2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
The Bangladesh Premier League 2019–20, also known as BPL Season 7 or Bangabandhu BPL Presented by AKASH DTH and Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the seventh season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season was scheduled to originally start from 6 December 2019 and end on 11 January 2020, with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019. Comilla Victorians were the defending champions. However, the tournament was delayed by five days and started on 11 December 2019 and ended on 17 January 2020, with the opening ceremony held on 8 December 2019.
2019-20 BPL Logo | |
| Dates | 11 December 2019 – 17 January 2020 |
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| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Champions | Rajshahi Royals (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Khulna Tigers |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Player of the series | Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals) |
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (Khulna Tigers) (495) |
| Most wickets | Mustafizur Rahman (Rangpur Rangers) Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers) Rubel Hossain (Chattogram Challengers) Robert Frylinck (Khulna Tigers) (20 wickets each) |
| Official website | BPL |
Chittagong Vikings were announced as not taking part in this edition of the tournament after their ownership was sold, and were replaced by two new teams. A total of eight teams were originally scheduled to participate in this edition of the tournament, with contracts of pre-signed cricketers being cancelled until the players' draft. However, the idea was cancelled, with the number of teams being reverted to seven, and Chittagong Vikings being renamed to Chattogram Challengers and reinstated after the change of format by the BCB.
In the final match, Rajshahi Royals defeated Khulna Tigers by 21 runs to win their first ever BPL title. Rajshahi Royals captain Andre Russell won both Player of the match and Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances. Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 495 runs while the leading wicket-taker was tied with four players with 20 wickets.