55-593: T20 kit Rangpur Riders ( Rangpuriya / Bengali : রংপুর রাইডার্স ), is a professional cricket team based in Rangpur City , Rangpur . The Riders compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premier cricket league in Bangladesh . This team is set to take part in 2024 Global Super League . Although the ownership of the team changed multiple times, the team structure has stayed at its original form since
110-497: A Conflict of Interests aroused between BCB and all other franchise. Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in rules and regulations for this season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary. Apparently
165-577: A break of 6 years got a bowling figure of 4–35 in 10 overs. Due to upcoming 2021 T20 World Cup , 2021 season was played in T20 format where he captained the Mohammedan Sporting Club . In the 2022 season, Shakib switched teams for Super League phase from Mohammedan Sporting to Legends of Rupganj to prepare for the series against Sri Lanka by taking special permission from the league authorities and Mohammedan, since, which he could not play for in
220-543: A chartered flight arranged by the BCCI with their respective franchises sharing the cost of the flight. Shakib could not take part in the remainder of IPL because of not getting a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the BCB. In IPL 2023, Shakib Al Hasan got signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.5 crore. But due to international engagements with Bangladesh national cricket team and personal reasons he pulled himself out of IPL 23. In
275-435: A closed-door auction. Haque Brothers Industries Limited also participated in the bid, but failed to outbid iSports Limited, a sister-concern of Flora Telecom. The Riders joined the tournament in 2013 as the seventh team, representing the newly declared Rangpur Division . The team ownership was transferred to Sohana Sports which is now managed by Bashundhara Group , a pioneering conglomerate of Bangladesh . Rangpur Riders were
330-788: A contract in November 2009, Shakib joined up with Worcestershire , playing in the second division of the County Championship , in July 2010. He was the first Bangladeshi to represent a county side. Shakib was forced to delay by the BCB for the beginning of his spell as Worcestershire's overseas player. While playing for Worcestershire, he took his best first-class bowling figures of 7/32 against Middlesex . In eight first-class matches, he scored 358 runs at 25.57 (with one score over 50) and took 35 wickets at 22.37, as Worcestershire secured promotion to
385-529: A five-wicket haul playing against Zimbabwe A. Since 2004, Shakib has played for Khulna in the National Cricket League . In the 2004–05 season of the tournament, Shakib, since his debut in May 2004 at the age of 17, played just 3 matches. He scored 129 runs at an average of 25.80 with a high score of 54 and took 16 wickets at an average of 27.87 with a best bowling figure of 6/79 in an innings and 9/114 in
440-496: A government-run sports institute. Shakib played his debut Under-17 match against UAE Under-17s in 2003 in the ACC Under-17 Cup where he got a bowling figure of 3–18 in 8 overs (with 2 maiden overs). In May 2004, at the age of 17, Shakib made his first-class debut for Khulna where he got a bowling figure of 0/116 of 30 overs in the 1st innings and 3/92 of 28 overs in the 2nd innings. He also scored 13 of 11 with three 4s in
495-484: A high score of 100 and took 22 wickets at an average of 20.18 with an economy of 3.68 and a best figure of 4/34. On 1 January 2005, Shakib made his first-class debut in the match between Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI and Zimbabweans where he scored 14 of 14 in the 1st innings and 15 of 66 in the 2nd innings. He also got bowling figures of 0/133 in 32 overs. In February 2005, Shakib got his 1st first-class international wicket by dismissing Vusimuzi Sibanda and
550-407: A match. In the 2006–07 season, he played just 2 matches scoring 51 runs at an average of 17.00 with a high score of 23. He bowled only in 1 innings where he bowled 4 overs of 9 runs with 1 maiden over. Shakib has played 14 matches scoring 930 runs at an average of 40.43 with three 100s and a high score of 129. He also got 31 wickets at an average of 33.16 with one 5-wicket haul. Having signed
605-499: A point-table tie with Duronto Rajshahi , later dropping off from the playoffs due to lower Net Run Rate than Rajshahi. Nasir Hossain was the highest paid cricketer of the team with a salary of US$ 208,000. Riders of Hope got its hope for this season when they purchase Shakib Al Hasan as their Icon player for this season in the newly introduced Player Draft policy instead of Bidding like previous 2 seasons. This season Rangpur Riders hired Shane Jurgensen as their head coach to make
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#1732855906886660-425: A prominent Bangladeshi batsman. The surprise picks were inexperienced and little-known Afghan slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler Zahir Khan . Rangpur began their campaign with a win against Rajshahi Kings . They suffered a few defeats on the way but managed to qualify for the playoffs, finished 4th in the league stage, just enough for the qualification. In the eliminator against Khulna Titans , Chris Gayle won them
715-448: A top score of 43* in the 7-wicket win over Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Trent Bridge . He also got 9 wickets at an average of 27.00 with an economy of 6.50 and a best bowling figure of 2/7 in the 10-wicket win over Yorkshire. Although Shakib was part of the auction of players held the following month for the 2009 Indian Premier League , Shakib was not chosen by any of the eight teams and no bids were made for him despite being rated as
770-520: A tough team as per their promise in the Player Draft. This season they did pick some well known local players, like- Shakib Al Hasan , Arafat Sunny , Soumya Sarkar , Al-Amin , Saqlain Sajib and few more, along with some classy international T20 specialist Lendl Simmons , Darren Sammy , Sachithra Senanayake , Mohammad Nabi with some experienced face, like Misbah-ul-Haq . This well balanced team ended
825-408: Is Mohammad Mithun who was their second highest run scorer last season . They picked English batter Sam Hain , Afghan batting all-rounder Samiullah Shenwari , experienced orthodox spinners Abdur Razzak (cricketer) and more from the draft. They picked 8 locals and 3 foreigners from the draft which is 1 more than the minimum requirement for each category. Their first pick was Shahriar Nafees ,
880-541: Is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Bangladeshi cricket team . He is also a former member of Parliament for Magura-1 . He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi sportsman and one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. Shakib Al Hasan made his Test debut in 2007 against India . His breakthrough came in
935-586: The 2010 National Cricket League Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh , a now-defunct Twenty20 league involving the teams in the National Cricket League (NCL), Shakib played as an icon player and captain for the Kings of Khulna . Shakib played 7 matches where he scored 86 runs at an average of 12.28 and achieved 8 wickets at an average of 20.00 with an economy of 5.92. In September 2009, Shakib joined Abahani along with Mashrafe for TK 20 lakh each. In November 2010, Shakib joined Mohammedan for Tk 30 lakh. In
990-457: The 2014 Indian Premier League , Shakib was retained by KKR for a league fee of INR 2.80 crore . In the competition, he scored 227 runs in 11 innings at a strike rate of 149.34; his best being a 60 off 38 balls. He also achieved 11 wickets in 13 matches at an economy of 6.68 and an average of 30.36. His all-round performance was instrumental in KKR's title win. For his performances in 2014, he was named as
1045-507: The BPL 4 , Shakib became the highest paid local player getting at least Tk 5.5 million as a player of A-plus category turning out for Dhaka Dynamites . Shakib became man of the match consecutively two times in the matches against Comilla Victorians (for scoring 41 of 26 balls and achieving a bowling figure of 1/30 in 4 overs and a catch) and Barisal Bulls ( for achieving a bowling figure of 4/31 in 4 overs and scoring 22 of 21 balls). Dhaka won
1100-570: The Indian Premier League (IPL) twice with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014. He also won the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) title 3 times in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with Dhaka Dominators . He was named the player of the tournament in BPL a record four times in 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2022. He has won 41 man-of-the-match awards, the highest for Bangladesh and 16 man-of-the-series awards, 3rd highest, in all formats. Between 2009 and 2022, he captained
1155-439: The 'Players by Choice' system for icon players. In a match against Sylhet Super Stars , Shakib used abusive language towards opposition batsman Dilshan Munaweera as well as on-field umpire Tanvir Ahmed and as a result he got banned for one match after being found guilty. He got 18 wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of 6.39 in that season. Shakib was selected in the team of the tournament from BPL 1 to BPL 3. In
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#17328559068861210-456: The 12th man in the Cricinfo IPL XI . In the 2015 IPL , Shakib played only four matches scoring 36 runs at an average of 12 with 23 being his highest score and picking up four wickets at an average of 30.75 and gave away 8.78 runs per over with his best bowling figures of 2/22 against Mumbai Indians . "IPL experience helped me improve my game for Bangladesh" — Shakib Al Hasan In
1265-471: The 1st innings and 16 of 43 in the 2nd innings. His 1st first-class wicket was Rakibul Hasan . Shakib first represented Bangladesh at the Under-19 level in November 2005 in the 2005 Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup against India Under-19 . In his debut match, he scored 24 of 23 balls with four 4s and also achieved a bowling figure of 2/26 in 10 overs with 2 maidens by taking his first wicket of Tanmay Srivastava . In
1320-411: The 2014 season, Shakib played for Legends of Rupganj , formerly named Gazi Group Cricketers in the previous season. He played 8 matches scoring 222 runs at an average of 31.71 and also achieving 13 wickets at an average of 23.61. In the 2016 season , Abahani registered their sixth win in that season by five wickets against Prime Bank where Shakib, who returned to List A cricket for Abahani after
1375-657: The 2023 season, Shakib played for Mohammedan, which was confirmed by Club Committee President AGM Sabbir. The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. The BCB made Shakib the 'icon player' for Khulna Royal Bengals (KRB). Under his captaincy, Shakib's team progressed to the semi-finals of the competition where they were beaten by Dhaka Gladiators despite Shakib's 86 * off 41 balls. In ten matches he scored 280 runs and took 15 wickets, which made him KRB's leading wicket-taker, and
1430-610: The 38th match of the 2016 IPL , Shakib combined with Yusuf Pathan put on an unbroken 134 run partnership against the Gujarat Lions , the highest for the fifth wicket in all IPL's. Shakib scored 66*, his best score so far in his IPL career, went in vain as Gujarat Lions won the match by 5 wickets. "T20 cricket is a challenge for all-rounders" — Shakib Al Hasan In the 2017 Indian Premier League , Shakib played his only home match against Gujarat Lions where he scored 1* and returned with bowling figures of 0/31 in that match. He left
1485-474: The Bangladesh cricket team in 120 matches across all three formats. Shakib Al Hasan is an integral asset to the Bangladesh cricket team and has been a consistent performer for his country over the years. Shakib's career has been filled with controversies over the years, consistently making it to the top of domestic media headlines. He is considered one of the most influential and followed people in Bangladesh. He
1540-569: The Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri they form the Kamta group of languages. Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe ; though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used. Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan ( Bengali : সাকিব আল হাসান , romanized : Sākiba āla hāsāna ; born 24 March 1987)
1595-431: The T20 competition, failing to qualify for the quarter-finals. From 12 matches Shakib took 19 wickets, finishing as the club's leading wicket-taker, equal with seam bowler Gareth Andrew . He also scored 110 runs at an average of 9.16. Shakib signed for Leicestershire as their second overseas player for 2013 Friends Life t20 campaign. Shakib played in 10 matches scoring 146 runs at an average of 18.25 with
1650-597: The Test against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2008 where he picked up 7 wickets for 36 runs, the best figures by a Bangladeshi bowler at that time. He quickly established himself as one of the team's leading performers. He has scored over 4,000 runs and taken more than 200 wickets in the format. He has also captained the team on their first-ever Test match win over England in 2016. In ODIs, Shakib has been more successful. He has scored over 6,000 runs and taken more than 270 wickets in
1705-802: The first division at the end of the season. After the 2011 IPL , Shakib returned to Worcestershire for seven weeks. He played a single County Championship match as his time with the team coincided with the 2011 Friends Life t20 , but in that match, he took seven wickets and passed 3,000 runs in first-class cricket. Shakib signed a one-match deal with Surrey for their vital County Championship fixture against Somerset at Taunton. Shakib received his debut cap from Kemar Roach. In 1st innings of Somerset, Shakib claimed took 4 wickets of 97 runs. Shakib played five List-A matches for Worcestershire, scoring 187 at an average of 37.40 (including two half-centuries) and taking 9 wickets at 17.77. Worcestershire finished fifth out of nine teams in their group for
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1760-606: The format with the wicket of Rohit Sharma in the SRH's victory against the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL . Between 2019 Indian Premier League , BCB wanted to call Shakib back for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup preparation camp but he skipped the camp for match practice even after playing only 1 match at that time. Shakib was hoped for some IPL matches before World Cup 2019 as Jonny Bairstow and David Warner would leave for their respective World Cup preparation camps. Shakib
1815-463: The format, becoming the fastest and only player in history to achieve the double of 5,000 runs and 250 wickets in ODIs. In the 2012 Asia Cup , Shakib scored 237 runs, including three fifties, and took six wickets. Bangladesh progressed to the tournament's final for the first time but eventually lost to Pakistan by 2 runs and he was awarded Player of the tournament award in that season. He is considered one of
1870-399: The foundation of the team. In the 5th edition of BPL, they defeated Dhaka Dynamites in the finals to win their first title. On 16 November 2019, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Incepta Pharmaceuticals as the sponsor of the team, and it was renamed to Rangpur Rangers. The team was excluded from 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League . In September 2022, Bashundhara Group acquired
1925-432: The icon player from the previous edition was transferred to Dhaka Dynamites . The club also included rising star Babar Azam , hard-hitting all-rounder Dasun Shanaka in their squad and signing Sohag Gazi and Rubel Hossain proved beneficial for the bowling attack. Having Ziaur Rahman in the playing eleven who was also picked in the draft seemed useful as he provided some big hits when batting. Retaining Mohammad Mithun
1980-405: The initial stage and his contracted team did not qualify. In his first match against Prime Bank, he picked 2 wickets in 7 overs and scored 21 off 34. In the match against Gazi Group, Shakib scored 59 off 26 balls and took one wicket. He played only four matches scoring 98 runs at an average of 24.5 and at a strike rate of 103.15 and took 4 wickets with 6 maidens with the economy rate of 3.48. In
2035-854: The lowest ever total in Bangladesh Premier League. They lost their way later on and finished fifth in the team rankings, thus, not qualifying for the playoffs. Previous icon player Soumya Sarkar left the team, resulting in the team announcing Mashrafe Mortaza as the new icon and captain. They signed Jamaican t20 specialist, Chris Gayle , one of the cleanest hitter of the cricket ball, former New Zealand captain and opener Brendon McCullum and Lankan genuine swinger, Lasith Malinga They also signed two English seam bowling all-rounder David Willey and Ravi Bopara . Their other squad members include West Indian leggie Samuel Badree and more. They Retained Rubel Hossain and Sohag Gazi . Both of them bowled well last season . The third retained player
2090-640: The match with an unbeaten 126. In the 2nd qualifier against Comilla Victorians , Johnson Charles won them the match with his maiden century in t20 cricket. In the final, Chris Gayle once again smacked a hundred, this time a record 146*. The bowlers also did very well which won them their first championship. Their skipper Mashrafe Mortaza has now won 4 BPLs out of 5 for 3 different teams. Riders have retained Mashrafe Mortaza , Mohammad Mithun , Nazmul Islam , Ravi Bopara and Chris Gayle . They have also signed English opener Alex Hales and South African batsmen AB de Villiers . AB will play 9 matches and more if
2145-586: The most impactful players of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup , where he broke the record of maximum runs scored in the group stages of the World Cup which was previously held by Sachin Tendulkar and finished as the third-highest run-scorer scoring 606 runs in total at the tournament. He has played for various T20 tournaments around the world for many teams, including Kolkata Knight Riders , Sunrisers Hyderabad , Jamaica Tallawahs and Dhaka Dominators , where he won
2200-479: The newest addition to franchise during the second edition of the league. The team began its league run with Nasir Hossain as their icon player, and Abdur Razzak (cricketer) as the captain. Pakistani legendary spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was appointed as the coach. The Riders picked up their first victory against Chittagong Kings , winning by 6 wickets. The team ended the season with five wins, and seven loss, resulting in
2255-558: The ownership and renamed the team back to Rangpur Riders. Rangpur and American Minor League Cricket club Atlanta Fire co-own the Atlanta Riders, who began play in the US Masters T10 league in 2023. The Rangpur Riders was ISports established in 2012, after the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League . The team was bought by Mustafa Rafiqul Islam, owner of iSports Limited. The franchise right were bought for US$ 1.1 million at
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2310-547: The season by capturing 3rd position in the League but could not qualify for the final thanks to loss against Barisal Bulls in the 2nd qualifier after a win against Dhaka Dynamites in the eliminator. Prior to the fourth season, the ownership of the Riders were transferred to Sohana Sports. The team rearranged its playing squad, with Shahid Afridi , Soumya Sarkar , Mohammad Shehzad and many other acclaimed cricketers. Shakib Al Hasan ,
2365-420: The semi-finals of the competition; Shakib played in seven matches, taking 11 wickets at an average of 15.90, and finished as KKR's third-highest wicket-taker. In the 15th Match of the 2012 IPL against Rajasthan Royals, Shakib got a bowling figure of 3–17 which is still his best in his IPL career. KKR won their maiden title in the final against CSK where Shakib contributed with a crucial cameo. In
2420-489: The team advances to the playoffs. In the draft, they signed the likes of Shafiul Islam , Abul Hasan , Sohag Gazi and Nahidul Islam . They signed Rilee Rossouw , Benny Howell and Oshane Thomas from the international category. The captain Mashrafe Mortaza was released and Shakib Al Hasan , the captain of Dhaka Dynamites , left the team and joined Riders for the season. During the player's direct signing period,
2475-548: The team was owned by BCB itself but later Incepta Pharmaceuticals became the team sponsor of Rangpur. They renamed it to ‘Rangpur Rangers’ . Riders of Hope got its hope for this season when they purchased Shakib Al Hasan as their Icon player for this season in the newly introduced Player Draft policy instead of Bidding like previous 2 seasons. Overseas Players include Babar Azam , Mohammad Nabi , Azmatullah Omarzai , Jimmy Neesham as well as Imran Tahir . The Rangpur Riders opened its campaign against Fortune Barishal.The game
2530-414: The time. For the 2011 Indian Premier League , Shakib was contracted by Kolkata Knight Riders for US$ 425,000. He made his debut in the tournament on 15 April 2011 in a match against Rajasthan Royals . He claimed two wickets in the match, first that of Amit Paunikar and then Shane Watson , but did not get the chance to bat as his team only lost a wicket, winning by 9 wickets. KKR were knocked out in
2585-462: The tournament midway to play a tri-series in Ireland for the build-up of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy . Shakib played just 3 matches batting in just 1 inning scoring 1 and achieved 2 wickets at an average of 47.50. Shakib was released by KKR and was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction . On 24 May 2018, he became the second T20 player to take 300 wickets and score 4,000 runs in
2640-584: The tournament, Shakib played 5 matches scoring 138 runs at an average of 38.50 and getting 5 wickets at an average of 25.20. On 30 November 2005, 15-year-old Shakib guided Bangladesh to a four-wicket win over England in the opening match of the tri-nation Under-19 tournament (involving England and Sri Lanka) with his 82 of 62. During the final of a tri-nation tournament, Shakib scored an 86-ball century and took three wickets to lead his team to victory. In his 18 youth One Day Internationals, he has scored 563 runs at an average of 35.18 with three 50s and one 100 and
2695-489: The world's highest-ranked ODI all-rounder at the time. His teammate Mashrafe Mortaza , who was bought in the auction by the Kolkata Knight Riders , said "I would have been a lot happier if Shakib had got a team because he truly deserved it for his sensational form with the bat and ball". Shakib had no buyers in the 2010 IPL auction as well, which was very surprising considering his stature in international cricket at
2750-458: Was a good call as he was the second highest run scorer for the team that season and Arafat Sunny took magical figures of 3/0 against Khulna Titans which proves he was also worth retaining. The Riders started the season strong with a dominating victory against Chittagong Vikings , winning the match by 9 wickets with Mohammad Shahzad scoring 80 runs. The team continued its domination during its second game, getting Khulna Titans all out for 44,
2805-506: Was named Man of the Tournament. In the auction of the BPL 2 , Shakib was brought by defending champions Dhaka Gladiators for $ 365,000, the most expensive player in the tournament. He led his team to the title, getting 329 runs and 15 wickets in 12 matches, emerging as the Man of the Tournament for the consecutive second time in the BPL. In the BPL 3 , Shakib was picked by Rangpur Riders with
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#17328559068862860-486: Was often hired to play for different villages and teams". In one of those matches, Shakib batted aggressively and bowled fast, as he usually did, but also chose to experiment with spin bowling which proved to be not so effective. He was picked to play for Islampur and took a wicket with his first ball; it was his first delivery with a proper cricket ball, having previously played with a taped tennis ball . He spent six months training at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan ,
2915-747: Was played on 20 January which ended in ,Rangpur Riders defeated Fortune Barishal by five wickets to the lose opening match. Rangpuri language Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri ) (Assamese: কোচ-ৰাজবংশী) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch , spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India. Many are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms
2970-559: Was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN in 2019. He was included in the ICC Men's Team of the Year twice (2009, 2021). As of July 2024, Shakib holds the record for the 3rd most men's T20 International wickets. Born in Magura , Khulna , Shakib started playing cricket at an early age. According to Prothom Alo sports editor Utpal Shuvro, Shakib "was fairly proficient at cricket and
3025-475: Was released by the Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the 2020 IPL auction after playing for 2 seasons. Shakib was listed at the highest base price of INR 2 crore for the 2021 IPL auction and was subsequently bought by his former team KKR again for a price of ₹ 3.2 crore (US$ 380,000). After the suspension of the 2021 Indian Premier League , Shakib and Mustafizur Rahman returned home on 6 May 2021 via
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