2010 National Cricket League Twenty20

Background

Bangladesh Cricket Board launched the first-ever National Cricket League T20 competition to be played from April 11 to 20 to prepare the national cricketers for the 2010 World Twenty20.

Participating teams

The following six teams participated in the tournament.

1. Barisal Blazers
2. Cyclone of Chittagong
3. Dhaka Dynamites
4. Kings of Khulna
5. Rajshahi Rangers
6. Sultans of Sylhet

Franchises

Six companies bid to buy a team in the tournament. The companies went into a lottery of which they were to pick one of six "iconic" players from Bangladesh who were perceived to have outstanding ability. Each company then picked three of 18 players who had represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. They were categorised into a certain class, getting paid a certain amount of money. No player could cost more than 400,000 Taka.

Icon players

Each franchise had an "icon" player. Although originally suggested to have player auction, due to the shortage of time players were divided into Grades: A+, A, B, C, D with the A+ players receiving 4 lakh Bangladeshi Taka. Each team was allowed to list up to 6 foreign players but play a maximum of two. Most foreign players were from the Indian subcontinent including Shoaib Akhtar (Cyclones of Chittagong). Rajshahi Rangers signed Aiden Blizzard from Victoria, Australia.

Summary

Final standings

Head-to-head chart

--{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 75%; float:right;" |- style="text-align: center" | | |- |}

Fixture

match01{{Limited Overs Matches

• Twenty20 debuts Enamul Haque jnr, Faisal Hossain, Nafees Iqbal, Nasir Hossain, Sharifullah and Uttam Sarkar (Chittagong); Hannan Sarkar, Khaled Mashud, Mukhtar Ali, Sanjamul Islam and Shuvagoto Hom (Rajshahi). match02{{Limited Overs Matches
• Twenty20 debuts Saqlain Sajib (Chittagong); Ariful Haque, Mosharraf Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Milon and Rashid Hanif (Sylhet). match03{{Limited Overs Matches match04{{Limited Overs Matches match05{{Limited Overs Matches match06{{Limited Overs Matches match07{{Limited Overs Matches match08{{Limited Overs Matches match09{{Limited Overs Matches match10{{Limited Overs Matches match11{{Limited Overs Matches match12{{Limited Overs Matches match13{{Limited Overs Matches match14{{Limited Overs Matches match15{{Limited Overs Matches

Knock-out stage

| seed-width = | team-width = 120px | score-width = 150px

| RD1-seed1 = 1 | RD1-team1 = Dhaka Dynamites | RD1-score1 = 130 (19.5 overs) | RD1-seed2 = 3 | RD1-team2 = Rajshahi Rangers | RD1-score2 = 142/6 (20 overs)

| RD1-seed3 = 2 | RD1-team3 = Sultans of Sylhet | RD1-score3 = 131/8 (20 overs) | RD1-seed4 = 4 | RD1-team4 = Kings of Khulna | RD1-score4 = 134/4 (19. 4 overs)

| RD2-seed1 = SF1 | RD2-team1 = Rajshahi Rangers | RD2-score1 = 163/4 (19.2 overs) | RD2-seed2 = SF2 | RD2-team2 = Kings of Khulna | RD2-score2 = 161/6 (20 overs)

Media

ATN Bangla televised all matches live and showcased highlights. The official website was www.nclT20.com. All of the matches were played at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium and BKSP in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

References

1. (21 May 2010). "BCB launches NCL T20". [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]].
2. "NCL Twenty20, Six franchises and their players named NCL Twenty20, Six franchises and their players named".