Legends of Rupganj
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Legends of Rupganj is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division. Rupganj, in Narayanganj District, just to the east of Dhaka, is the home town of the club's founding owner, Lutfar Rahman Badal.{{cite web|last1=Isam|first1=Mohammad|title=Tendulkar unveils new Dhaka club|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/789247.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=2 March 2015}}
History
Under their previous name, Gazi Tank Cricketers, they won the title in 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, under their new name and ownership, they finished fifth.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/23/Dhaka_Premier_Division_2014-15.html| title = Dhaka Premier Division 2014-15| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 1 March 2015}}
- 2014–15: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
- 2015–16: 16 matches, won 9, finished third
- 2016–17: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2017–18: 16 matches, won 10, finished second
- 2018–19: 16 matches, won 13, finished second
- 2021–22: 15 matches, won 11, finished second
- 2022–23: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
- 2023–24: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2024–25: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
Naeem Islam captained the team from 2017–18 to 2021–22, Mashrafe Mortaza in 2022–23.
Records
The team's highest score is 141 by Ashar Zaidi against Old DOHS Sports Club in the first match of the 2014–15 season.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/728/728032.html| title = Legends of Rupganj v Old DOHS Sports Club 2014-15| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}} The best bowling figures are 6 for 33, performed twice: by Naeem Islam against Partex Sporting Club, in the second match of the 2014–15 season,{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/728/728039.html| title = Legends of Rupganj v Partex Sporting Club 2014-15| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}} and by Mohammad Sharif, who also took a hat-trick in the same innings, against Gazi Group Cricketers in 2017–18.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1055/1055392.html| title = Gazi Group Cricketers v Legends of Rupganj 2017-18| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 28 February 2018}}
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold
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| style="background:#0000FF; color:black; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:#0000FF; color:black; text-align:center;"| Nat ! style="background:#0000FF; color:black; text-align:center;"| Batting style ! style="background:#0000FF; color:black; text-align:center;"| Bowling style ! style="background:#0000FF; color:black; text-align:center;"| Notes | ||||
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| colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batsmen | ||||
| Naeem Islam | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | Captain |
| Mohammad Naim | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Left-hand bat | ||
| Shahriar Nafees | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Left-hand bat | ||
| Mehedi Maruf | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Mominul Haque | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Azmir Ahmed | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Akbar-ur-Rehman | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|PAK}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders | ||||
| Asif Ahmed | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicketkeepers | ||||
| Jaker Ali | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | - | |
| Salauddin Pappu | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | - | |
| colspan="6" style="background#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Nabil Samad | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Asif Hasan | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Minhazur Rahman | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| colspan="6" style="background#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Bowlers | ||||
| Muktar Ali | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Mohammad Shahid | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Rishi Dhawan | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Subashis Roy | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Taskin Ahmed | style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAN}} | Left-hand bat | Right-arm fast |
References
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External links
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/32/32213/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Legends of Rupganj]
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