Khulna Division cricket team

The Khulna Division cricket team is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the Khulna Division in south-west Bangladesh, one of the country's seven administrative regions. The team competes in the National Cricket League and was 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, Khulna adopted the name Kings of Khulna and played in black and yellow. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Khulna Titans.

Khulna's main home ground is the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna city, which has a 15,000 capacity.

Khulna have won the NCL six times, including the three consecutive seasons 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18, and they won the 2002–03 National Cricket League One-Day.

Honours

Seasons

SeasonNCLOne-DayNCL T20
1999-20004th
2000-014th
2001-025th5th
2002-031st1st
2003-043rd3rd
2004-053rd3rd
2005-066th6th
2006-076th6th
2007-081st3rd
2008-093rd4th
2009-104thnot held4th
2010-115th4th
2011-122nd
2012-131st
2013-144th
2014-152nd
2015-161st
2016-171st
2017-181st

Current squad

As of 4 September 2017
Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsman
Tushar ImranBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Mosaddek IftekharBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Amit MajumderBangladeshLeft-hand batLeft-arm leg break
Mahmudul HaqueBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium
AshikuzzamanBangladeshRight-hand batBatsman
Nurul HasanBangladeshRight-hand batBatsman
Wicketkeeper
Anamul HaqueBangladeshRight-hand batWicketkeeper
Mohammad MithunBangladeshRight-hand batWicketkeeper
All-Rounders
Ziaur RahmanBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm fast medium
Afif HossainBangladeshLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
Mehedi HasanBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Bowlers
Mashrafe MortazaBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm fast-mediumCaptain
Al-Amin HossainBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Robiul IslamBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Abdur RazzakBangladeshLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Mustafizur RahmanBangladeshLeft-hand batLeft-arm medium-fast

Grounds

Until 2004 Khulna used Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore for its home matches. Since then it has played most of its home matches at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna (formerly known as Khulna Divisional Stadium and Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium), which is now also a Test venue.

Records

At the end of the 2017–18 season Khulna Division had played 150 first-class matches, with 47 wins, 38 losses and 65 draws.[1] The highest score is 216 by Anamul Haque against Rangpur Division in 2017–18.[2] The best innings bowling figures are 9 for 84 and 9 for 91, both by Abdur Razzak.[3] Razzak also has the best match figures of 15 for 193 (8 for 123 and 7 for 70), against Barisal Division in 2011–12.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Khulna Division playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Most Runs in an Innings for Khulna Division". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Most wickets in an innings for Khulna Division". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Barisal Division v Khulna Division 2011-12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

Other sources

  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues
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