Nottinghamshire’s Brendan Taylor will join a host of English domestic players when the Bangladesh Premier League returns after a two-year break.

The Zimbabwean opener, who enjoyed a fine first season for Notts scoring over 1,000 first class runs, will represent Barisal Bulls throughout the competition, which will start on November 22.

With a host of international talent being signed in the draft, Taylor could form a formidable opening partnership with Chris Gayle who was also picked up by the Bulls.

Two games will be played each day; predominantly in Dhaka and Chittagong and the pair will be hoping to guide their team to the final third edition of the BPL, which will be held on December 15.

All-rounder Chris Jordan, currently touring the UAE with England, will join the Sylhet Super Stars at the end of the T20 series against Pakistan and he will play alongside further county players in Ravi Bopara and Josh Cobb.

Darren Sammy, who enjoyed a short T20 stint with the Outlaws in 2015, will play for Rangpur Riders whilst Darren Stevens (Comilla Victorians), Dawid Malan, Ryan ten Doeschate and Kumar Sangakkara (all Dhaka Dynamites) make up the regular county players picked up in the draft as Steven Mullaney missed out on selection.

Tamim Iqbal (Chittagong), Musfiqur Rahim (Sylhet), Mahmudullah (Barisal), Shakib Al Hasan (Rangpur), Nasir Hossain (Dhaka) and Mashrafe Mortaza (Comilla) were designated icon players for each side.

Full squads for BPL 3:

Barisal: Mahmudullah, Chris Gayle, BRENDAN TAYLOR, Kevon Cooper, Evin Lewis, Seekkuge Prasanna, Mohammad Sami, Imad Wasim, Sabbir Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Taijul Islam, Rony Talukdar, Al-Amin Hossain, Shahriar Nafees, Mehedi Maruf, Nadif Chowdhury, Mohammad Sharifullah, Sajidul Islam.

Chittagong: Tamim Iqbal, Umar Akmal, Chamara Kapugedera, Mohammad Amir, Elton Chigumbura, Kamran Akmal, Robin Peterson, Saeed Ajmal, Jeevan Mendis, Anamul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Ziaur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque jnr, Shafiul Islam, Nafees Iqbal, Elias Sunny, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Asif Ahmed.

Comilla: Mashrafe Mortaza, Sunil Narine, Shoaib Malik, Marlon Samuels, Ahmed Shehzad, Krishmar Santokie, Andre Russell, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Darren Stevens, Liton Das, Imrul Kayes, Shuvagata Hom, Sanjamul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Ariful Haque, Mahmudul Hasan, Naeem Islam jnr, Abu Hider, Dhiman Ghosh.

Dhaka: Nasir Hossain, Kumar Sangakkara, Ryan ten Doeschate, Mohammad Irfan, Yasir Shah, Nasir Jamshed, Sohail Khan, Dawid Malan, Shahzaib Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mosharraf Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Shamsur Rahman, Saikat Ali, Farhad Reza, Nabil Samad, Abul Hasan, Irfan Shukkur.

Rangpur: Shakib Al Hasan, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Wahab Riaz, Sachithra Senanayake, Mohammad Nabi, Soumya Sarkar, Arafat Sunny, Mohammad Mithun, Muktar Ali, Saqlain Sajib, Jahurul Islam, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Murad Khan, Rasel Al Mamun

Sylhet: Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahid Afridi, Ravi Bopara, Brad Hodge, Ajantha Mendis, Chris Jordan, Sohail Tanvir, Joshua Cobb, Rubel Hossain, Mominul Haque, Abdur Razzak, Nurul Hasan, Mohammad Shahid, Najmul Islam, Junaid Siddique, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Abu Sayem

 

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