Shakib highest-paid cricketer in BPL

Dhaka, Dec 20 Bangladesh's former Captain Shakib Al Hasan became the highest-paid 'golden category' cricketer after the Dhaka Gladiators purchased him for $ 3,65,000 at Bangladesh Premiere League auctions on Thursday.
Pakistani cricketer Imran Nazir topped the golden category for foreign players when he was picked up by the Chittagong Kings for $ 2,80,000. That made him the second highest in payment.
The auctions was held at Hotel Radisson.
Shakib's price shot past the maximum bar of $70,000 set for the local golden-category cricketers as the franchises bid hard to have him in their tents.

Dhaka Gladiators bought Shahid Afridi for $ 2,75,000.

Sylhet Royals had Bangladesh's incumbent Captain Mushfiqur Rahim for $ 2,05,000, while Duronto Rajshahi paid $ 1,65,000 for Tamim Iqbal. Vice Captain Mahmududllah Riad fetched $1,25,000 from the Chittagong Kings.

The BPL Governing Council has fixed an expenditure limit of $15,00,000 for the franchises this year. No franchise can have more than 10 foreign players while only five of them can be used during a particular match.

The second edition of BPL will start from Jan 18.