Boom Boom Shahid Afridi, West Indian hard-hitter Chris Gayle along with a leading English cricketer  Kevin Pietersen are expected to be seen to enthrall the local spectators with their blistering performacne in the upcoming new-look Twenty20 tournament of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
 The third edition of the BPL is scheduled to roll onto the ground from November 21, after the two-year-long hiatus.
It is known from the BCB insiders that Afridi, Gayle and Pietersen through their respective agents expressed their keen interest to play in the BPL-3 and sent their documents through email to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The board believed to be drafted the names of these star players in their list, which will be disclosed after the final meeting of the BPL governing council today.
 A total of 150 more foreign players from ICC’s full and associate membership countries have sent their essential documents through email to the board within the working hours of Tuesday. The email came mostly from Pakistani players, whose number will be over 50. But it was learnt that many of the Pakistani players told the payment is not up to the mark.  
The rate of foreign player has been estimated minimum US$ 30,000 and maximum US$70,000 as set by the BPL governing council. The draft for the local players has been made with 62. The rate of local player has also been estimated minimum Tk five lakh (5,00,000) and maximum Tk 35 lakh (35,00,000).
Each team is eligible to register a maximum number of eight overseas players, where they could field four of them in a match. But if a team wishes to rope in any foreign player out of the draft then the team has to bear the expense for it.
Player by Choice coined by BPL governing council will be evolved by lottery to be held on October 31. Afzalur Rahman Sinha, chairman of BPL governing council, said that they got a good response from the foreign players. “You know Shahid Afridi through media expressed his open interest to play in BPL. Like him, some star players have demonstrated their eagerness to play here. Actually we want to disclose their names after our meeting tomorrow,” Sinha told The Independent.
The position of the England players remained in the second position. The number of players from Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe remained after Pakistan and England. BCB got a poor response from the players from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Beside the ICC’s full membership countries, Afghan players and Nepalese players comparatively showcased their keenness to play the league.