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Gazi Group Cricketers

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Gazi Group Cricketers
Personnel
CaptainAkbar Ali
OwnerGazi Group
History
No. of titles1

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]

List A record

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  • 2015–16: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2016–17: 16 matches, won 12, champions
  • 2017–18: 16 matches, won 7, finished sixth
  • 2018–19: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2021–22: 15 matches, won 6, finished sixth
  • 2022–23: 16 matches, won 7, finished sixth
  • 2023–24: 16 matches, won 8, finished sixth

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

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Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Shamsur Rahman Bangladesh Right-hand bat Twenty20 Captain
Rony Talukdar Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Touhid Tareq Bangladesh Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
Myshukur Rahaman Bangladesh Right-hand bat
Mahmudullah Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break List A Captain
Sajjadul Haque Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Tasamul Haque Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Mahedi Hasan Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Parvez Rasool India Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Sanjit Saha Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Shamsul Islam Bangladesh Right-hand bat -
Waliul Karim Bangladesh Right-hand bat -
Spin Bowlers
Nasum Ahmed Bangladesh Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Raihan Uddin Bangladesh Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Kamran Ghulam Pakistan Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Kamrul Islam Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Abu Hider Bangladesh Right-hand bat Left-arm fast-medium
Ruyel Miah Bangladesh Left-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast
Mehedi Hasan Rana Bangladesh Left-hand bat Left-arm fast

Records

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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.

References

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  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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