BPL XI announced by making Tamim the captain
The curtain has come down on the tenth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Fortune Barisal won the title for the first time after defeating Comilla Victorians by 6 wickets in the final stage. Barisal captain Tamim Iqbal became the tournament's best run scorer. However, even though Barisal is the champion, many cricketers from other teams have also recognized their caste.
Sports-based website ESPNcricinfo has compiled the eleven after evaluating the entire tournament. Where they made Tamim the captain, they kept the former Tiger captain Shakib Al Hasan in the best eleven of the tournament. However, BPL champion Barisal dominates the top eleven.
Let's take a look at the full XI:
The XI has been arranged keeping two Tamim in the opening. Captain Tamim is accompanied by Tanjid Hasan Tamim who plays for Chittagong Challengers. Tamim Iqbal scored a tournament-high 492 runs with three fifties in 15 innings. Average 35.14 and strike rate 127.13. Tanjid played a role in bringing Chittagong to the play-offs. This opener's run is 384. Average 32 and strike rate 135.68. There is also a century.
Best batsman of all time Tawheed Hridoy is in one down. This right-handed batsman contributed immensely to take Comilla Victorians to the final. Hridoy ended up being the second highest run scorer. He scored 462 runs at an average of 38.5 and a strike rate of 149.5. The second century of this season of BPL comes with his bat.
Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is also in the best XI. However, as the NOC expired, he returned home after playing only six matches. Along with two fifties in six matches, he scored a total of 251 runs in two innings of 47 runs. Rangpur won five out of six matches played by Babar.
Rahim played brilliantly against James Neesham of Rangpur Riders and Mushfiqur of Barisal. New Zealand all-rounder Neesham joined the Rangpur camp midway through the BPL. He scored 291 in three fifties. Where his average was 72.75 and strike rate was 167.24. At the same time, Neesham also took four wickets. Veteran Tiger batsman Mushfiqur has won a BPL title for the first time. Mushi scored 380 runs at an average of around 32 and a strike rate of 121 with 17 catches and two stumpings.
West Indies all-rounder Kyle Meyers was Man of the Match in Barisal's title match. Myers scored 243 runs at an average of 40.50 and nearly 158 strikerates for Barisal in the BPL. Besides, this Caribbean has also taken 9 wickets in an economy of less than 6.
Shakib initially did not bat in several matches due to an eye problem, but in the end he still got runs. He has taken 255 runs at a strike rate of 158.38 and 17 wickets at an economy rate of just 6.31. Although Shakib did not lead Rangpur, his individual performances took Rangpur forward.
Barisal's all-rounder Saifuddin showed great form after returning from injury. Despite not being able to contribute like that with the bat, the young all-rounder took 15 wickets at an economy of less than seven. Oman's left-arm pacer Bilal Khan and Tigers' star pacer Shariful Islam got a place in the best eleven in BPL. Shariful has become the best wicket taker of this year's BPL. He has taken 22 wickets in 12 matches. Besides, Bilal took 15 wickets for Chittagong.
XI: Tamim Iqbal, Tanjeed Tamim, Tawheed Hridoy, Babar Azam, James Neesham, Mushfiqur Rahim, Kyle Meyers, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Bilal Khan, Shariful Islam.
