Three main venues named for BPL 2013 T20 tournament, located in Mirpur, Chittagong & Khulna. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur will host most of the matches including the final macth of BPL 2013. MA Aziz Stadium in the port city of Chittagong and Sheikh Abu Nasser Stadium in Khulna will also co-host group matches of BPL 2013. Meanwhile, Sylhet Divisional Stadium and Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi have been selected for warm-up matches before the start of BPL 2013 T20 tournament.
The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League season, abbreviated as BPL 2 or BPL 2013, will be the second season of the Bangladesh Premier League, established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in 2012. The tournament will begin on 18 January 2013.The competition will feature seven teams, with the addition of the Rangpur Riders.
Administrator(s) BCB
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Host(s) Bangladesh
Participants 7
Official website bplt20.com.bd
Venues
Matches will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong and the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. The Sylhet Divisional Stadium and the Shahid Kamaruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi will host the warm-up games.
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Capacity:20,000
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Capacity:26,000
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna
Capacity:20,000
Rules and regulations
According to rules, if a match ended with the scores tied, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Super Over. The rules of the Super Over are as set out in the ICC Standard Twenty20 International match playing conditions.
Team with most runs wins
If equal, the team which wins the super-over wins.
If still equal, the team with most number of sixes throughout the super-over match wins.
If still equal, the team with most number of boundaries wins.
But if more than 1 team come tied with same number of points, these rules shall be followed:
Higher number of wins
If still equal, net run rate
If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
