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Khulna Titans
খুলনা টাইটানস
File:Khulna Titans.png
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
Personnel
CaptainBangladesh Mahmudullah
CoachSri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
OwnerGemcon Sports
Team information
CityKhulna, Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Colours
Founded2012 (as Khulna Royal Bengals)
History
Bangladesh Premier League wins0
Official websitewww.khulnatitans.com
Khulna Titans in 2017

Khulna Titans (Template:Lang-bn) are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise is 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 Titans use Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for home games.

As of the 2016/17 season, the team is captained by Mahmudullah Riyad and coached by Stuart Law. The primary home ground of the team is the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna City.[1]

For the 2017/18 Bangladesh Premier League season Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as the head coach replacing Stuart Law who took up duties as the head coach of West Indies cricket team.[2]

History

The Khulna Royal Bengals team was originally formed by Orion Group and participated in the first two seasons of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2011/12 and 2012/13. 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 2015/16.

Season overview

2016/17

After a complete change in the franchise ownership and management Khulna Titans were established in advance of the 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League. They had a stable team with the likes of sume talented Bangladeshi players such as Mahmudullah (icon), Shafiul Islam, Ariful Haque, Mosharraf Hossain. They added 9 overseas to their roster such as Riki Wessels, Junaid Khan, Lendl Simmons, Nicholas Pooran and Andre Fletcher. They were able to get to the playoffs but were defeated by both Rajshahi Kings and Dhaka Dynamites. 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 Chittagong Vikings and Rajshahi Kings 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.

Summary

Season record
Matches Wins Losses No result Run rate Summary
12 7 5 0 -0.125 2nd (of 7)
Batting records
Player Innings Runs Average SR Highest Score
Bangladesh Mahmudullah 14 396 33.00 118.20 62
Bangladesh Ariful Haque 11 203 29.00 113.40 32*
England Riki Wessels 12 197 21.88 111.29 40
Bowling records
Player Innings Wickets Average Economy Best Figures
Pakistan Junaid Khan 14 21 16.05 6.09 4/23
Bangladesh Shafiul Islam 12 20 18.38 7.78 4/17
Cricket West Indies Kevon Cooper 8 11 19.00 6.70 3/35

2017/18

They resigned Mahmudullah Riyad as their icon while they also made contracts with South African cricketers Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, Aussie star Chris Lynn (will miss BPL due to injury), Windies's 2016 ICC World T20 hero Carlos Brathwaite and his national teammate Chadwick Walton. They also signed Englishman Dawid Malan and Lankan all-rounder Seekkuge Prasanna and more. They retained Junaid Khan, Ariful Haque, Shafiul Islam, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel and Benny Howell. Pakistani Wicket-Keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed, leg spinner Shadab Khan and Junaid will be unavailable for selection on a temporary basis due to domestic commitments. [3]

From the draft, the Titans signed 8 locals (more than minimum of 7) and 2 locals. Their first pick was bought Nazmul Hossain Shanto while the surprise picks were U19 skipper Saif Hassan and little-known local pacer Imran Ali and Barbados-born English cricketer Jofra Archer. The interesting thing about Imran is that he took a 5-wicket haul in his second List-A match.They signed Lankan batting all-rounder Shehan Jayasuriya and other locals from the draft.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

  denotes players who are unavailable throughout the league.

  denotes players who are unavailable till 17th November.

  • Under-19 players available from 22nd November.
Name Nationality Birth Date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Rilee Rossouw South Africa (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35) Left-hand bat None Overseas/[4]
Michael Klinger Australia (1980-07-04) 4 July 1980 (age 44) Right-hand bat None Overseas[4]
Nazmul Hossain Shanto Bangladesh (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26) Left-hand bat Right-arm offbreak [4]
Ariful Haque Bangladesh (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast Retained[4]
Yasir Ali Bangladesh (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28) Right-hand bat None [4]
Saif Hassan Bangladesh (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 26) Right-hand bat None Under-19[4]
All-Rounders
Mahmudullah Riyad Bangladesh (1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 38) Right-hand bat Right-arm off-break Captain/Icon Player[4]
Muktar Ali Bangladesh (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 35) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast [4]
Shadab Khan Pakistan (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26) Right-hand bat Leg break Overseas [4]
Carlos Brathwaite Cricket West Indies (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast Overseas[4]
Seekkuge Prasanna Sri Lanka (1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 39) Right-hand bat Leg break Overseas[4]
Shehan Jayasuriya Sri Lanka (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991 (age 33) Left-hand bat Right-arm off-break Overseas[4]
Benny Howell England (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 36) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast Retained/Overseas[4]
Afif Hossain Bangladesh (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 25) Left-hand bat Right-arm off-break [4]
Wicket-Keepers
Chadwick Walton Cricket West Indies (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39) Right-hand bat N/A Overseas[4]
Dhiman Ghosh Bangladesh (1987-11-23) 23 November 1987 (age 36) Right-hand bat N/A [4]
Pace Bowlers
Junaid Khan Pakistan (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 34) Right-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast Retained/Overseas[4]
Kyle Abbott South Africa (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) Right-hand bat Right-arm fast Overseas[4]
Shafiul Islam Bangladesh (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 35) Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium [4]
Jofra Archer Cricket West IndiesEngland (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29) Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium Overseas[4]
Abu Jayed Bangladesh (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast [4]
Imran Ali Bangladesh Unknown Unknown Right-arm medium-fast [4]
Spin Bowlers
Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) Left-hand bat Right-arm off-break Overseas[4]
Mosharraf Hossain Rubel Bangladesh (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 42) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox Retained[4]

Administration and support staff

Former coaches

References

  1. ^ "Khulna Titans target exciting cricket in BPL". Dhaka Tribune. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Mahela Jayawardene named coach of Bangladesh Premier League side Khulna Titans".
  3. ^ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–18_National_T20_Cup
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com.
  5. ^ "Minhaz Uddin Khan (@minhaz_khan09) on Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
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