Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has been snapped up by the Dhaka Gladiators to take part in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Stevens will be joined at the Dhaka Gladiators by West Indian Kieron Pollard, Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal (subject to availability) and former Australian Test bowler Stuart MacGill for the two week Twenty 20 tournament.

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was expected to have joined the Dhaka franchise for $700,000 for the tournament that takes place between 10th and 28th February, however he has ruled himself out so as to play in the One Day series against England in the UAE.

A total of 111 overseas players and 80 local cricketers were put on auction with teams given a maximum budget of $2million and able to buy no more than eight overseas players.

Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik (Chittagong $150,000) West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo (Chittagong $150,000), Australia’s Brad Hodge (Barisal $140,000), Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (Rajshahi $110,000) and Muttiah Muralitharan (Chittagong $100,000) were among others to go for big money.

No Indian players were included in the auction. Along with Monty Panesar and Herschelle Gibbs, New Zealand’s Scott Styris and Lou Vincent failed to attract a buyer.

Meanwhile, Kent all-rounder Azhar Mahmood will have his name in the hat when the Indian Premier League auction takes place in Bangalore on February 4th.

The former Pakistan international will have a base price of $100,000 with the IPL Governing Council having shortlisted 183 players for the auction.

 

 

BPL TEAMS LISTs

Dhaka Gladiators: Shahid Afridi ($700,000), Saeed Ajmal ($100,000), Kieron Pollard ($300,000), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ($45,000), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan ($100,000), Nazimuddin ($85,000), Elias Sunny ($75,000), Nazmul Hossain ($45,000), Stuart MacGill ($50,000), Darren Ian Steven ($25,000), Imran Nazir ($85,000), Mosharraf Hossain Rubel ($65,000), Dhiman Ghosh ($20,000), Anamul Haque Bijoy ($20,000), Tanvir Haider ($20,000), Aftab Ahmed ($20,000).

Chittagong Kings: Shoaib Malik ($150,000), Muttiah Muralitharan ($100,000), Dwayne Bravo ($150,000), Mahmudullah Riyad ($110,000), Forhad Reza ($65,000), Jahurul Islam ($110,000), Alexei Kervezee ($35,000), Nasir Jamshed ($100,000), Kyle Coetzer ($25,000), Kevin Cooper ($25,000), Lendl Simmons ($25,000), Faisal Hossain Dickens ($20,000), Enamul Haque Jr. ($55,000), Ziaur Rahman ($40,000), Sanjamul Islam ($40,000), Shamsur Rahman ($45,000), Jerome Taylor ($50,000).

Duronto Rajshahi: Abdul Razzak ($100,000), Junaed Siddiqui ($70,000), Imran Tahir ($50,000), Marlon Samuels ($360,000), Rizwan Bin Cheema ($25,000), Mohammad Sami ($70,000), Kaiser Abbas ($25,000), Sabbir Rahman ($40,000), Muktar Ali ($20,000), Syed Rasel ($20,000), Ariful Haque ($20,000), Mizanur Rahman ($20,000), Saqlain Sajib ($35,000), Soumya Sarkar ($20,000), Fawad Alam ($45,000), Sean Ervine ($25,000), Asif Ahmed Ratul ($20,000).

Khulna Royal Bengals: Abdur Razzak ($85,000), Nasir Hossain ($2,00,000), Andre Russel ($85,000), Sanath Jayasuriya ($110,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul ($25,000), Niall O’Brien ($80,000), Fidel Edwards ($60,000), Shafiul Islam ($65,000), Jos Buttler ($25,000), Nazmul Hossain Milon ($35,000), Dollar Mahmud ($20,000), Marshal Ayub ($20,000), Mysukur Rahman ($20,000), Sagir Hossain Pavel ($20,000), Herschelle Gibbs ($100,000), Dwayne Smith ($50,000).

Barisal Burners: Chris Gayle ($551,000), Brad Hodge ($140,000), Yasir Arafat ($80,000), Ahmed Shehzad ($50,000), Sohrawardi Shuvo ($45,000), Mohammad Mithun ($80,000), Hamid Hassan ($40,000), Ramiz Raja Jr. ($25,000), Farhad Hossain ($20,000), Mominul Haque ($20,000), Shohag Gazi ($20,000), Nazmul Hossain Apu ($50,000), Al Amin ($20,000), Alauddin Babu ($65,000), Kamrul Islam Rabbi ($20,000).

Sylhet Royals: Imrul Kayes ($50,000), Peter Trego ($75,000), Darren Sammy ($55,000), Brad Hogg ($50,000), Sohail Tanvir ($100,000), Kamran Akmal ($100,000), Rubel Hossain ($70,000), Naeem Islam ($90,000), Freddie Kruger ($25,000), Faisal Iqbal ($25,000), Nadif Chowdhury ($30,000), Nur Hossain Munna ($20,000), Arafat Salahuddin ($20,000), Talha Jubair ($20,000), Shuvogoto Hom ($80,000), Nabil Samad ($20,000), Gary Keedy ($25,000)