2025 Durbar Rajshahi season

The 2025 season will be the seventh season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise, Durbar Rajshahi. They last participated in the 2019-20 season as Rajshahi Royals and became the champion beating Khulna Tigers in the final.[1][2] In 2024, the team was acquired by Valentine Group and named the team Durbar Rajshahi, following the exit of Comilla Victorians in 2025 Bangladesh Premier League.

Durbar Rajshahi
2025 season
CoachIjaz Ahmed
CaptainAnamul Haque

Squad

  • Captain Vice Captain Overseas player
Name Nationality Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Yasir Ali  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm off-break —
Mizanur Rahman  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm off-break —
Wicket-keepers
Anamul Haque Bijoy  Bangladesh Right-handed —
Akbar Ali  Bangladesh Right-handed —
Tawaf Mashrafee Nawaz  Bangladesh Right-handed —
Zahiduzzaman  Bangladesh Left-handed —
Mohammad Haris  Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
SM Meherob  Bangladesh Left-handed Right-arm off-break —
Saad Nasim  Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
Lahiru Samarakoon  Sri Lanka Left-handed Right-arm fast medium
Sabbir Hossain  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm fast medium —
Nathan Edward  West Indies Left-handed Left-arm fast medium
Jishan Alam  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm off break —
Ryan Burl  Zimbabwe Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
Arafat Minhas  Pakistan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas
Spin bowlers
Sunzamul Islam  Bangladesh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox —
Hasan Murad  Bangladesh Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox —
Pace bowlers
Taskin Ahmed  Bangladesh Left-handed Right-arm fast medium
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury  Bangladesh Left-handed Left-arm fast medium —
Mohor Sheikh  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm fast medium —
Salman Mirza  Pakistan Right-handed Left-arm fast
Shafiul Islam  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm fast medium —
Asaduzzaman Payel  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm fast medium —

Coaching Panel

Position Name
Head Coach Ijaz Ahmed
Assistant Coach Iftikhar Anjum
Team Manager Mehrab Hossain
Batting Coach TBA
Bowling Coach TBA
Fielding Coach TBA

League stage

Points Table

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1   Rangpur Riders 5 5 0 0 10 2.006 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2   Fortune Barishal 4 3 1 0 6 1.115
3   Khulna Tigers 2 2 0 0 4 1.425 Advanced to Eliminator
4   Chittagong Kings 2 1 1 0 2 1.700
5   Durbar Rajshahi 4 1 3 0 2 −1.653 Eliminated
6   Dhaka Capitals 4 0 4 0 0 −1.812
7   Sylhet Strikers 3 0 3 0 0 −2.403
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo & Cricbuzz

Win-loss table

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Q1 El Q2 F Pos.
Durbar Rajshahi (DR) FB
4 wickets 		DC
7 wickets 		CK
105 runs 		FB
7 wickets 		KT
? 		DC
? 		KT
? 		SS
? 		CK
? 		RR
? 		RR
? 		DR
?
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost N/R

Matches[3]

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).
Match 1
30 December 2024 (2024-12-30)
13:30
Scorecard
Durbar Rajshahi
197/3 (20 overs)
v
Fortune Barishal
200/6 (18.1 overs)
Yasir Ali  94* (47)
Kyle Mayers 2/13 (3 overs)
Mahmudullah 56* (26)
Taskin Ahmed 3/31 (4 overs)
Fortune Barishal won by 4 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Fortune Barishal)
  • Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yasir Ali (Durbar Rajshahi) scored his 2,000th run in T20s.
Match 5
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02)
13:30
Scorecard
Dhaka Capitals
174/9 (20 overs)
v
Durbar Rajshahi
179/3 (18.1 overs)
Shahadat Hossain 50 (41)
Taskin Ahmed 7/19 (3 overs)
Anamul Haque 73* (46)
Mustafizur Rahman 1/33 (4 overs)
Durbar Rajshahi won by 7 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi)
  • Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi) took the best bowling figures in the BPL.[4]
Match 7
3 January 2025 (2025-01-03)
14:00
Scorecard
Chittagong Kings
219/5 (20 overs)
v
Durbar Rajshahi
114 (17.1 overs)
Usman Khan 123 (62)
Taskin Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs)
Mohammad Haris 32 (15)
Aliss Islam 3/17 (4 overs)
Chittagong Kings won by 105 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban)
Player of the match: Usman Khan (Chittagong Kings)
  • Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10
6 January 2025 (2025-01-06)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Durbar Rajshahi
168/4 (20 overs)
v
Fortune Barishal
169/3 (17.3 overs)
Anamul Haque 39 (35)
Shaheen Afridi 2/20 (4 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 86* (48)
Mohor Sheikh 2/32 (2 overs)
Fortune Barishal won by 7 wickets.
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Fortune Barishal)
  • Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
Match 15
10 January 2025 (2025-01-10)
14:00
Scorecard
v
Match 18
12 January 2025 (2025-01-12)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 23
17 January 2025 (2025-01-17)
14:00
Scorecard
v
Match 26
19 January 2025 (2025-01-19)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 28
20 January 2025 (2025-01-20)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 31
23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match 34
26 January 2025 (2025-01-26)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 36
27 January 2025 (2025-01-27)
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v

References

  1. ^ "Mohammad Nawaz and Andre Russell fire Rajshahi Royals to BPL title". ESPNCricinfo. 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Rajshahi lift BPL trophy with victory over Khulna". 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Durbar Rajshahi BPL 2025 schedule". Cricbuzz.
  4. ^ "Taskin Ahmed grabs 7 for 19 for Durbar Rajshahi, a new BPL record". ESPNcricninfo. Retrieved 3 January 2025.