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Premier Bank Khulna Tigers an experienced, youth-balanced team

The players’ draft for the eighth edition of BPL 2022 was held yesterday at Hotel Radisson in Dhaka. In the event, Last year’s runners-up Premier Bank Khulna Tigers have formed a balanced team with a mix of experienced youth.

Apart from the local cricketers Mushfiqur Rahim and Soumya Sarkar, Khulna Tigers have spin all-rounder Sheikh Mahedi, pacer Kamrul Islam Rabbi, newcomer Yasir Ali Rabbi, expert Farhad Reza, Roni Talukder, pacer Syed Khaled Ahmed, Zaker Ali Anik and Nabil Samad.

Among the foreign cricketers, the team has Sri Lankan experienced all-rounder Thisara Perera, Vanuka Rajapakse and Sekuje Prasanna. There are also Zimbabwe star all-rounder Sikander Raja and young Afghan fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq.

Premier Bank Khulna Tigers’ head Coach is Lance Klusener from South Africa.

In this regard, the managing director and chief executive of Premier Bank M. Reazul Karim (FCMA) said, “We are delighted once again to be the partner of Bangladesh’s most popular sport cricket through the Premier Bank Khulna Tigers’ team in the eighth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).” Events like BPL are not only for cricket; but also playing an important role in developing the image of Bangladesh abroad.

It is worth mentioning that Premier Bank Limited has purchased the title sponsorship again from the advertising agency Mindtree. Six teams are taking part in this season. The game will be played in three venues from 21 January, 2022.

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