Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2010 National Cricket League Twenty20 (Bengali: ন্যাশনাল ক্রিকেট লিগ টি২০) tournament in Bangladesh , abbreviated as NCL 2010 or the NCL T20 2010 or or Destiny Group NCL T20 2009-10, played in April 2010, this was first edition of a Twenty20 league involving the teams in the National Cricket League (NCL). The tournament was initiated by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It included six teams representing the divisions of Bangladesh. It was a limited success and has effectively been replaced by the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The tournament was won by the Rajshahi Rangers who defeated the Kings of Khulna by 6 wickets in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, the winning team's Qaiser Abbas being named "Man of the Match".
Background
Bangladesh Cricket Board launched the first-ever National Cricket League T20 competition to be played from April 11 to 20 to prepare the national cricketers for the T20 World Cup.[1]
Teams
Six teams competed in the first edition of NCL Twenty20 tournament. Each team represented the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh:[2]
Franchises
Six companies bid to buy a team in the tournament. The companies went into a lottery of which they were to pick one of six "iconic" players from Bangladesh who were perceived to have outstanding ability. Each company then picked three of 18 players who had represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. They were categorised into a certain class, getting paid a certain amount of money. No player could cost more than 400,000 Taka.
Icon players
Each franchise had an "icon" player. Although originally suggested to have player auction, due to the shortage of time players were divided into Grades: A+, A, B, C, D with the A+ players receiving 4 lakh Bangladeshi Taka. Each team was allowed to list up to 6 foreign players but play a maximum of two. Most foreign players were from the Indian subcontinent including Shoaib Akhtar (Cyclones of Chittagong). Rajshahi Rangers signed Aiden Blizzard from Victoria, Australia.
Foreign players
Summary
Final standings
Head-to-head chart
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Away team win
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Fixture
- Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.
- Twenty20 debuts Enamul Haque jnr, Faisal Hossain, Nafees Iqbal, Nasir Hossain, Sharifullah and Uttam Sarkar (Chittagong); Hannan Sarkar, Khaled Mashud, Mukhtar Ali, Sanjamul Islam and Shuvagoto Hom (Rajshahi).
- Sylhet won the toss and elected to field.
- Twenty20 debuts Saqlain Sajib (Chittagong); Ariful Haque, Mosharraf Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Milon and Rashid Hanif (Sylhet).
- Dhaka won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajshahi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Barisal won the toss and elected to field.
- Khulna won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sylhet won the toss and elected to field.
- Sylhet won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chittagong won the toss and elected to field.
- Khulna won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chittagong won the toss and elected to field.
- Barisal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sylhet won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajshahhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Barisal won the toss and elected to field.
Knock-out stage
ATN Bangla televised all matches live and showcased highlights. The official website was www.nclT20.com. All of the matches were played at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium and BKSP in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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