1. History

2. Season overview
    2011/12  2012/13  2016/17  2017/18  2018/19 

3. Records

4. Sponsorship

5. Current squad

6. Team Management

7. References

8. External links

Rajshahi Kings ({{lang-bn|রাজশাহী কিংস}}) are a Bangladeshi franchise Twenty20 cricket team. The team is based in Rajshahi in Bangladesh and competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket competition.

History

Season overview

2011/12

Duronto Rajshahi was captained by Mushfiqur Rahim and had the likes of Marlon Samuels, Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Sami by his side. The team dominated during the league stage, winning 7 of their 10 games, finished at the top of the leaderboard. However, they lost to Barisal Burners in the semi-final, ending a positive campaign.

2012/13

This time, the team was led by Tamim Iqbal who had the likes of Moeen Ali and Sean Ervine accompanying him. This time, Rajshahi just managed to finish in the top 4 during the league stage, winning 5 games out of 12 matches. Their campaign ended as they were disqualified during the playoffs

2016/17

The kings were the other new team alongside Khulna Titans participating this year. They signed Mohammad Sami and Darren Sammy (who was, later on, made the skipper) pre-draft. As they were one the new teams, the kings were allowed to select two local cricketers in the draft before the initial procedure. They selected Mehedi Hasan and Nurul Hasan. They signed Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga (missed whole tournament due to national commitments), English all-rounder Samit Patel and more from the overseas department in the draft. They bought Mominul Haque, Farhad Reza and some more local talents also from the draft. They also signed Kiwi all-rounder James Franklin and Jamaican seamer Kesrick Williams mid-tournament. They chose hard-hitting t20 specialist batting all-rounder Sabbir Rahman as their icon player.

The kings started off with a 3 run defeat to Khulna Titans and lost to Barisal Bulls (Sabbir 122) in a nail-biting finish. They notched up crucial victories against Dhaka Dynamites (did so twice) and Khulna Titans to qualify for the playoffs.

They won against Chittagong Vikings and Khulna Titans in the eliminator and the 2nd qualifier game respectively.

Unfortunately, the suffered a heavy defeat against Dhaka Dynamites in the final.

2017/18

They replaced previous icon Sabbir Rahman with wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim as the icon player and retained Mominul Haque, Farhad Reza and Mehedi Hasan. They signed English opener and part-time seamer Luke Wright and West Indian top-middle order batsmen Lendl Simmons to provide stability to the top order and also made a one-season contract with Zimbabwe's Malcolm Waller to give the lower-middle order a boost. They extended the contract for one more year with Franklin, Sami and Sammy (remade skipper).

In the draft, The Kings got the first pick in the lottery and unsurprisingly selected wiry left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman. They were riding their luck as they also gained the first pick in the overseas selection in the draft, picking Pakistani leggie Usama Mir.

The surprise picks were U19 all-rounder Qazi Onik, in-form orthodox spinner Nihaduzzaman, pacer Hossain Ali and little known Pakistani all-rounder Raza Ali Dar.

The Kings began their conquest with a lost to Rangpur Riders and could not fully recover from the early defeat. They went on to lose more matches but secured some victories on the way. Overall, they finished 2nd last at 6th.

2018/19

They retained Mominul Haque, Zakir Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman and Mohammad Sami. They signed Afghan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad and South African Christiaan Jonker pre-draft

In the draft, Rajshahi snatched in-form batsman Soumya Sarkar as their first pick. From the overseas department, they signed the likes of Isuru Udana and Ryan ten Doeschate. Their Head Coach Lance Klusener was present in the event.

Records

Sponsorship

Current squad

Team Management

• Chairman:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Hafizur Rahman Khan^[3]
• Directors:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Muhammad Sayeed, Amzad Hussain & Zubair N M Hussain^[3]
• Head Coach:- {{flagicon|SA}} Lance Klusener
• Assistant Coach:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Mizanur Rahman Babul
• Team Manager:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Sajjad Ahmed Shipon
• CEO:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Tahmid Azizul Haque^[4]
• COO:- {{flagicon|BAN}} S M Shamsur Rahman
• Patron:- {{flagicon|BAN}} Shahriar Alam^[3]

References

External links

• Website

• Egyptian Mouthbrooder
• Egyptian movie
• Egyptian multiplication algorithm
• Egyptian mummies
• Egyptian mummy
• Egyptian Museum (Milan)
• Egyptian mythos
• Egyptian myths
• Egyptian National Alliance
• Egyptian national basketball team
• Egyptian National Democratic Party
• Egyptian national football team
• Egyptian nationalism
• Egyptian Nationality Law
• Egyptian Nation Alliance
• Egyptian Nation Alliance (2014)
• Egyptian National Military Museum
• Egyptian National Movement Party
• Egyptian Nation Party
• Egyptian Navy ranks
• Egyptian Nightjar
• Egyptian north star
• Egyptian numbers
• Egyptian Ornamented
• Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839-1841)