The players' draft for the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League is all set to take place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka today.

A total of 18 players out of 198 locals in the draft list have already been signed by the seven participating franchises.

However, star cricketers like Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Rishad Hossain, who are in Category 'A', will be up for grabs from the draft.

If any of these players went unpicked, there is a provision for an auction for the unsold Category 'A' players for the first time in the tournament's history.

The franchises, meanwhile, have already received a list of 439 overseas players from the BPL Governing Council from which they can pick for their respective teams.

Some of the players from the list, however, have been signed by different franchises of the tournament, which is set to get underway on December 27.