The 2012 Bangladesh Premier League season is the debut season of the Bangladesh Premier League, which will be established by the BCB in 2012. The season will commence.]
The competition will start with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 6 teams will play match against every other team 2 times. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.
BPL T20, the IPL-style cricket tournament in Bangladesh, will be held from Feb 09 to Feb 29 2011. The 21 days of power cricket event will curtain off by a amazing inauguration ceremony on Thursday, Feb 09. The first match to be play on Friday, Feb 10 at SBNS Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
A total of 33 matches will be held including the final in this 3 week multimillion dollar tournament. 25 matches will be played in Dhaka & rest 8 matches will be held in Chittagong. The matches will be held in a double-leg format followed by semi-finals and final.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is eyeing a good turnover by hosting the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament. A Franchise Education Programme conducted by Arun Lal, the former Indian Test Cricketer, commentator and chief consultant of Game on Sports Management, the event management firm of the meet took place at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel on Thursday, 22 Feb 2011. Amrit Mathur, the CEO of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Delhi Dare Devils was also present on the occasion.
The highest wicket taker will win the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while the highest run scorer will win the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Best young player will be awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play will be won by the team who will play most fairly throughout the tournament.