Khulna Titans

Khulna Titans
খুলনা টাইটানস
League Bangladesh Premier League
Personnel
Captain Bangladesh Mahmudullah
Coach Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Bowling coach South Africa Alfonso Thomas
Owner Gemcon Group
Team information
City Khulna, Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Colours
Founded 2012 (as Khulna Royal Bengals)
Home ground abu nasir Stadium
Capacity 15,000
History
Bangladesh Premier League wins 0
Official website: www.khulnatitans.com

T20I kit

Khulna Titans (Bengali: খুলনা টাইটানস) are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise is owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for the Khulna Royal Bengals who had participated in the first two seasons of the BPL. The Titans use Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for home games.

As of the 2016/17 season, the team is captained by Mahmudullah Riyad and coached by Stuart Law. The primary home ground of the team is the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna City.[1]

For the 2017/18 Bangladesh Premier League season Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as the head coach replacing Stuart Law who took up duties as the head coach of West Indies cricket team.[2]

History

The Khulna Royal Bengals team was originally formed by Orion Group and participated in the first two seasons of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2011/12 and 2012/13. Following the suspension of all of the BPL franchises following a range of financial and spot-fixing issues during the second season of the league, the original franchise was not re-established for the third season of the BPL in 2015/16.

Season overview

2016/17

After a complete change in the franchise ownership and management Khulna Titans were established in advance of the 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League. They had a stable team with the likes of sume talented Bangladeshi players such as Mahmudullah (icon), Shafiul Islam, Ariful Haque, Mosharraf Hossain. They added 9 overseas to their roster such as Riki Wessels, Junaid Khan, Lendl Simmons, Nicholas Pooran and Andre Fletcher. They were able to get to the playoffs but were defeated by both Rajshahi Kings and Dhaka Dynamites. They ended up second in the team rankings with Junaid Khan as their leading wicket-taker and Mahmudullah as the leading scorer. They won nail-biting encounters against Chittagong Vikings and Rajshahi Kings in the league stage. They finished with being known as 'the team with the best bowling attack' as two of their seamers (Junaid and Shafiul) were in the top 10 most wickets list for the tournament and had a rather disappointing Batting lineup as most batter failed to show their potential other than Ariful and their icon.

Summary

Season record
MatchesWinsLossesNo resultRun rateSummary
12750-0.1252nd (of 7)
Batting records
PlayerInningsRunsAverageSRHighest Score
Bangladesh Mahmudullah1439633.00118.2062
Bangladesh Ariful Haque1120329.00113.4032*
England Riki Wessels1219721.88111.2940
Bowling records
PlayerInningsWicketsAverageEconomyBest Figures
Pakistan Junaid Khan142116.056.094/23
Bangladesh Shafiul Islam122018.387.784/17
West Indies Cricket Board Kevon Cooper81119.006.703/35

2017/18

They resigned Mahmudullah Riyad as their icon while they also made contracts with South African cricketers Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, Aussie star Chris Lynn (will miss BPL due to injury), Windies's 2016 ICC World T20 hero Carlos Brathwaite and his national teammate Chadwick Walton. They also signed Englishman Dawid Malan and Lankan all-rounder Seekkuge Prasanna and more. They retained Junaid Khan, Ariful Haque, Shafiul Islam, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel and Benny Howell. Pakistani Wicket-Keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed, leg spinner Shadab Khan and Junaid will be unavailable for selection on a temporary basis due to domestic commitments. [3]

From the draft, the Titans signed 8 locals (more than minimum of 7) and 2 locals. Their first pick was bought Nazmul Hossain Shanto while the surprise picks were U19 skipper Saif Hassan and little-known local pacer Imran Ali and Barbados-born English cricketer Jofra Archer. The interesting thing about Imran is that he took a 5-wicket haul in his second List-A match.They signed Sri Lankan batting all-rounder Shehan Jayasuriya and other locals from the draft.

2018/19

Khulna Titans retained Mahmudullah Riyad, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Ariful Haque and Carlos Brathwaite. They also signed Englishmen Dawid Malan and Lewis Gregory

Sponsorship

Year Kit Manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding
2016 Gemcon Sports PRAN Zeera Pani Meena Bazar ULAB
2017 Shell Oil Company Gemcon City Limited Meena Bazar
2018

Current squad

As of 23:31, Friday, October 19, 2018 (UTC)
No. Name Nat Birth Date Batting Style Bowling Style Signed Year Notes
Batsmen
29Dawid MalanEngland3 September 1987Left-handedRight-arm leg break2018Overseas
99Nazmul Hossain ShantoBangladesh25 May 1998Left-handedRight-arm off break2017
71Ariful HaqueBangladesh18 November 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017
All-rounders
30MahmudullahBangladesh4 February 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2016Captain
26Carlos BrathwaiteWest Indies Cricket Board18 July 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017Overseas
24Lewis GregoryEngland24 May 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers

Administration and support staff


Former coaches

References

  1. "Khulna Titans target exciting cricket in BPL". Dhaka Tribune. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. "Mahela Jayawardene named coach of Bangladesh Premier League side Khulna Titans".
  3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–18_National_T20_Cup
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