This year’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has seen the dominance of domestic cricketers. Nazmul Hossain Shanto is the tournament’s best player among the domestic and foreign star cricketers. Not only that, he got this award as a Bangladeshi with the highest run average. This left-handed opener of Sylhet Strikers turned the bat with the bat from start to finish. Fifty has often played in the quiet finals laid at the beginning of the match. But the unlucky team eventually lost the trophy battle to Comilla Victorians.

Shanto scored 516 runs in 15 matches at an average of 39.69. Shanto crossed 500 runs for the first time as a Bangladeshi. Fifty scored 4. Highest unbeaten 89 runs. Strike rate 116.74. 4 hit 57 and six 12. Only Riley Russo holds the record ahead of Shanta. Russo scored 558 runs in 13 innings in 14 matches for Rangpur Riders in the 2018 season. The Protea cricketer scored 495 runs for Khulna Tigers in the previous season.

Mushfiqur Rahim had the highest runs among Bangladeshi cricketers before Shanta. In 2019, Mushfiq scored 491 runs in 14 innings for Khulna Tigers. Shant received 10 lakhs as the tournament winner. “The team played very well,” he said while accepting the award. But today was not our day. We played very well throughout the tournament. I try to score runs in every game and luckily I have done well in this tournament.’