Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2021/22: Seven Indian players, including Hanuma Vihari and Abhimanyu Easwaran, will take part in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), Bangladesh’s List A (50-over) tournament. The names of Parvez Rasool, Baba Aparajit, Ashok Maneria, Chirag Jani and Gurinder Singh are also among the Indian players. All these players were left unsold in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction in February 2022, meaning no franchise had placed bets on these seven players.
The Dhaka Premier League started on 15 March. Hanuma is a part of Abhani Limited in DPL. However, he will not be able to play in the team’s first three matches. Actually, Hanuma Vihari was part of the Indian team in the Test series against Sri Lanka. The series ended on March 14. India clean sweep against Sri Lanka. After the end of the Hanuma series, he went to his home in Hyderabad. He will spend some time with family there. Hanuma will join Abhani Limited by the end of this week.
Bengal cricket team (1st class) captain Abhimanyu Easwaran was also included in the Indian Test squad. He will play for Prime Bank in the DPL. Parvez Rasool Sheikh will play for Jamal Dhanmandi, Baba Aparajit Roopganj Tigers, Ashok Maneria Khelaghar, Chirag Jani will play for Legends of Roopganj and Gurinder Singh Ghazi Group of cricketers.
Hanuma Vihari, Abhinyu Easwaran, Baba Aparajith, Ashok Maneria and Parvez Rasool are not new to DPL. He has previously played in the DPL in the 2019-20 season as well. Apart from this, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwari and Yusuf Pathan have also participated in the DPL. In this season one foreign player can play in a team. Apart from the Indian players, Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan will play for Mohammedan Sporting and Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe will play for Shainpukur.
Last year COVID-19 Due to (Coronavirus) this tournament was converted into a 20-over league, so that the players also get some practice before the T20 World Cup 2021. Last year no foreign player played for any team.
11 teams are participating in DPL. The teams face each other in the tournament on the basis of a round-robin format. The top 6 teams in the round robin will advance to the Super League of the tournament. There they will again clash with each other. After this the knockout matches will be played.