On the other hand, Chittagong are yet to win the BPL, but they have finished as runners-up once and reached the playoffs a total of five times.

[7] Duronto Rajshahi was captained by Mushfiqur Rahim and had the likes of Marlon Samuels, Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Sami by his side.

[8] This time, the team was led by Tamim Iqbal who had the likes of Moeen Ali and Sean Ervine accompanying him.

This time, Rajshahi just managed to finish in the top 4 during the league stage, winning 5 games out of 12 matches.

They signed Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga (missed whole tournament due to national commitments), English all-rounder Samit Patel and more from the overseas department in the draft.

[11] The kings started off with a 3 run defeat to Khulna Titans and lost to Barisal Bulls (Sabbir 122) in a nail-biting finish.

[12] In the draft, The Kings got the first pick in the lottery and unsurprisingly selected wiry left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman.

They signed Afghan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad and South African Christiaan Jonker pre-draft[13] In the draft, Rajshahi snatched in-form batsman Soumya Sarkar as their first pick.

Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in rules and regulations for this season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.

[18] In November 2019, post players draft, Shoaib Malik and Andre Russell were included in Rajshahi Royals team in the 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League.

[23] In the player draft, they brought in Saad Nasim from Pakistan and Lahiru Samarakoon from Sri Lanka as their foreign recruits.

[27] Durbar Rajshahi was a strong contender for the play-off (top 4), but because of their low NRR, they finished in 5th place in the point table.