The team was owned by Sylhet Sports Limited in the care of Bangladesh's former Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith.

The Sixers announced Waqar Younis as head coach and International Cricketer, David Warner as captain for the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League.

[4] Sylhet Sixers is a new Franchisee, created in 2017, competing in Bangladesh Premier League, chaired by architect, social activist and IT Specialist Shahed Muhit.

The management intends to use the team to bridge the gap between cricket stars and passionate fans and engage the youth to divert their focus to wholesome sporting activities.

Their foreign player signings included Krishmar Santokie, Babar Azam, Liam Plunkett, Andre Fletcher, Upul Tharanga, Ross Whitely and more.

They also signed English opening batsman Jason Roy, Nepali leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, South African Imran Tahir, Wayne Parnell and Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz.

Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in rules and regulations for this season and eliminated 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.

[7] Overseas Players include Kennar Lewis, Samit Patel, Harry Tector, Benny Howell and Ryan Burl.