Online Desk: As the date of the players’ draft of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023 coming up, Bangladesh Cricket Board revealed the names of the local players who got the direct contracts.

The players’ draft of this year’s BPL is scheduled to take place on November 23, and the event will take place in early January next year.

A total of seven teams will participate in this year’s BPL, and every team got the chance to rope in one local player before the draft.

Chattogram Challengers have signed up Afif Hossain while Cumilla Victorians roped in Mustafiuzur Rahman.

The Dhaka team brought in Taskin Ahmed while Fortune Barishal, Khulna Tigers, Rangpur Riders and Sylhet Strikers have signed up Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza respectively.

While the teams are allowed to take only one local player directly, they can rope in foreign players at will.