Coming to the eighth season, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) saw something different. In all categories of bat-ball, the domestic cricketers dominate the foreign stars. In bowling as well as in batting, the desi rule. At the top is Tanveer Islam of champion Comilla Victorians.

Comilla Victorians won the trophy for the fourth time after defeating Sylhet Strikers. Through this, the curtain came down on the eighth season of the BPL, which has been going on for almost two months. For the readers of RisingBD, this report is about the top 5 cricketers with the ball in this season of BPL.

This spinner of Comilla Victorians has taken 17 wickets in a left-arm spin. Tanveer has made a great contribution to becoming the champion. In the final too, Inform Touhid Hriday returned the second over, for zero runs. He gave 6.36 runs per over. The best performer at 4 wickets for 33 runs. Tanveer won a prize of Tk 5 lakh for being the highest wicket-taker.

Hasan Mahmud has consistently bowled great among the domestic pacers. He also took 17 wickets in 14 matches. Gave 7.98 runs per over. The best performance was 3 wickets for 12 runs. His team Rangpur lost in the second qualifier. Hasan also received Tk 5 lakh jointly with Tanveer.

Nasir Hossain
Nasir Hossain returned to form in this year’s BPL. He is third with 366 runs with the bat and 16 wickets with the ball. Although Dhaka Dominators did not win, Nasir spread the light. This all-rounder led Dhaka at 6.81 runs per over. The best performance was 4 wickets for 20 runs. His team did not make the playoffs.

Azmatullah Omarzai
Azmatullah Omarzai has contributed a lot to Rangpur Riders in reaching the playoffs. He has taken 15 matches in 11 matches with 7.17 runs per over. Rangpur could not play him in two playoff matches despite such a great performance. Best performance 3was wickets for 17 runs. Azmatullah had to sit in the dugout replacing Dwayne Bravo. He is the only foreigner among the top five bowlers. The position is fourth.

Rubel Hossain
Sylhet strikers could not win the trophy despatching the final. Sylhet supporters can blame Rubel for this. He gave 23 runs in the 17th over with the ball after missing the catch at the start. Where Comilla needed 52 runs in 4 overs! Comilla took out the match easily in this one over. However, Rubel played great throughout the tournament. He took 14 wickets with 8.52 runs in just 8 matches performing 4 wickets for 37 runs.

The curtain has come down on the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Comilla Victorians became champions for the fourth time after defeating Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets in the final of the season on Thursday (February 16). Due to the busy schedule, there was a shortage of foreign stars in this season from the beginning. However, the performance of the local players has caught the eye.
Domestic players have surpassed foreign stars in performance in this year’s BPL. As the teams are more or less dependent on indigenous players, they have got enough opportunities. As a result, they were able to match themselves. The proof of which is found in the list of highest run scorers and wicket takers.

The top names in the list of best-run scorers and best wicket-takers of this season are the country’s cricketers. The top 10 is also dominated by desi people. Besides Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Roni Talukder, Tauhid Hriday, Hasan Mahmud, Tanveer Islam and Shakib Al Hasan, Taskin Ahmed is in the XI.Cricket website ESPN Cricinfo has released the best XI based on performance in this year’s tournament. Most of the places in their best XI are supposed to come from the champions, runners-up, and the remaining two teams eliminated from the playoffs.

Apart from these four teams, only Taskin Ahmed of Dhaka Dominators got a place from the following three teams. Runners-up Sylhet Strikers and Rangpur Riders, who were eliminated in the second qualifier, got the maximum number of 3 places in the XI. Two are from champions Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barisal who were eliminated in the first qualifier. The other one is from Dhaka Dominators. The big surprise is that the captain of Dhaka Dominators, Nasir Hossain, who performed well with the bat, did not get a place in the XI. Among the foreigners in this event, Pakistani stars were the brightest. So most of the foreigners in the XI are Pakistanis.