Khulna Division cricket team

The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class team representing the Khulna Division in south-west Bangladesh, one of the country's eight 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 capacity of 15,000.

Khulna have won the NCL seven 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

• National Cricket League (7) – 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
• One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2002–03

Seasons

Current squad

As of 2 November 2023, the squad for the 2023–24 season.^[1]

Name	Nat	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsman
Anamul Haque		Right-handed bat	Right arm medium
Imrul Kayes		Left-handed bat	—
Soumya Sarkar		Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Amit Majumder		Left-hand bat	Left-arm leg break
Mohammad Mithun		Right-hand bat	Batsman
Wicketkeeper
Nurul Hasan		Right-hand bat	Batsman
All-Rounders
Ziaur Rahman		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast medium
Mehedi Hasan		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Rubel Hossain		Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium fast
Al-Amin Hossain		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Robiul Islam		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Tipu Sultan		Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Mustafizur Rahman		Left-hand bat	Left-arm medium-fast
Nahidul Islam		—	—
Imran Uzzaman		—	—
Hasanuzzaman		—	—

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 2019–20 season Khulna Division had played 161 first-class matches, with 50 wins, 39 losses and 72 draws.^[2] The highest score is 216 by Anamul Haque against Rangpur Division in 2017–18.^[3] The best innings bowling figures are 9 for 84 and 9 for 91, both by Abdur Razzak.^[4] Razzak also has the best match figures of 15 for 193 (8 for 123 and 7 for 70), against Barisal Division in 2011–12.^[5]

References

External links

• Khulna Division at CricketArchive
• CricInfo re Bangladesh

Other sources

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues

This page was last edited on 24 January 2024, at 21:57