He missed out on the big game due to an ACL injury. Taskin finished the BPL by picking up the most wickets in a season. His 25 scalps beat Shakib Al Hasan's record of 23 wickets in the 2018-19 season.

Chittagong Kings' second-place finish in the BPL points table was the biggest surprise ... second only to Taskin Ahmed who finished the competition with 25 wickets at an average of 12.04.

While Basundhara made a comeback, neither Beximco Limited nor Gemcon Group, the two teams that featured regularly in the first cycle of the BPL, showed any interest to be part of the tournament.

Taskin Ahmed's record breaking 25-wicket season, Nurul Hasan chasing ... Rajshahi then sought and received a special approval from the BPL technical committee to field an all-local XI, a never ...

It was Javed's second BPL season, but this time he really entered the limelight. The left-arm fast bowler hailing from Kohat hasn't played for Pakistan, but Javed looks close to a national call-up.

He got going with 316 runs, the highest in the NCL T20s, before topping the BPL batting charts. Naim looked comfortable clearing the circle during the powerplays, almost against all attacks.