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There are seven franchises in the professional cricket competition known as the Bangladesh Premier Competition. It is known as the 16th most-watched premier league match and is one of Bangladesh’s three professional cricket competitions. The league, which typically occurs in November, is believed to have two games between each squad.
Destiny Group was reportedly the initial sponsor and funder of the Bangladesh Premier League. They submitted a 75-million-taka ($1 million) proposal. Prime Bank Limited then took over the role of the league’s main sponsor for BPL, and in the second season he donated over 100 takas million (approximately US$1.5 million). The following year (2015-16) saw BRB Cable, whose sponsorship brought the championship over 1.5 billion taka (approximately US$1.8 million). Subsequently, Abul Khair Steel and Shah Cement, subsidiaries of Abul Khair Industries Limited, have proposed a sponsorship of 22 crore (approximately US$2.6 million) for the 2016/17 academic year. Sponsors for the following season were TVS Motors and United Commercial Bank. The league is said to have two sponsors for the 2022 and 2023 seasons: BBS Cables & Walton and M. M. Ispahani Limited & Minister Group.
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The information on overall sponsorships, earnings and broadcasting rights is shown in the table below.
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| Season | Sponsorship Rights | Gross Revenues Earned | Broadcasting Rights |
| 2012 | Destiny Group
৳7.5 crore (US$800,000) |
৳354.7 crore (US$38 million) |
Channel Nine ৳632 crore (US$67 million) four-year broadcasting rights (2012–16) |
| 2013 | Prime Bank Limited
৳10 crore (US$1.1 million) |
৳302 crore (US$32 million) | |
| 2015-16 | BRB Cables Industries Limited
৳15 crore (US$1.6 million) |
৳266.5 crore (US$28 million) | |
| 2016-17 | Abul Khair Steel (AKS) and Shah Cement
৳22 crore (US$2.3 million) |
৳433 crore (US$46 million) (2016–17) | |
| 2019-present | United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) and TVS Motor Company
Akash DTH and TVS Motor Company |
Unpublished |
GTV and Maasranga
৳640 crore (US$68 million) three-year broadcasting rights (2017–2019) |
| 2022 | BBS Cables and Walton | GTV and T Sports | |
| 2023 | M. M. Ispahani Limited and Minister Group | Nagorik TV |
Sponsorships are financial or other contributions made to support other or smaller companies, events, or performances. The Bangladesh Premier League would not have been feasible without the support of all of these notable sponsors.
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