The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) took off to a glittering start on Sunday in Dhaka with scintillating firework and musical performances by Bangladeshi and Indian singers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the special edition of the T20 cricket championship to mark Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary in 2020.

A total of 7 teams are participating in the BBPL event. They will play 46 matches including the 4 play off matches.

The BBPL final will be held on January 17, 2020. The first match of the BBPL will be played on Wednesday with Chattogram Challengers taking on Sylhet Thunder in the opening match.

This is the first time that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is organizing the Premier League matches without involving any franchise.