As Cricket Australia published the complete list of the players for the overseas drafts, Taijul Islam, Ripon Mondol, and Jahanara Alam were named as candidates for Australia’s domestic T20 competition, the Big Bash League (BBL).
A total of 376 male players and 122 female players representing 29 nations were nominated for the September 3 draft.
The competition begins on December 7 and lasts through January 24 of the following year. The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a domestic T20 event, also takes place at the same time as the tournament, which is why fewer players from Bangladesh entered the BBL.
Ripon Mondol, a promising young fast bowler played only two recognized T20 matches while left arm spinner Taijul, an experienced campaigner is yet to play any overseas tournament.
Ripon put his name in the last edition of the BBL too along with Shafiul Islam and Al-Amin Hossain but neither of them made their way to the tournament.
Meanwhile, Jahanara Alam is a regular face in T20 tournament in Hong Kong. She also played T20 Challenge tournament in India, which is known as Women IPL for Velocity.
Shakib Al Hasan is the only player from Bangladesh, so far, to play the BBL. In 2014, he played two matches for Adelaide Strikers and then in the next year played four matches for Melbourne Renegades.
