Five Bangladeshi players to play in LPL

DHAKA - As many as five Bangladeshi players were selected to play the Lankan Premier League (LPL), a franchise-based Twenty20
tournament of Sri Lanka.

   The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) was completed on
Tuesday with two franchisees out of five roping in five Bangladeshi players.

   Candy Warriors have included batter Mohammad Mithun, left-arm spinner
Nazmul Islam Opu and pacer Mehedi Hasan Rana while Colombo Stars recruited
two fast bowlers Al-Amin Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.

   The tournament will be held from December 5-23 which made Taskin an
unlikely starter. As Bangladesh will host Pakistan at home, Taskin will
definitely be in the team. The team will go to New Zealand again in the midst
of December. As a result, Taskin is unlikely to be present at the time.
However, the rest can get NOC if they want.

   The matches of the tournament will be in Colombo and Hambantota. In the
beginning, there will be 20 matches of the tournament in Colombo. Then the
final round matches will be in Hambantota. The big stars of T20 are
participating in the tournament again. Mohammad Hafeez and Mohammad Amir will
play for Galle Gladiators.

   Chris Gayle and Mohammad Irfan are in Taskin's Colombo Stars. Riley Russow
and Imran Tahir were roped in by Dambulla Giants. Faf du Plessis and Shoaib
Malik have found them in Jaffna Kings.