{"id":8614,"date":"2017-07-24T09:28:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2017-07-24T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:28:56","slug":"bpl-opens-oct-31-starts-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2017\/07\/24\/bpl-opens-oct-31-starts-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BPL opens Oct 31, starts Nov 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 will kick off on November 2 this year instead of November 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a grand opening ceremony of the cricket league will be held on October 31.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BPL Governing Council Member Secretary Ismail Haider Mollick said this at a press conference at the office of ACME in the capital\u2019s Kalyanpur on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe dates have been changed as the T20 Global League of Cricket South Africa is expected to start in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BPL 5 will see the eight franchises compete for the coveted title this year with Sylhet\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fourth edition of BPL, won by Dhaka Dynamites saw seven teams participate in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Besides Dhaka, Khulna Titans, Chittagong Vikings, Rajshahi Kings, Rangpur Riders, Comilla Victorians and Barisal Bulls were all seen in action last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 will kick off on November 2 this year instead of November 4. &nbsp; Earlier, a grand opening ceremony of the cricket league will be held on October 31. &nbsp; BPL Governing Council Member Secretary Ismail Haider Mollick said this at a press conference at the office of ACME in the capital&rsquo;s Kalyanpur on Monday. &nbsp; He said: &ldquo;The dates have been changed as the T20 Global League of Cricket South Africa is expected to start in November.&rdquo; &nbsp; BPL 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8616,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}