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)Ravi Teja
OwnerGazi Group
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
  • 2022–23: 16 matches, won 7, finished sixth

Nasir Hossain captained the team when they won the championship in 2016–17. In 2022–23 the captain was Akbar Ali.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Shamsur RahmanBangladeshRight-hand batTwenty20 Captain
Rony TalukdarBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Touhid TareqBangladeshLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
Myshukur RahamanBangladeshRight-hand bat
MahmudullahBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off breakList A Captain
Sajjadul HaqueBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Tasamul HaqueBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Mahedi HasanBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Parvez RasoolIndiaRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Sanjit SahaBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Shamsul IslamBangladeshRight-hand bat-
Waliul KarimBangladeshRight-hand bat-
Spin Bowlers
Nasum AhmedBangladeshLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Raihan UddinBangladeshLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Kamran GhulamPakistanRight-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Kamrul IslamBangladeshRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Abu HiderBangladeshRight-hand batLeft-arm fast-medium
Ruyel MiahBangladeshLeft-hand batLeft-arm medium-fast
Mehedi Hasan RanaBangladeshLeft-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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