The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2024 players’ draft will be held on Sunday (September 24). 448 foreign cricketers have registered their names in this year's players' draft. The list includes star cricketers like Colin de Grandhomme, Mohammad Hafeez, Imam-ul-Haq, Shahnawaz Dahani, Dasun Shanaka, Haider Ali etc.

Foreign cricketers are divided into five categories. A total of 18 cricketers are in category 'A'. Sri Lankan cricketers are more on this list. There are 16 cricketers in category 'B'. There are 60 cricketers in the 'C' category. 97 and 257 cricketers have been placed in categories 'D' and 'E' respectively.

The base prices for participants in the various categories are as follows: Category A - USD 80,000, Category B - USD 60,000, Category C - USD 40,000, Category D - USD 30,000, and Category E - USD 20,000.

Foreign cricketers of BPL 2024 players’ draft at a glance

Category 'A':  Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand), Adam Lyth (England), Shai Hope (West Indies), Izharulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Jamie Overton (England), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka), Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Dilshan Madushanka (Sri Lanka), Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka), Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Avishka Fernando (Sri Lanka), Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka), Chamika Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Haider Ali (Pakistan).

Category 'B':  Rahkeem Cornwall (West Indies), Matthew Potts (England), Waqar Salamkhei (Afghanistan), Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan), Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe), Samit Patel (England), Adam Rossington (England), Jordan Clark (England), Isuru Udana (Sri Lanka), Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan), Usama Mir (Pakistan), Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Niroshan Dickwella (Sri Lanka), Lendl Simmons (West Indies), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), Saud Shakeel (Pakistan).

Category 'C':  Scott Edwards ( Netherlands ), Smit Patel (USA), George Dockrell ( Ireland ), Sam Alexander (England), Dom Bess (England), Daniel James (England), Raymond Reifer (West Indies), Chadwick Walton (West Indies), Fabian Allen (West Indies), Fawad Ahmed (Australia), Nkrumah Bonner (West Indies), Roston Chase (West Indies), Lutho Sipamla (South Africa), Duanne Olivier (South Africa), Andrew Turner (England), Hardus Viljoen (South Africa), Joe Denly (England), Usman Shinwari (Pakistan), Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan ), Luke Wells (England), Michael Rippon (New Zealand), Sean Williams (Zimbabwe), Shahnawaz Dahani (Pakistan), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka), Kamran Akmal (Pakistan), Ross Whiteley (England), Danushka Gunathilaka (Sri Lanka), Jake Lintott (England), Wafadar Momand (Afghanistan), Dawlat Zadran (Afghanistan), Muhammad Waseem (UAE), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kasun Rajitha (Sri Lanka), Chaturanga de Silva (Sri Lanka), Ashen Bandara (Sri Lanka), Arshad Iqbal (Pakistan), Sadeera Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage ( Sri Lanka), Haris Sohail (Pakistan), Mohammad Imran (Pakistan), Abdullah Shafiq (Pakistan), Umaid Asif (Pakistan), Aamer Yamin (Pakistan), Amad Butt (Pakistan),  Ahmed Daniyal (Pakistan), Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan) etc.

Category 'D':  Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Robin Das (England), Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Kennar Lewis (West Indies), Hayden Walsh (West Indies), Sheldon Cottrell (West Indies). Indies), Cameron Delport (England), Usman Ghani (Afghanistan), Salman Irshad (Pakistan), Agha Salman (Pakistan), Lorcan Tucker (Ireland), Matt Parkinson (Ireland), Ehsan Adil (Pakistan), Ben Cutting (Australia) ), Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland), Curtis Campher (Ireland), Max O'Dowd (Netherlands), Mark Watt (Scotland), Mohammad Shahzad ( Afghanistan ), Hammad Azam (United States), Umar Akmal (Pakistan), Rumman Raees (Pakistan), Zahid Mahmood (Pakistan), Shannon Gabriel (West Indies) etc.

Category 'E':  Joshua De Silva (West Indies), Harry Tector (Ireland), Abhishek Chand (United States), Craig Ervine (Zimbabwe), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan), Mohammad Saleem (Afghanistan), Kesrick Williams (West Indies), Sharafuddin Ashraf (Afghanistan), Brandon McMullen (Scotland), Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan), Minod Bhanuka (Sri Lanka), Rohail Nazir (Pakistan), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan), Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka), Sahan Arachchig (Sri Lanka) etc.