Bangladesh Cricket Board announce the schedule for the upcoming season of Bangladesh Premier League

Bangladesh Cricket Board have announced that BangladeshPremier League 2022-23 will start from 5th January 2023. It will be the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The first match will be played between defending champions Comilla Victorians and Chattogram Challengers.

Three venues will host all 46 matches (42 group-stage and four knockout fixtures) this season, namely The Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, which will host all four knockout matches, including the final on February 16, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Comilla Victorians emerged as the winner in last season

Comilla Victorians won the last season under the captaincy of Imrul Kayes with a thrilling last-ball win over the Shakib Al Hasan-led Fortune Barishal. The star Caribbean all-rounder Sunil Narine won the Player of the Match award in the final for smashing 57 runs off 23 balls and taking two valuable wickets of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo.

Shakib Al Hasan won the Player of the Tournament award for scoring 284 runs and taking 16 wickets. Chattogram Challengers' batter Will Jacks scored the most runs (414), while Comilla Victorians' pacer Mustafizur Rahman claimed the most number of scalps - 19 wickets in the last season.

A total of seven teams will be featured in the league in the upcoming season of BPL. All these teams are based out of seven different cities in Bangladesh. A total of 46 matches will be played in BPL 2023.

Bangladesh Premier League is the 16th most attended Premier League in the World.

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