The Bangladesh Premier Competition is a professional cricket league with seven franchises. It is recognised as one of Bangladesh’s three professional cricket leagues and is also called the 16th most-watched premier league match. Each team is said to compete against the other twice during the league, which usually takes place in November.
As per reports, the Destiny Group funded the premier leagues and served as the Bangladesh Premier League’s primary sponsor. They made a 75-million-taka ($1 million) bid. Following this, Prime Bank Limited became the principal sponsor and contributed approximately 100 million takas (about US $ 1.5 million) for the second season of the premier league. Then, in the next year (2015–16), BRB cables arrived with sponsorship totalling over 15 crores Takas (about $1.8 million).
Later on, Abul Khair Steel and Shah Cement, a subsidiary of Abul Khair Industries Limited, proposed the sponsorship of 22 crores (about US $2.6 million) for the 2016–17 academic year. In the following season, TVS Motors and United Commercial Bank were the sponsors. BBS Cables & Walton, and M. Ispahani Limited & Minister Group are said to sponsor the league in the 2022 and 2023 seasons respectively.
The table below contains the overall sponsorship details, revenues earned as well as Broadcasting Rights:
| 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Unpublished | GTV and Maasranga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 |
As it is known to all that the financial or other actions taken to help smaller or other businesses, events, or performances are known as sponsorships. And sponsorships have always been an integral part of any sort of competition, with a great reputation all these sponsors have equally contributed to making the Bangladesh Premier League a great success.
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