<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">As the first franchise of this year's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Sylhet Strikers named their icon players and some important foreign recruits.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former captain of Bangladesh national team, is the icon of Sylhet Strikers. They also roped in Pakistan pace-bowling star Mohammad Amir along with Sri Lankan stars Thisara Perera, Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva.</div><div><br></div><div>They have announced it in their logo unveiling ceremony on Wednesday in a Dhaka hotel.</div><div><br></div><div>Sylhet have also named Rajin Saleh, the former national team captain, as their assistant coach and Nafis Iqbal as their team manager respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of seven teams will participate in this year's BPL which will begin in early January 2023. - UNB</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>