2025 Durbar Rajshahi season

Durbar Rajshahi

2025 season
Coach	Ijaz Ahmed
Captain	Anamul Haque
BPL League	5th
Most runs	Anamul Haque (392)
Most wickets	Taskin Ahmed (25)

The 2025 season was the seventh season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise, Durbar Rajshahi. They last participated in the 2019-20 season as Rajshahi Royals and became the champion, beating Khulna Tigers in the final. ^{[1] [2]} In 2024, the team was acquired by Valentine Group and re-named.

Squad

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Yasir Ali	Bangladesh	Right-	Right-arm off-break
Mizanur Rahman	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicket-keepers
Anamul Haque Bijoy	Bangladesh	Right-handed		Vice-captain
Akbar Ali	Bangladesh	Right-handed	–
Tawaf Mashrafee Nawaz}}	Bangladesh	Right-handed	–
Zahiduzzaman	Bangladesh	Left-handed	–
Mohammad Haris	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
All rounders
SM Meherob	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Saad Nasim	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Overseas player
Lahiru Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	Overseas player
Sabbir Hossain	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Ravi Bopara	England	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	Overseas player
Nathan Edward	West Indies	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium	Overseas player
Jishan Alam	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sohag Gazi	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Samit Patel	England	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Aftab Alam	Afghanistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player
Ryan Burl	Zimbabwe	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Overseas player
Arafat Minhas	Pakistan	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Spin bowlers
Sunzamul Islam	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Mark Deyal	West Indies	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	Overseas player
Hasan Murad	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	Captain
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium
Miguel Cummins	West Indies	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player
Mohor Sheikh	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Bilal Khan	Oman	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium	Overseas player
Salman Mirza	Pakistan	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	Overseas player
Shafiul Islam	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Asaduzzaman Payel	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ijaz Ahmed
Assistant coach	Iftikhar Anjum
Team manager	Mehrab Hossain

League stage

Points Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Fortune Barishal (C)	12	9	3	0	18	1.302	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chittagong Kings (R)	12	8	4	0	16	1.395
3	Rangpur Riders (4th)	12	8	4	0	16	0.596	Advanced to Eliminator
4	Khulna Tigers (3rd)	12	6	6	0	12	0.184
5	Durbar Rajshahi	12	6	6	0	12	−1.030
6	Dhaka Capitals	12	3	9	0	6	−0.779
7	Sylhet Strikers	12	2	10	0	4	−1.340

Source: ESPNcricinfo & Cricbuzz
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

Win-loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Q1	El	Q2	F	Pos.
Durbar Rajshahi	Barishal 4 wickets	Dhaka 7 wickets	Chittagong 105 runs	Barishal 7 wickets	Khulna 28 runs	Dhaka 149 runs	Sylhet 65 runs	Khulna 7 runs	Chittagong 111 runs	Rangpur 24 runs	Rangpur 2 runs	Sylhet 5 wickets	—				5th

Team's results→	Won	Tied	Lost	N/R

Matches ^[3]

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).

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Match 1 30 December 2024 (2024-12-30) 13:30 Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 197/3 (20 overs)	v	Fortune Barishal 200/6 (18.1 overs)
Yasir Ali  94* (47) Kyle Mayers 2/13 (3 overs)		Mahmudullah 56* (26) Taskin Ahmed 3/31 (4 overs)

Fortune Barishal won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Fortune Barishal)

• Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
• Yasir Ali (Durbar Rajshahi) scored his 2,000th run in T20s.

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Match 5 2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) 13:30 Scorecard

Dhaka Capitals 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 179/3 (18.1 overs)
Shahadat Hossain 50 (41) Taskin Ahmed 7/19 (3 overs)		Anamul Haque 73* (46) Mustafizur Rahman 1/33 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi) took the best bowling figures in the BPL. ^[4]

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Match 7 3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) 14:00 Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 219/5 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 114 (17.1 overs)
Usman Khan 123 (62) Taskin Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Haris 32 (15) Aliss Islam 3/17 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 105 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Chittagong Kings)

• Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 6 January 2025 (2025-01-06) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 168/4 (20 overs)	v	Fortune Barishal 169/3 (17.3 overs)
Anamul Haque 39 (35) Shaheen Afridi 2/20 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 86* (48) Mohor Sheikh 2/32 (2 overs)

Fortune Barishal won by 7 wickets. Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Fortune Barishal)

• Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 15 10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) 14:00 Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 178/5 (20 overs)	v	Khulna Tigers 150 (19.3 overs)
Ryan Burl 48* (29) Nasum Ahmed 2/20 (3 overs)		Afif Hossain 33 (30) Ryan Burl 2/13 (2 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 28 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 18 12 January 2025 (2025-01-12) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Dhaka Capitals 254/1 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 105 (15.2 overs)
Litton Das 125* (55) Shafiul Islam 1/62 (4 overs)		Ryan Burl 47* (32) Abu Jayed 2/15 (3 overs)

Dhaka Capitals won by 149 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Litton Das (Dhaka Capitals)

• Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 23 17 January 2025 (2025-01-17) 14:00 Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 184/7 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Strikers 119 (17.3 overs)
Ryan Burl 41 (27) Ruyel Miah 3/32 (4 overs)		Zakir Hasan 39 (28) Sunzamul Islam 3/25 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 65 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Ali Arman (Ban) Player of the match: Sunzamul Islam (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 26 19 January 2025 (2025-01-19) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Khulna Tigers 209/4 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 202/4 (20 overs)
Afif Hossain 56 (42) Taskin Ahmed 2/36 (4 overs)		Anamul Haque 100* (57) Hasan Mahmud 2/25 (4 overs)

Khulna Tigers won by 7 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Hasan Mahmud (Khulna Tigers)

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 28 20 January 2025 (2025-01-20) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 191/8 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 80 (14.2 overs)
Naeem Islam 56 (41) Taskin Ahmed 2/23 (4 overs)		Anamul Haque 21 (21) Naeem Islam 2/6 (3 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 111 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Naeem Islam (Chittagong Kings)

• Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 31 23 January 2025 (2025-01-23) 13:30 Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 170/9 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 146 (19.2 overs)
Yasir Ali 60 (32) Akif Javed 3/23 (4 overs)		Saif Hassan 43 (29) Ryan Burl 4/22 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 24 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 34 26 January 2025 (2025-01-26) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 119/9 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 117/8 (20 overs)
Sunzamul Islam 28* (29) Khushdil Shah 3/19 (4 overs)		Mohammad Saifuddin 52* (31) Mrittunjoy Chowdhury 4/18 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 2 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mrittunjoy Chowdhury (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Soumya Sarkar (Rangpur Riders) played his 100th BPL match.

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Match 36 27 January 2025 (2025-01-27) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Sylhet Strikers 117/9 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 121/5 (16.5 overs)
Ahsan Hafeez 25 (21) SM Meherob 4/15 (4 overs)		Ryan Burl 48 (34) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/17 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sajidul Islam (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: SM Meherob (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

Controversies

The overseas players of Durbar Rajshahi did not take the field against Rangpur Riders on 26 January 2025 due to non-payment of dues. ^{[5] [6]} Judging the condition, BCB overturned the rule requiring a minimum of two foreign players in the playing XI and granted permission to Durbar Rajshahi to field a team comprising 11 local players for one match. ^{[7] [8]} However, they won the match without any overseas players. ^[9]

References

1. "Mohammad Nawaz and Andre Russell fire Rajshahi Royals to BPL title". ESPNCricinfo . 17 January 2020.
2. "Rajshahi lift BPL trophy with victory over Khulna". 17 January 2020.
3. "Durbar Rajshahi BPL 2025 schedule". Cricbuzz .
4. "Taskin Ahmed grabs 7 for 19 for Durbar Rajshahi, a new BPL record". ESPNcricninfo. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
5. "Rajshahi's overseas players sit out Sunday's game over non-payment of dues". ESPNCricinfo.
6. "Durbar Rajshahi field only local players against Rangpur RIders". Cricbuzz.
7. "Rajshahi play with 11 local players after foreign players boycott match". Daily Sun.
8. Sun, Daily. "Rajshahi allowed to play without foreign players under 'special consideration'". daily-sun. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
9. "Rajshahi's all-local XI secures thrilling two-run victory over Rangpur". The Business Standard. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.