Mymensingh Premier League is starting from 21st December.
The Mymensingh Premier League (MPL) is going to be held in Mymensingh for the first time on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. There are several cricketers in the national team from Mymensingh to Bangladesh.
Apart from Bangladesh T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad and Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, there are several other cricketers.
Cricketers of the Under-19 World Cup winning team, including several star cricketers of the Bangladesh national cricket team, will play in this Premier League for the first time. Shubhagat Home, Shahriar Nafis and Ashraful will play in the tournament along with Mahmudullah Riyadh and Mosaddek Hossain Saikat.
Akbar Ali, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Rakibul Hasan and Touhid Hridoy are the five young cricketers who have won the World Cup.
Sports-friendly Walton has sponsored the tournament for the first time. The tournament will be held from December 21 to 25 at the traditional Circuit House ground in Mymensingh. 6 teams will participate in this tournament.
The three matches of the tournament will be shown live on TV channels. The two semi-finals and finals of the tournament will be telecast on Bangladesh's first and only sports channel "T Sports". The tournament will be 100 balls specially organized by Mujib Centenary.
The player draft will be held next Friday. Mahmudullah, Mosaddeq and the Youth World Cup winning players have been pooled by 12 icons.
The participating six teams will be able to take on two icon players each. After that, the six teams will include 13 local cricketers. There will be more than 100 players in the draft.
The champion team of the tournament will get 1 lakh rupees. Runners-up team will get 75 thousand rupees. Before the semi-final and final, the prize money of the man of the match is 10 thousand.
In the last three matches, the best match winner will get 20 thousand rupees. However, the icon cricketers are participating in the tournament for a nominal fee.
12 Icon Cricketers: Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain, Shahriar Nafis, Mohammad Ashraful, Ilyas Sunny, Arafat Sunny, Shubhagat Home, Akbar Ali, Touhid Hridoy, Rakibul Hasan, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon.