Rajshahi Division cricket team

Rajshahi Division Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainNajmul Hossain Shanto
Team information
Founded1999
Home groundShaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
NCL wins2
One Day Cricket League wins4
NCL T20 wins1
BPL wins1 (as Rajshahi Royals)

The Rajshahi Division cricket team is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the Rajshahi Division, one of the country's seven administrative regions. The team competes in the National Cricket League and was formerly a participant in the now-defunct National Cricket League One-Day. In the short-lived National Cricket League Twenty20 competition, played in the 2009–10 season only, Rajshahi adopted the name Rajshahi Rangers and played in their official grey, black, and red colours. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Rajshahi Royals.

Rajshahi's main home ground is the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium in Rajshahi city, which has a 15,000 capacity. They have won the NCL twice, most recently in 2008–09. They won the One-Day League four times and, as the Rangers, were the winners of the NCL T20 in 2010.

They recorded their biggest victory in a first-class match when they defeated Chittagong Division by an innings and 242 runs in the 2016–17 National Cricket League.[1]

Honours

Current squad

As of 10 December 2024

The squad for the 2024-25 season is:[2]

Name Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsman
Junaid Siddique Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
Sabbir Rahman Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Farhad Hossain Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Mizanur Rahman Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Najmul Hossain Shanto Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
Myshukur Rahaman Right-hand bat
Wicketkeepers
Pritom Kumar Right-hand bat Captain
Hamidul Islam Right-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Sunzamul Islam Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Taijul Islam Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Saqlain Sajib Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Abdul Gaffar Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Farhad Reza Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Muktar Ali Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Shafiqul Islam Right-hand bat Left-arm medium
Shafiul Islam Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Delwar Hossain Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Mohor Sheikh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium

Notes

  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

References

  1. ^ "Mizanur, Jahurul propel Rajshahi to record win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ ঢাকার আশরাফুল বরিশালে, দল পাননি শহীদ–শরীফ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 October 2019.


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