2012 Bangladesh Premier League player auction
The players auction for the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League was held on 19 January 2012 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. Each franchise can sign a total of 10 local players and 8 foreign players, and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each franchise will also have one domestic icon player in their team. Players were allowed to set their base price between $20,000 to $100,000.
Player list
Domestic players
Domestic players with top three base prices for the auction are listed below:Icon players will receive 15% salary more than the highest cost local player.
- Icon players :
- Grade A :
- Grade B :
- Nazimuddin
- Raqibul Hasan
- Elias Sunny
- Suhrawadi Shuvo
- Rubel Hossain
- Shafiul Islam
- Nazmul Hossain
- Farhad Reza
- Mithun Ali
- Jahurul Islam
- Shahadat Hossain
- Naeem Islam
International players
- Grade A :
- Dirk Nannes
- Matt Prior
- Scott Styris
- Shoaib Malik
- Abdul Razzaq
- Azhar Mahmood
- Shahid Afridi
- Chaminda Vaas
- Muttiah Muralitharan
- Ajantha Mendis
- Herschelle Gibbs
- Chris Gayle
- Kieron Pollard
- Dwayne Bravo
- Marlon Samuels
- Ramnaresh Sarwan
- Kemar Roach
- Brendan Taylor
- Grade B :
- Brad Hodge
- James Tredwell
- Graham Onions
- James Foster
- Peter Trego
- Ian Blackwell
- Sajid Mahmood
- Geraint Jones
- Gary Keedy
- Niall O'Brien
- Lou Vincent
- Danish Kaneria
- Kamran Akmal
- Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
- Taufeeq Umar
- Yasir Arafat
- Raza Hasan
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Thilina Kandamby
- Andre Nel
- Andrew Hall
- Sulieman Benn
- Lionel Baker
- Dinesh Ramdin
- Fidel Edwards
- Dwayne Smith
- Hamilton Masakadza
- Elton Chigumbura
Sold players
| Nat | Player | Team | Winning bid | Base price |
| Shahid Afridi | Dhaka Gladiators | $700,000 | $100,000 | |
| Chris Gayle | Barisal Burners | $551,000 | $100,000 | |
| Marlon Samuels | Duronto Rajshahi | $360,000 | $50,000 | |
| Kieron Pollard | Dhaka Gladiators | $300,000 | $100,000 | |
| Nasir Hossain | Khulna Royal Bengals | $200,000 | $45,000 | |
| Shoaib Malik | Chittagong Kings | $150,000 | $100,000 | |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chittagong Kings | $150,000 | $100,000 | |
| Brad Hodge | Barisal Burners | $140,000 | $100,000 | |
| Mahmudullah | Chittagong Kings | $110,000 | $45,000 | |
| Jahurul Islam | Chittagong Kings | $110,000 | $30,000 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Khulna Royal Bengals | $110,000 | $100,000 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Chittagong Kings | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Nasir Jamshed | Chittagong Kings | $100,000 | $25,000 | |
| Abdul Razzaq | Duronto Rajshahi | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | Dhaka Gladiators | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Sohail Tanvir | Sylhet Royals | $100,000 | $50,000 | |
| Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | Dhaka Gladiators | $100,000 | $50,000 | |
| Kamran Akmal | Sylhet Royals | $100,000 | $50,000 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | Khulna Royal Bengals | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Naeem Islam | Sylhet Royals | $90,000 | $30,000 | |
| Abdur Razzak | Khulna Royal Bengals | $85,000 | $45,000 | |
| Nazimuddin | Dhaka Gladiators | $85,000 | $30,000 | |
| Imran Nazir | Dhaka Gladiators | $85,000 | $25,000 | |
| Andre Russell | Khulna Royal Bengals | $85,000 | $50,000 | |
| Mithun Ali | Barisal Burners | $80,000 | $30,000 | |
| Shuvagata Hom | Sylhet Royals | $80,000 | $20,000 | |
| Yasir Arafat | Barisal Burners | $80,000 | $50,000 | |
| Niall O'Brien | Khulna Royal Bengals | $80,000 | $50,000 | |
| Elias Sunny | Dhaka Gladiators | $75,000 | $30,000 | |
| Peter Trego | Sylhet Royals | $75,000 | $50,000 | |
| Junaid Siddique | Duronto Rajshahi | $70,000 | $45,000 | |
| Rubel Hossain | Sylhet Royals | $70,000 | $30,000 | |
| Mohammad Sami | Duronto Rajshahi | $70,000 | $25,000 | |
| Shafiul Islam | Khulna Royal Bengals | $65,000 | $30,000 | |
| Mosharraf Hossain | Dhaka Gladiators | $65,000 | $20,000 | |
| Alauddin Babu | Barisal Burners | $65,000 | $20,000 | |
| Fidel Edwards | Khulna Royal Bengals | $60,000 | $50,000 | |
| Farhad Reza | Chittagong Kings | $55,000 | $30,000 | |
| Enamul Haque Jr | Chittagong Kings | $55,000 | $20,000 | |
| Darren Sammy | Sylhet Royals | $55,000 | $50,000 | |
| Imrul Kayes | Sylhet Royals | $50,000 | $45,000 | |
| Arafat Sunny | Chittagong Kings | $50,000 | $20,000 | |
| Nazmul Islam Apu | Barisal Burners | $50,000 | $20,000 | |
| Imran Tahir | Duronto Rajshahi | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Brad Hogg | Sylhet Royals | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Barisal Burners | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Stuart MacGill | Dhaka Gladiators | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Dwayne Smith | Khulna Royal Bengals | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Jerome Taylor | Chittagong Kings | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Dhaka Gladiators | $45,000 | $45,000 | |
| Suhrawadi Shuvo | Barisal Burners | $45,000 | $30,000 | |
| Shamsur Rahman | Chittagong Kings | $45,000 | $20,000 | |
| Fawad Alam | Duronto Rajshahi | $45,000 | $25,000 | |
| Sabbir Rahman | Duronto Rajshahi | $40,000 | $20,000 | |
| Ziaur Rahman | Chittagong Kings | $40,000 | $20,000 | |
| Sanjamul Islam | Chittagong Kings | $40,000 | $20,000 | |
| Hameed Hassan | Barisal Burners | $40,000 | $25,000 | |
| Nazmul Hossain Milon | Khulna Royal Bengals | $35,000 | $20,000 | |
| Saqlain Sajib | Duronto Rajshahi | $35,000 | $20,000 | |
| Alexei Kervezee | Dhaka Gladiators | $35,000 | $25,000 | |
| Nazmul Hossain | Dhaka Gladiators | $30,000 | $30,000 | |
| Shahadat Hossain | Khulna Royal Bengals | $30,000 | $30,000 | |
| Nadif Chowdhury | Sylhet Royals | $30,000 | $20,000 | |
| Rizwan Cheema | Duronto Rajshahi | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Frederik Klokker | Sylhet Royals | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Jos Buttler | Khulna Royal Bengals | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Gary Keedy | Sylhet Royals | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Darren Stevens | Dhaka Gladiators | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Qaiser Abbas | Duronto Rajshahi | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Faisal Iqbal | Sylhet Royals | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Rameez Raja | Barisal Burners | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Kyle Coetzer | Chittagong Kings | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Khulna Royal Bengals | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Kevon Cooper | Chittagong Kings | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Lendl Simmons | Chittagong Kings | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Sean Ervine | Duronto Rajshahi | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Farhad Hossain | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Mominul Haque | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Faisal Hossain | Chittagong Kings | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Aftab Ahmed | Dhaka Gladiators | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Sohag Gazi | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Noor Hossain | Sylhet Royals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Asif Ahmed | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Mukhtar Ali | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Syed Rasel | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Al Amin | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Dolar Mahmud | Khulna Royal Bengals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Arafat Salahuddin | Sylhet Royals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Dhiman Ghosh | Dhaka Gladiators | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Anamul Haque | Dhaka Gladiators | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Soumya Sarkar | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Maisuqur Rahman | Khulna Royal Bengals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Marshall Ayub | Khulna Royal Bengals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Tanveer Haider | Dhaka Gladiators | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Saghir Hossain | Khulna Royal Bengals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Kamrul Islam Rabbi | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Ariful Haque | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Mizanur Rahman | Duronto Rajshahi | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Talha Jubair | Sylhet Royals | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Nabil Samad | Sylhet Royals | $20,000 | $20,000 |
Unsold players
These players remained unsold at the auction.- Aaron Finch
- Dirk Nannes
- Graham Manou
- Riki Wessels
- Ryan Campbell
- Abishek Mitra
- Abu Jayed
- Abul Bashar
- Abul Hasan
- Delwar Hossain
- Ejaz Ahmed
- Fazle Mahmud
- Imtiaz Hossain
- Jubair Ahmed
- Kamrul Islam
- Mahbubul Alam
- Mahbubul Karim
- Mehrab Hossain jnr
- Mohammad Sharif
- Mohammad Shahzada
- Monir Hossain
- Murad Khan
- Nafees Iqbal
- Nasir Ussin Faruque
- Rajin Saleh
- Rokibul Hasan
- Rezaul Karim
- Robiul Islam
- Rony Talukdar
- Shahin Hossain
- Shakar Ahmed
- Shuvashish Roy
- Taijul Islam
- Tapash Baisya
- Tasamul Haque
- Taskin Ahmed
- Tushar Imran
- Chris Schofield
- Darren Stevens
- Dimitri Mascarenhas
- Graham Onions
- Geraint Jones
- Ian Blackwell
- Jason Roy
- James Hildreth
- James Tredwell
- Josh Cobb
- Matt Prior
- Sajid Mahmood
- Scott Borthwick
- Tom Maynard
- Irfan Ahmed
- Thomas Odoyo
- Gerrie Snyman
- Andre Adams
- Bruce Kruger
- Hamish Marshall
- Lou Vincent
- Scott Styris
- Adnan Akmal
- Azhar Mahmood
- Danish Kaneria
- Taufeeq Umar
- Yasir Hamid
- Andre Nel
- Andrew Hall
- Claude Henderson
- Johann Myburgh
- Ajantha Mendis
- Chamara Silva
- Chaminda Vaas
- Dilhara Fernando
- Farveez Maharoof
- Jehan Mubarak
- Kaushalya Weeraratne
- Nuwan Zoysa
- Thilina Kandamby
- Simon Jones
- Dinesh Ramdin
- Kemar Roach
- Lionel Baker
- Nikita Miller
- Ramnaresh Sarwan
- Sulieman Benn
- Tino Best
- Hamilton Masakadza
- Elton Chigumbura
- Brendan Taylor
Post-auction signings
Many franchises signed players after the BPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under BPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.| Signed Player | Replaced Player | Team | Signed amount | Reason for replacement |
 Kabir Ali |  Shane Harwood | Barisal Burners | $20,000 | Injury Shane Harwood |
| Jason Roy |  Shoaib Malik | Chittagong Kings | $50,000 | Pakistan call up |
 Brendan Taylor |  Lendl Simmons | Chittagong Kings | $100,000 | Injury to Lendl Simmonds |
| Azhar Mahmood | Stuart MacGill | Dhaka Gladiators | $100,000 | Personal issues |
 Andre Adams |  Fidel Edwards | Khulna Royal Bengal | $50,000 | Personal issue |
| Scott Styris |  Darren Sammy | Sylhet Royals | $100,000 | Local league |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Jos Buttler | Khulna Royal Bengal | $50,000 | National commitments |