Legends of Rupganj

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Personnel
Captain Mashrafe Mortaza
Overseas player(s) Chirag Jani
OwnerLutfar Rahman Badal
Team information
Founded2014

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]

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History

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]

Naeem Islam captained the team from 2017–18 to 2021–22, and Mashrafe Mortaza in 2022–23.

Records

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

Players with international caps are listed in bold

NameNatBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Naeem Islam Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off breakCaptain
Mohammad Naim Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand bat
Shahriar Nafees Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand bat
Mehedi Maruf Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Mominul Haque Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Azmir Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Akbar-ur-Rehman Flag of Pakistan.svg Right-hand batRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
Asif Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Jaker Ali Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand bat-
Salauddin Pappu Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand bat-
Spin Bowlers
Nabil Samad Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Asif Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Minhazur Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Muktar Ali Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Shahid Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Rishi Dhawan Flag of India.svg Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Subashis Roy Flag of Bangladesh.svg Right-hand batRight-arm fast-medium
Taskin Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg Left-hand batRight-arm fast

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