Legends of Rupganj
| LOR | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lutfar Rahman Badal |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2014 |
Legends of Rupganj is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division. Rupganj, in Narayanganj District, just to the east of Dhaka, is the home town of the club's founding owner, Lutfar Rahman Badal.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Under their previous name, Gazi Tank Cricketers, they won the title in 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, under their new name and ownership, they finished fifth.[2]
- 2014–15: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
- 2015–16: 16 matches, won 9, finished third
- 2016–17: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2017–18: 16 matches, won 10, finished second
- 2018–19: 16 matches, won 13, finished second
- 2021–22: 15 matches, won 11, finished second
- 2022–23: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
- 2023–24: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2024–25: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
Naeem Islam captained the team from 2017–18 to 2021–22, Mashrafe Mortaza in 2022–23.
Records
[edit | edit source]The team's highest score is 141 by Ashar Zaidi against Old DOHS Sports Club in the first match of the 2014–15 season.[3] The best bowling figures are 6 for 33, performed twice: by Naeem Islam against Partex Sporting Club, in the second match of the 2014–15 season,[4] and by Mohammad Sharif, who also took a hat-trick in the same innings, against Gazi Group Cricketers in 2017–18.[5]
Current squad
[edit | edit source]Players with international caps are listed in bold
| Name | Nat | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Naeem Islam | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | Captain | ||
| Mohammad Naim | Bangladesh | Left-hand bat | ||||
| Shahriar Nafees | Bangladesh | Left-hand bat | ||||
| Mehedi Maruf | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Mominul Haque | Bangladesh | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Azmir Ahmed | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Akbar-ur-Rehman | Pakistan | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Asif Ahmed | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| Jaker Ali | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | - | |||
| Salauddin Pappu | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | - | |||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Nabil Samad | Bangladesh | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Asif Hasan | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Minhazur Rahman | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Muktar Ali | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Mohammad Shahid | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Rishi Dhawan | India | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Subashis Roy | Bangladesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | Left-hand bat | Right-arm fast | |||
References
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