Gazi Group Cricketers

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.[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]

Gazi Group Cricketers
Personnel
CaptainAkbar Ali
Overseas player(s)Zohaib Khan
Overseas playerGurinder Singh
Overseas playerAkbar-ur-Rehman
Dhruv Shorey
History
No. of titles1

List A record
  • 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

Alok Kapali captained the team in 2015–16, Nasir Hossain in 2016–17, Jahurul Islam in 2017-18 and Imrul Kayes in 2018–19.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Shamsur RahmanRight-hand batTwenty20 Captain
Rony TalukdarRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Touhid TareqLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
Myshukur RahamanRight-hand bat
MahmudullahRight-hand batRight-arm off breakList A Captain
Sajjadul HaqueRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Tasamul HaqueRight-hand batRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Mahedi HasanRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Parvez RasoolRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Sanjit SahaRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Shamsul IslamRight-hand bat-
Waliul KarimRight-hand bat-
Spin Bowlers
Nasum AhmedLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Raihan UddinLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Kamran GhulamRight-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Kamrul IslamRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Abu HiderRight-hand batLeft-arm fast-medium
Ruyel MiahLeft-hand batLeft-arm medium-fast
Mehedi Hasan RanaLeft-hand batLeft-arm fast

Records

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
  1. "Gazi Social Welfare". Gazi Group. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  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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