Dhaka, Sept. 10 -- Taijul Islam has made a bit of history. The left-arm spinner is the first Bangladeshi to be signed by a team in South Africa's franchise competition, the SA20.

Durban Super Giants bought him at Tuesday's auction for 500,000 rand - about Tk 34.9 lakh. It means, if the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) grants him an NOC, Taijul will finally get to play a foreign league outside the BPL.

It wasn't a great day for the rest of the Bangladesh names. Twenty-three had registered, 14 made the final shortlist. Only Taijul was picked.

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