Khulna Tigers () is a franchise

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team representing the

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in the

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(BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for the Khulna Royal Bengals who had participated in the first two seasons of the BPL. The Tigers use

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and

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for home games. During the 2016/17 season, the team was captained by

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and was coached by

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. For the 2017/18 Bangladesh Premier League season,

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was appointed as the head coach replacing

who took up duties as the head coach of West Indies cricket team. On 16 November 2019, MindTree Limited and

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was named as the sponsor of the team and the team was renamed to Khulna Tigers from Khulna Titans.

History

The

Khulna Royal Bengals Khulna Tigers () is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for th ...

team was originally formed by

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and participated in the first two seasons of the

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and

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. Following the suspension of all of the BPL franchises following a range of financial and spot-fixing issues during the second season of the league, the original franchise was not re-established for the third season of the BPL in

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Season overview

2012

Khulna Royal Bengals forged a strong side with the likes of

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (; born 24 March 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test cricket, Test, One Day International, ODI and Twenty20 International, T20I cricket for the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladeshi cr ...

as captain and some other well known players such as

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (, ; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, captain, cricket administrator and coach. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounders ever to play in ODI cricket. A left arm orthodox sp ...

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Dwayne Smith Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a former Barbadian international cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all three formats of the game. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls ...

and

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. In the league stage, the team was pretty outstanding, advancing to the playoffs finishing only second to

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. However, they lost a cliffhanger to Dhaka in the semi-finals, finishing off with a respectable outing

2013

After a strong last season, Khulna could not make a team as strong as their previous campaign. This time they have

Shahriar Nafees Shahriar Nafees Ahmed (; born: 1 May 1985) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played all formats of the game, and was also a former T20I captain for Bangladesh. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Bangladesh in 2005 against En ...

as captain who had

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and more as company. Khulna had a disastrous season this time. Losing 75% of their 12 matches, finishing last at 7th.

2016

After a complete change in the franchise ownership and management Khulna Titans were established in advance of the

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. They had a stable team with the likes of sume talented Bangladeshi players such as

Mahmudullah Mohammad Mahmudullah (; born 4 February 1986), also known as Riyad, is a former international Bangladeshi cricketer and former captain for the side in T20I and test matches. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented the national team in a ...

(icon),

Shafiul Islam Shafiul Islam Suhas (; born: 6 October 1989) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Shafiul has played for Rajshahi Division since 2006. Domestic career The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier ...

, Ariful Haque, Mosharraf Hossain. They added 9 overseas to their roster such as

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and

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. They were able to get to the playoffs but were defeated by both

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and

Dhaka Dynamites The Dhaka Capitals is a professional franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They represent Dhaka Division. The team plays their home matches at the SBNCS. Dhaka is one of the most successful BPL franchises, ...

. They ended up second in the team rankings with Junaid Khan as their leading wicket-taker and Mahmudullah as the leading scorer. They won nail-biting encounters against

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and

in the league stage. They finished with being known as 'the team with the best bowling attack' as two of their seamers (Junaid and Shafiul) were in the top 10 most wickets list for the tournament and had a rather disappointing Batting lineup as most batter failed to show their potential other than Ariful and their icon.

2017

They re-signed

as their icon while they also made contracts with

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n cricketers

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, Kyle Abbott,

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star

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(missed that BPL due to injury), Windies' 2016 ICC World T20 hero

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and his national teammate

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. They also signed

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and

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n all-rounder

Seekkuge Prasanna Seekkuge Prasanna (; born 27 June 1985) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played limited overs cricket. He is a warrant officer in the Sri Lankan Army. Prasanna is known for aggressive batting at the late overs in ODIs, and a useful leg-spi ...

and more. They retained

, Ariful Haque,

, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel and Benny Howell.

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Wicket-keeper batsman

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, leg spinner

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and Junaid will be unavailable for selection on a temporary basis due to domestic commitments. From the draft, the Titans signed 8 locals (more than minimum of 7) and 2 foreigners. Their first pick was bought Nazmul Hossain Shanto while the surprise picks were U19 skipper

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and little-known local pacer Imran Ali and

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-born

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cricketer

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. The interesting thing about Imran is that he took a 5-wicket haul in his second

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match. They signed Sri Lankan batting all-rounder

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and other locals from the draft. Khulna Titans had the strong start with a win against

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. The team was pretty consistent throughout the tournament and finished 3rd in the league stage, hence qualifying to the playoffs. In the eliminator against

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a one-man show from

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, who struck an unbeaten 126, blew the Titans away and had them eliminated.

2019

Khulna Titans retained

, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Ariful Haque and

. They also signed

batsman

and

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fast bowler Ali Khan pre-draft. In the draft, the Titans got the very first pick and signed wicket-keeper batsman Jahurul Islam. Their overseas signings in the draft included veteran seamer

Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga (; ; born 28 August 1983) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, Malinga was commonly used as a specialist ...

, leg-spinner

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, wicket-keeper batsman

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and more. Some of their domestic picks were

Junaid Siddiqui Junaid Siddiqui (born 25 March 1985) is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer who plays for Canada national cricket team. He debuted in all formats of the game in 2011. Personal life Junaid Siddiqui was born on 25 March 1985 in Karachi. His fa ...

Subashis Roy Subashis Roy (born 29 November 1988) is a Bangladeshi bowler who represents Sylhet Division in first-class and list A cricket and the Chittagong Vikings franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast ...

Taijul Islam Taijul Islam (Bengali: তাইজুল ইসলাম; born 7 February 1992) is a Bangladeshi left-arm orthodox spinner who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in September 2014. Tai ...

, the young left-arm seamer

Shoriful Islam Mohammad Shoriful Islam (Bangla: মোহাম্মদ শরিফুল ইসলাম; born 3 June 2001) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in March 2021. Domestic and under-19 car ...

and more.

2019/20

The franchise had signed former Australian captain and all-rounder

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and South African leg spinner

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as their two direct overseas signings. However, during the player's direct signing period, a conflict of interest arose between BCB and all other franchises. Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in the rules and regulations for the season. Eliminating all franchises, BCB took over charge of the current BPL and decided to run the tournament by the itself, renaming the tournament as the Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to

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on his birth centenary.

became the team sponsor of Khulna and the team was renamed to Khulna Tigers. They signed the likes of

Mushfiqur Rahim Mushfiqur Rahim (; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order Batting (cricket), batter and wicket-keeper in the national team. Mushfiqur started ...

and

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in the draft. They had a great season in 2019-20 BPL. They finished the league stage being the table topper. They also reached the final . But the

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show for Rajshahi Royals shuttered their dream of winning the BPL title.

2022

This year they retained

as their captain. They also took in local players, like -

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar (; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batter and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batter. He is the only batter to hit 2 sixes in the first over in a T20 World Cup ...

Mahedi Hasan Mahedi Hasan (born 12 December 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for Khulna Division and the Bangladesh cricket team. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in February 2018. Domestic career Mahedi made his Twenty20 (T20) debu ...

etc. & foreign players, like -

Thisara Perera Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera (; born 3 April 1989), popularly known as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-over ...

etc. They won 50% of their games in league stage and finished 4th at the points table. However, they lost to

Chattogram Challengers Chittagong Kings () is a franchise cricket team which participates in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The franchise is based in Chattogram. Franchise history The Chattogram franchise joined the BPL as one of its original members in 2012, ...

in the eliminator.

2023

In 2023 season, they signed the biggest name

Tamim Iqbal Tamim Iqbal Khan ( Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), commonly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi former international cricketer and commentator from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in O ...

. The West Indian

Shai Hope Shai Diego Hope (born 10 November 1993) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the West Indies cricket team. He is also the current ODI &T20I captain of the Windies. In June 2018, he was named the Men's Cricketer of t ...

captained Khulna Tigers in this season. Fakhar Zaman,

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were other big names. Khulna Tigers won only 3 of their 12 league stage games and finished the season at number 5.

2024 season

International players were

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Dasun Shanaka Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka (born 9 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. An All-rounder, Shanaka is a right-arm medium fast bowler and an aggressive lower order b ...

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and Mohammad Nawaz and so on .

Anamul Haque Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy (born 16 December 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. He is the first player to score 1000 runs and most runs in a single List-A tournament. Early life His hometown is ...

captained Khulna Tigers in this season. The Khulna Tigers opened their campaign strongly winning all the first 4 games. But they could manage to win only a single match of their next 8 games. As a result, they got eliminated being the 5th team in the league stage points table.

2025 season

Khulna Tigers were able to become the second runners up of this edition. The squad consisted of notable local stars such as Captain

Mehidy Hasan Miraz Mehidy Hasan Miraz (; born 25 October 1997) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national team. A bowling-all-rounder, he is a right-handed batter and a right-arm off break bowler. Early and personal life Mir ...

Hasan Mahmud Hasan Mahmud (; born 12 October 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He plays as a right arm fast pace bowler. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in March 2020. Domestic career He made his first-class debut for Chitt ...

and

Naim Sheikh Mohammad Naim Sheikh (born 22 August 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2019. Domestic career Naim made his List A debut for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Pr ...

. Foreign signings include

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, Mohammad Nawaz,

Shimron Hetmyer Shimron Odilon Hetmyer (born 26 December 1996) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays as a top order batsman for the West Indies cricket team. Hetmyer captained the Windies to win the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. During 2018 the International Cr ...

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as well as

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Squad

Seasons

Bangladesh Premier League

References

External links

Khulna Titans Website
{{Khulna Titans squad Bangladesh Premier League teams Sports clubs and teams in Bangladesh Cricket in Khulna Sport in Khulna 2016 establishments in Bangladesh Cricket clubs established in 2016