Rajshahi Division Cricket Team

Personnel
Captain| Najmul Hossain Shanto
Team information
Founded| 1999
Home ground| Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium
Capacity| 15,000
History
NCL wins| 2
One Day Cricket League wins| 4
NCL T20 wins| 1
BPL wins| 1 (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

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* National Cricket League (2) – 2005–06, 2008–09
* One-Day Cricket League (4) – 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11
* NCL T20 (1) – 2009–10

## Current squad

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As of 10 December 2024

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

Name  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | Notes

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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

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* Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

## References

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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.

## External links

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* CricketArchive re Bangladesh
* CricInfo re Bangladesh

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