It will be the 2nd times of Comilla Victorians to compete this tournament and also regarded as the hot favourite. This time total seven participants will compete here including two new contenders Rajshahi Kings and Khula Titans. And the most amazing matter is that Comilla Victorians will play the inaugural match of the tournament against one of the two new participants named Rajshahi Kings in next 4th November, 2016.
# Competition Data:
- Play Between – Comilla Victorians (COV) Vs (BB) Barisal Bulls [live streaming youtube player will be available after finishing the toss]
- Game Date – 11 November, 2016
- Start at – 14:30 (Local)
- Ground – Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
- Situated – Mirpur, Dhaka
- Founded – 2006
- Seats Capacity – 25,416
Comilla Victorians is one of the top franchise team in Bangladesh Premier League and obviously they are also regarded as one of the most successful club. The club was founded in October, 2015 and last season of BPL was there first competition here and they succeeded to write down their name into history by winning their inaugural competition. However, Comilla Victorians is going to compete in upcoming BPL 2016 edition which will be the 4th edition of the tournament where the tournament was first held in February, 2012. But unfortunately in 2014, the competition was not placed due to some problem.
Comilla Victorians which is currently led by the Tigers captain Mashrafe Mortaza. Including him, the team has totally bought twenty three players. Among them eleven are from overseas. Here we provide their complete team squad below.
# Comilla Victorians Players Squad (Local):
| S/N | Player Name | Role | Style | Remarks |
| 1. | Imrul Kayes | Batsman | Left handed | |
| 2. | Liton Das | Wicket – keeper | Right handed | |
| 3. | Nazmul Hossain | Batsman | Left handed | |
| 4. | Saikat Ali | Batsman | Right handed | |
| 5. | Jasimuddin | Batsman | Right handed | |
| 6. | Nahidul Islam | All – rounder | Right handed & right arm off break | |
| 7. | Abdullah Al Mamun | All – rounder | Right handed & right arm medium fast | |
| 8. | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bowler | Right arm medium fast | Skipper |
| 9. | Mohammad Al Amin | Bowler | Right arm offbreak | |
| 10. | Nabil Samad | Bowler | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| 11. | Mohammad Sharif | Bowler | Right arm medium fast | |
| 12. | Mohammad Saifuddin | Bowler | Right arm medium fast |
# Comilla Victorians Players Squad (Overseas):
| S/N | Player Name | Role | Style | Nation |
| 1. | Khalid Latif | Batsman | Right handed | Pak |
| 2. | Rovman Powell | Batsman | Right handed | WI |
| 3. | Shahzaib Hasan | Batsman | Right handed | Pak |
| 4. | Ashar Zaidi | All – rounder | Left handed & slow left arm orthodox | Eng |
| 5. | Thisara Perera | All – rounder | Left handed & right arm medium fast | Sri |
| 6. | Jason Holder | All – rounder | Right handed & right arm medium fast | WI |
| 7. | Imad Wasim | All – rounder | Left handed & left arm orthodox | Pak |
| 8. | Sohail Tanvir | Bowler | Left arm medium fast | Pak |
| 9. | Nuwan Kulasekara | Bowler | Right arm fast medium | Sri |
| 10. | Rashid Khan | Bowler | Right arm leg break | Afg |
| 11. | Sunil Narine | Bowler | Right arm off break | WI |
# Management & Coaching Staff:
- Director – Samiur Nahiyan Islam (Ban)
- CEO – Nafisa Kamal (Ban)
- Manager – Khaled Mashud (Ban)
- Head Coach – Mizanur Rahman Babul (Ban)
- Asst. Coach – Rajin Saleh (Ban)
- Skipper – Mashrafe Mortaza
Excluding their first match against Rajshahi Kings, they will have to play eleven matches more to qualify for the knockout phase. We provide below their upcoming all matches in this tournament.
# Upcoming Matches:
| Match No. | Date | Time (Local) | Against | Venue |
| 1st | 5th Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Dhaka Dynamites | Dhaka |
| 2nd | 8th Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Chittagong Vikings | Dhaka |
| 3rd | 11th Nov, 2016 | 14:30 | Barisal Bulls | Dhaka |
| 4th | 13th Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Khulna Titans | Dhaka |
| 5th | 18th Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Rangpur Riders | Chittagong |
| 6th | 21st Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Chittagong Vikings | Chittagong |
| 7th | 22nd Nov, 2016 | 19:00 | Rajshahi Kings | Chittagong |
| 8th | 26th Nov, 2016 | 14:30 | Dhaka Dynamites | Dhaka |
| 9th | 29th Nov, 2016 | 14:30 | Barisal Bulls | Dhaka |
| 10th | 3rd Dec, 2016 | 14:30 | Khulna Titans | Dhaka |
| 11th | 4th Dec, 2016 | 14:30 | Rangpur Riders | Dhaka |
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