2012 Bangladesh Premier League player auction

The players auction for the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League was held on 19 January 2012 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. Each franchise can sign a total of 10 local players and 8 foreign players, and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each franchise will also have one domestic icon player in their team. Players were allowed to set their base price between $20,000 to $100,000.^[1]

Player list[]

Domestic players[]

Domestic players with top three base prices for the auction are listed below: Icon players will receive 15% salary more than the highest cost local player.

• Icon players ($210,000):

• Grade A ($45,000):^[2]

• Grade B ($30,000):^[2]

International players[]

International players with one of the top two base prices for the auction are listed below:

• Grade A ($100,000):^[2]

• Grade B ($50,000):^[2]

Sold players[]

List of bought players.^[3]

Nat	Player	Team	Winning bid	Base price
	Shahid Afridi	Dhaka Gladiators	$700,000	$100,000
	Chris Gayle	Barisal Burners	$551,000	$100,000
	Marlon Samuels	Duronto Rajshahi	$360,000	$50,000
	Kieron Pollard	Dhaka Gladiators	$300,000	$100,000
	Nasir Hossain	Khulna Royal Bengals	$200,000	$45,000
	Shoaib Malik	Chittagong Kings	$150,000	$100,000
	Dwayne Bravo	Chittagong Kings	$150,000	$100,000
	Brad Hodge	Barisal Burners	$140,000	$100,000
	Mahmudullah	Chittagong Kings	$110,000	$45,000
	Jahurul Islam	Chittagong Kings	$110,000	$30,000
	Sanath Jayasuriya	Khulna Royal Bengals	$110,000	$100,000
	Muttiah Muralitharan	Chittagong Kings	$100,000	$100,000
	Nasir Jamshed	Chittagong Kings	$100,000	$25,000
	Abdul Razzaq	Duronto Rajshahi	$100,000	$100,000
	Saeed Ajmal	Dhaka Gladiators	$100,000	$100,000
	Sohail Tanvir	Sylhet Royals	$100,000	$50,000
	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan	Dhaka Gladiators	$100,000	$50,000
	Kamran Akmal	Sylhet Royals	$100,000	$50,000
	Herschelle Gibbs	Khulna Royal Bengals	$100,000	$100,000
	Naeem Islam	Sylhet Royals	$90,000	$30,000
	Abdur Razzak	Khulna Royal Bengals	$85,000	$45,000
	Nazimuddin	Dhaka Gladiators	$85,000	$30,000
	Imran Nazir	Dhaka Gladiators	$85,000	$25,000
	Andre Russell	Khulna Royal Bengals	$85,000	$50,000
	Mithun Ali	Barisal Burners	$80,000	$30,000
	Shuvagata Hom	Sylhet Royals	$80,000	$20,000
	Yasir Arafat	Barisal Burners	$80,000	$50,000
	Niall O'Brien	Khulna Royal Bengals	$80,000	$50,000
	Elias Sunny	Dhaka Gladiators	$75,000	$30,000
	Peter Trego	Sylhet Royals	$75,000	$50,000
	Junaid Siddique	Duronto Rajshahi	$70,000	$45,000
	Rubel Hossain	Sylhet Royals	$70,000	$30,000
	Mohammad Sami	Duronto Rajshahi	$70,000	$25,000
	Shafiul Islam	Khulna Royal Bengals	$65,000	$30,000
	Mosharraf Hossain	Dhaka Gladiators	$65,000	$20,000
	Alauddin Babu	Barisal Burners	$65,000	$20,000
	Fidel Edwards	Khulna Royal Bengals	$60,000	$50,000
	Farhad Reza	Chittagong Kings	$55,000	$30,000
	Enamul Haque Jr	Chittagong Kings	$55,000	$20,000
	Darren Sammy	Sylhet Royals	$55,000	$50,000
	Imrul Kayes	Sylhet Royals	$50,000	$45,000
	Arafat Sunny	Chittagong Kings	$50,000	$20,000
	Nazmul Islam Apu	Barisal Burners	$50,000	$20,000
	Imran Tahir	Duronto Rajshahi	$50,000	$50,000
	Brad Hogg	Sylhet Royals	$50,000	$50,000
	Ahmed Shehzad	Barisal Burners	$50,000	$50,000
	Stuart MacGill	Dhaka Gladiators	$50,000	$50,000
	Dwayne Smith	Khulna Royal Bengals	$50,000	$50,000
	Jerome Taylor	Chittagong Kings	$50,000	$50,000
	Mashrafe Mortaza	Dhaka Gladiators	$45,000	$45,000
	Suhrawadi Shuvo	Barisal Burners	$45,000	$30,000
	Shamsur Rahman	Chittagong Kings	$45,000	$20,000
	Fawad Alam	Duronto Rajshahi	$45,000	$25,000
	Sabbir Rahman	Duronto Rajshahi	$40,000	$20,000
	Ziaur Rahman	Chittagong Kings	$40,000	$20,000
	Sanjamul Islam	Chittagong Kings	$40,000	$20,000
	Hameed Hassan	Barisal Burners	$40,000	$25,000
	Nazmul Hossain Milon	Khulna Royal Bengals	$35,000	$20,000
	Saqlain Sajib	Duronto Rajshahi	$35,000	$20,000
	Alexei Kervezee	Dhaka Gladiators	$35,000	$25,000
	Nazmul Hossain	Dhaka Gladiators	$30,000	$30,000
	Shahadat Hossain	Khulna Royal Bengals	$30,000	$30,000
	Nadif Chowdhury	Sylhet Royals	$30,000	$20,000
	Rizwan Cheema	Duronto Rajshahi	$25,000	$25,000
	Frederik Klokker	Sylhet Royals	$25,000	$25,000
	Jos Buttler	Khulna Royal Bengals	$25,000	$25,000
	Gary Keedy	Sylhet Royals	$25,000	$25,000
	Darren Stevens	Dhaka Gladiators	$25,000	$25,000
	Qaiser Abbas	Duronto Rajshahi	$25,000	$25,000
	Faisal Iqbal	Sylhet Royals	$25,000	$25,000
	Rameez Raja	Barisal Burners	$25,000	$25,000
	Kyle Coetzer	Chittagong Kings	$25,000	$25,000
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Khulna Royal Bengals	$25,000	$25,000
	Kevon Cooper	Chittagong Kings	$25,000	$25,000
	Lendl Simmons	Chittagong Kings	$25,000	$25,000
	Sean Ervine	Duronto Rajshahi	$25,000	$25,000
	Farhad Hossain	Barisal Burners	$20,000	$20,000
	Mominul Haque	Barisal Burners	$20,000	$20,000
	Faisal Hossain	Chittagong Kings	$20,000	$20,000
	Aftab Ahmed	Dhaka Gladiators	$20,000	$20,000
	Sohag Gazi	Barisal Burners	$20,000	$20,000
	Noor Hossain	Sylhet Royals	$20,000	$20,000
	Asif Ahmed	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Mukhtar Ali	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Syed Rasel	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Al Amin	Barisal Burners	$20,000	$20,000
	Dolar Mahmud	Khulna Royal Bengals	$20,000	$20,000
		Sylhet Royals	$20,000	$20,000
	Dhiman Ghosh	Dhaka Gladiators	$20,000	$20,000
	Anamul Haque	Dhaka Gladiators	$20,000	$20,000
	Soumya Sarkar	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Maisuqur Rahman	Khulna Royal Bengals	$20,000	$20,000
	Marshall Ayub	Khulna Royal Bengals	$20,000	$20,000
	Tanveer Haider	Dhaka Gladiators	$20,000	$20,000
	Saghir Hossain	Khulna Royal Bengals	$20,000	$20,000
	Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Barisal Burners	$20,000	$20,000
	Ariful Haque	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Mizanur Rahman	Duronto Rajshahi	$20,000	$20,000
	Talha Jubair	Sylhet Royals	$20,000	$20,000
	Nabil Samad	Sylhet Royals	$20,000	$20,000

Unsold players[]

These players remained unsold at the auction.

Source:^[4]

Post-auction signings[]

Many franchises signed players after the BPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under BPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.

Signed Player	Replaced Player	Team	Signed amount	Reason for replacement
Kabir Ali	Shane Harwood	Barisal Burners	$20,000	Injury Shane Harwood
Jason Roy	Shoaib Malik	Chittagong Kings	$50,000	Pakistan call up
Brendan Taylor	Lendl Simmons	Chittagong Kings	$100,000	Injury to Lendl Simmonds
Azhar Mahmood	Stuart MacGill	Dhaka Gladiators	$100,000	Personal issues
Andre Adams	Fidel Edwards	Khulna Royal Bengal	$50,000	Personal issue
Scott Styris	Darren Sammy	Sylhet Royals	$100,000	Local league
Mohammad Hafeez	Jos Buttler	Khulna Royal Bengal	$50,000	National commitments

See also[]

• 2012 Bangladesh Premier League

References[]