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.
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):
Shahriar Nafees (Barisal Burners) Tamim Iqbal (Chittagong Kings) Mohammad Ashraful (Dhaka Gladiators) Shakib Al Hasan (Khulna Royal Bengal) Mushfiqur Rahim (Duronto Rajshahi) Alok Kapali (Sylhet Royals)
Grade A ($45,000):
Mahmudullah
Abdur Razzak
Nasir Hossain
Junaid Siddique
Imrul Kayes
Mashrafe Mortaza
Grade B ($30,000):
Nazimuddin
Raqibul Hasan
Elias Sunny
Suhrawadi Shuvo
Rubel Hossain
Shafiul Islam
Nazmul Hossain
Farhad Reza
Mithun Ali
Jahurul Islam
Shahadat Hossain
Naeem Islam
International players
International players with one of the top two base prices for the auction are listed below: Grade A ($100,000):
Dirk Nannes
Matt Prior
Scott Styris
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Azhar Mahmood
Shahid Afridi
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Ajantha Mendis
Herschelle Gibbs
Chris Gayle
Kieron Pollard
Dwayne Bravo
Marlon Samuels
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Kemar Roach
Brendan Taylor
Grade B ($50,000):
Brad Hodge
James Tredwell
Graham Onions
James Foster
Peter Trego
Ian Blackwell
Sajid Mahmood
Geraint Jones
Gary Keedy
Niall O'Brien
Lou Vincent
Danish Kaneria
Kamran Akmal
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Taufeeq Umar
Yasir Arafat
Raza Hasan
Sanath Jayasuriya
Thilina Kandamby
Andre Nel
Andrew Hall
Sulieman Benn
Lionel Baker
Dinesh Ramdin
Fidel Edwards
Dwayne Smith
Hamilton Masakadza
Elton Chigumbura
Sold players
List of bought players.
Unsold players
These players remained unsold at the auction.
Aaron Finch
Dirk Nannes
Graham Manou
Riki Wessels
Ryan Campbell
Abishek Mitra
Abu Jayed
Abul Bashar
Abul Hasan
Delwar Hossain
Ejaz Ahmed
Fazle Mahmud
Imtiaz Hossain
Jubair Ahmed
Kamrul Islam
Mahbubul Alam
Mahbubul Karim
Mehrab Hossain jnr
Mohammad Sharif
Mohammad Shahzada
Monir Hossain
Murad Khan
Nafees Iqbal
Nasir Ussin Faruque
Rajin Saleh
Rokibul Hasan
Rezaul Karim
Robiul Islam
Rony Talukdar
Shahin Hossain
Shakar Ahmed
Shuvashish Roy
Taijul Islam
Tapash Baisya
Tasamul Haque
Taskin Ahmed
Tushar Imran
Chris Schofield
Darren Stevens
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Graham Onions
Geraint Jones
Ian Blackwell
Jason Roy
James Hildreth
James Tredwell
Josh Cobb
Matt Prior
Sajid Mahmood
Scott Borthwick
Tom Maynard
Irfan Ahmed
Thomas Odoyo
Gerrie Snyman
Andre Adams
Bruce Kruger
Hamish Marshall
Lou Vincent
Scott Styris
Adnan Akmal
Azhar Mahmood
Danish Kaneria
Taufeeq Umar
Yasir Hamid
Andre Nel
Andrew Hall
Claude Henderson
Johann Myburgh
Ajantha Mendis
Chamara Silva
Chaminda Vaas
Dilhara Fernando
Farveez Maharoof
Jehan Mubarak
Kaushalya Weeraratne
Nuwan Zoysa
Thilina Kandamby
Simon Jones
Dinesh Ramdin
Kemar Roach
Lionel Baker
Nikita Miller
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Sulieman Benn
Tino Best
Hamilton Masakadza
Elton Chigumbura
Brendan Taylor
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