul-Haq 61 (37) |
Rangpur won by 2 wickets |
22 November |
Dhaka Dynamites |
v |
Comilla Victorians |
Nasir Jamshed 44(44) |
Mashrafe Mortaza* 25 |
Dhaka won by 6 wickets |
23 November |
Sylhet Super Stars |
v |
Chittagong Vikings |
Dilshan Munaweera 64(36) |
Tamim Iqbal 69(46) |
Chittagong won by 1 run |
23 November |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Mahmudullah Riyad 51 (43) |
Mithun Ali 55 (32) |
Barisal won by 13 Runs |
24 November |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Comilla Victorians |
Ziaur Rahman 39 (16) |
Marlon Samuels 69 (52) |
Comilla won by 7 wickets |
24 November |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Nadif Chowdhury 24 (28) |
Dilshan Munaweera 36 (31) |
Barisal won by 1 Run |
25 November |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Lendl Simmons 51(39) |
Kumar Sangakkara 29(28) |
Rangpur won by 69 Runs |
25 November |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Comilla Victorians |
Kevon Cooper 22(21) |
Mahmudul Hasan 31(43) |
Comilla won by 8 wickets |
26 November |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Shakib Al Hasan 33(37) |
Mominul Haque 29(23) |
Rangpur won by 6 Runs |
26 November |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Naeem Islam 29 (38) |
Shadman Islam 45(47) |
Dhaka won by 6 Wickets |
27 November |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Comilla Victorians |
Mithun Ali 28(42) |
Marlon Samuels 42 (24) |
Comilla won by 9 Wickets |
27 November |
Dhaka Dynamites |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Kumar Sangakkara 75(56) |
Nurul Hasan 35(22) |
Dhaka won by 34 Runs |
30 November |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Chittagong Vikings |
Chris Gayle 122(65)* |
Tamim Iqbal 60(40) |
Barisal won by 33 Runs |
30 November |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Ashar Zaidi 53(36) |
Ravi Bopara 50(38) |
Sylhet won by 4 wickets |
1 December |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Tamim Iqbal 36(43) |
Soumya Sarkar 58(56) |
Rangpur won by 9 wickets |
1 December |
Dhaka Dynamites |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Kumar Sangakkara 60 (47) |
Evin Lewis 101* (65) |
Barisal won by 9 wickets |
2 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Ashar Zaidi 45(29) |
Nasir Hossain 32(30) |
Comilla Victorians won by 10 runs. |
2 December |
Sylhet Super Stars |
v |
Chittagong Vikings |
Shahid Afridi 62(41) |
Tillakaratne Dilshan 67*(46) |
Chittagong Vikings won by 10 wickets. |
3 December |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Jahurul Islam 24 (32) |
Mahmudullah Riyad 23(18) |
Barisal Bulls won by 6 wickets (D/L method) |
3 December |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Comilla Victorians |
Umar Akmal 49(34) |
Ahmed Shehzad 37(41) |
Comilla Victorians won by 5 wickets |
6 December |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Mohammad Sami 16(23) |
Junaid Siddique 34(37) |
Sylhet Super Stars won by 9 wickets |
6 December |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Nasir Hossain 30(28) |
Jahurul Islam 35(26) |
Rangpur Riders won by 5 wickets |
7 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Mahmudullah Riyad 26(27) |
Ahmed Shehzad 76(63) |
Barisal Bulls won by 7 wickets |
7 December |
Sylhet Super Stars |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Sohail Tanvir 20(17) |
Shakib Al Hasan 29 (24) |
Rangpur Riders won by 8 wickets |
8 December |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Kumar Sangakkara 38(36) |
Umar Akmal 14(22) |
Dhaka Dynamites won by 45 runs |
8 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Imrul Kayes 38(24) |
Jahurul Islam 62(50) |
Rangpur Riders won by 4 wickets |
9 December |
Sylhet Super Stars |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Ravi Bopara 55(40) |
Kumar Sangakkara 48(35) |
Sylhet Super Stars won by 6 wickets |
9 December |
Chittagong Vikings |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Tillakaratne Dilshan 28(27) |
Chris Gayle 92(47) |
Barisal Bulls won by 8 wickets |
10 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Sylhet Super Stars |
Ahmed Shehzad 42(31) |
Josh Cobb 21(18) |
Comilla Victorians won by 71 runs |
10 December |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Mosaddek Hossain 30*(31) |
Rayad Emrit 54*(28) |
Barisal Bulls won by 2 wickets |
| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 12 December — SBNCS, Dhaka | 15 December — SBNCS, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Comilla Victorians | 163/7 | 1 | Comilla Victorians | 157/7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Rangpur Riders | 91/10 | 13 December — SBNCS, Dhaka | 3 | Barisal Bulls | 156/4 | |||||||
| 2 | Rangpur Riders | 160/9 | |||||||||||
| 12 December — SBNCS, Dhaka | 3 | Barisal Bulls | 163/5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Barisal Bulls | 135/5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Dhaka Dynamites | 117/8 | |||||||||||
12 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Rangpur Riders |
Imrul Kayes 67 (48) |
Lendl Simmons 25 (20) |
Comilla Victorians won by 72 runs |
12 December |
Barisal Bulls |
v |
Dhaka Dynamites |
Sabbir Rahman 41 (39) |
Mosaddek Hossain 26 (27) |
Barisal Bulls won by 18 runs |
13 December |
Rangpur Riders |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Lendl Simmons 73 (57) |
Sabbir Rahman 79 (49) |
Barisal Bulls won by 5 wickets |
15 December |
Comilla Victorians |
v |
Barisal Bulls |
Imrul Kayes 53 (37) |
Mahmudullah 48 (36) |
Comilla Victorians won by 3 wickets |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | ||||||
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| Kumar Sangakkara | Dhaka Dynamites | 10 | 10 | 349 | 75 | ||||||
| Imrul Kayes | Comilla Victorians | 10 | 10 | 312 | 67 | ||||||
| Tamim Iqbal | Chittagong Vikings | 9 | 9 | 298 | 69 | ||||||
| Mahmudullah Riyad | Barisal Bulls | 13 | 12 | 279 | 51 | ||||||
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Chittagong Vikings | 10 | 10 | 260 | 67 | ||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, last updated 26 December 2015 | |||||||||||
| ! Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||
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| Kevon Cooper | Barisal Bulls | 9 | 9 | 22 | 5/15 | |||||
| Abu Hider | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 12 | 21 | 4/19 | |||||
| Thisara Perera | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 12 | 18 | 5/26 | |||||
| Shakib Al Hasan | Rangpur Riders | 11 | 11 | 18 | 4/16 | |||||
| Ashar Zaidi | Comilla Victorians | 11 | 11 | 17 | 4/11 | |||||
| Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 26 December 2015 | ||||||||||
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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| 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 |
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