Gazi Group Cricketers

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Gazi Group Cricketers
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Captain Akbar Ali
OwnerGazi Group
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Gazi Group Cricketers are a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier League. They are sponsored by the Gazi Group of industrial companies, which also sponsors the DPL teams Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy and Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club. [1] Under their former name of Magnum Cricketers they won the Dhaka First Division League in 2014–15, [2] and were promoted to List A status in the Dhaka Premier League for 2015–16. They won the 2016–17 edition of the competition. [3]

Contents

List A record

Nasir Hossain captained the team when they won the championship in 2016–17. In 2022–23 the captain was Akbar Ali, and in 2023–24 it was Mehedi Maruf.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

NameNatBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Shamsur Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batTwenty20 Captain
Rony Talukdar Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Touhid Tareq Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batRight-arm off break
Myshukur Rahaman Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand bat
Mahmudullah Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off breakList A Captain
Sajjadul Haque Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Tasamul Haque Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Mahedi Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Parvez Rasool Flag of India.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Sanjit Saha Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Shamsul Islam Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand bat-
Waliul Karim Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand bat-
Spin Bowlers
Nasum Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Raihan Uddin Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Kamran Ghulam Flag of Pakistan.svg Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Kamrul Islam Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Abu Hider Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batLeft-arm fast-medium
Ruyel Miah Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batLeft-arm medium-fast
Mehedi Hasan Rana Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batLeft-arm fast

Records

Gazi Group Cricketers' highest score is 152 by Mominul Haque in 2016–17, and the best bowling figures are 8 for 40 (the competition record) by Yeasin Arafat in 2017–18.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gazi Group & Cricket". Gazi Group. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dhaka First Division League 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gazi win maiden DPL title despite losing last game". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


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