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Legends of Rupganj
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Personnel
Owner	Lutfar Rahman Badal
Team information
Founded	2014

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

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.^[3] 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,^[4] and by Mohammad Sharif, who also took a hat-trick in the same innings, against Gazi Group Cricketers in 2017–18.^[5]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Naeem Islam	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break	Captain
Mohammad Naim	Left-hand bat
Shahriar Nafees	Left-hand bat
Mehedi Maruf	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Mominul Haque	Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Azmir Ahmed	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Akbar-ur-Rehman	Right-hand bat	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Asif Ahmed	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Jaker Ali	Right-hand bat	-
Salauddin Pappu	Right-hand bat	-
Spin Bowlers
Nabil Samad	Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Asif Hasan	Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Minhazur Rahman	Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Muktar Ali	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Shahid	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Rishi Dhawan	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Subashis Roy	Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Taskin Ahmed	Left-hand bat	Right-arm fast