Rangpur Riders

Rangpur Riders
Nickname(s): The Riders
Riders of Hope
Captain: Bangladesh Naeem Islam
Coach: Bangladesh Javed Omar
City: Rangpur, Bangladesh
Colors:
Owner: Dr. Kazi Ertaza Hassan
Sohana Group
Founded: 2012
Home ground: Rangpur Stadium, Rangpur Cricket Garden
Chief executive: Kazi Shameem Mehede
Manager: Sanuar Hossain
BPL wins: 0
Official website: Official website

The Rangpur Riders are a professional cricket team based in Rangpur City, Rangpur. The Riders compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premier cricket league in Bangladesh. The team plays its games at Shere Bangla National Stadium in the town of Mirpur, Dhaka and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the town of Pahartali, Chittagong. The Riders are also headquartered at Banani, Dhaka.[1][2]

The Riders joined the league as a member in 2013, prior to the second edition of the tournament. Although the ownership of the team changed multiple times, the team structures stayed at it's original form since the foundation of the team. The team is currently owned by Sohana Sports. Dr. Kazi Ertaza Hassan is serving as the chairman & MD Mizanur Rahman as Managing Director of the team.[3] The Riders are coached by former Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Javed Omar, replacing the previous coach Shane Jurgensen, and led by Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi.[4][5]

The Riders have appeared in two seasons of the tournament, and have never made its way to the championship game. Bangladeshi left hand opener Soumya Sarkar is leading scorer for the team with 209 runs at an average of 16.53 and Arafat Sunny is the leading wicket taker with 21 wickets.[6] [7][8]

Franchise history

The Rangpur Riders was established in 2012, afterward first season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The team was bought by Mustafa Rafiqul Islam, owner of iSports Limited. The franchise right were bought for US$1.1 million at a closed-door auction. Haque Brothers Industries Limited also participated in the bid, but failed to outbid iSports Limited, a sister-concern of Flora Telecom.[9] The Riders joined the tournament in 2013 as the seventh team, representing the newly declared Rangpur Division. The team ownership was transferred to Kazi Ertaza Hassan, and Sohana Group.

Team history

Season Two

Rangpur Riders were the newest addition to franchise during the second edition of the league. The team began it's league run with Nasir Hossain as their icon player, and Abdur Razzak as the captain. Pakistani legendary spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was appointed as the coach. The Riders picked up their first victory against Chittagong Kings, winning by 6 wickets. The team ended the season with five wins, and seven loss, resulting in a point-table tie with Duronto Rajshahi, later dropping off from the playoffs due to lower Net Run Rate than Rajshahi. Nasir Hossain was the highest paid cricketer of the team with a salary of 16.8 million (US$208,000).

Season Three

Riders of Hope gets its hope for this season when they find Shakib Al Hasan as their Icon player for this season in the newly introduced Player Draft policy instead of Bidding like previous 2 seasons.

This season Rangpur Riders bought Shane Jurgensen as their head coach to make a tough team as per their promise in the Player Draft. This season they did pick some well known local players, like- Shakib Al Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Soumya Sarkar, Al-Amin, Saqlain Sajib and few more, along with some classy international T20 specialist Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Sachithra Senanayake, Mohammad Nabi with some experienced face, like Misbah-ul-Haq.

This well balanced team end up the season by capturing 3rd position in the League.

Season Four

Prior to the fourth season, the ownership of the Riders were transferred to Sohana Sports. The team rearranged it's playing squad, with Shahid Afridi, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Shehzad and many other acclaimed cricketers. Shakib Al Hasan, the icon player from the previous edition was transferred to Dhaka Dynamites. The club made headlines with acquisition of Shane Watson, David Miller and Anwar Ali.

The Riders started the season strong with a dominating victory against Chittagong Vikings, winning the match by 9 wickets with Mohammad Shehzad scoring 80 runs. The team continued it's domination during it's second game, getting Khulna Titans all out for 44, the lowest ever total in Bangladesh Premier League.

Overall records

Year Matches Wins Losses No Result Run Rate Summary
2012
Did not participate
2013 12 5 7 0 -.506 Fifth (of seven)
2014
Tournament not held
2015 10 7 3 0 +.609 Third (of six)
2016 5 4 0 - - -

Sponsors

Current squad and support staff

Rangpur Riders Roster for BPL 2016

Batsmen

All Rounders

Bowlers

 Support Staff


Board

  • CEO: Kazi Shameem Mehede
  • COO: Shafqat Rahman
  • Chairman: Dr Kazi Ertaza Hassan
  • Managing Director: MD Mizanur Rahman
  • Vice Chairman:
    Mahboob Rahman
    Zeaur Rahman
  • Directors:
    Fazlul Karim Chowdhury Sapon
    Tawheed-ul-Islam
    Mohammed Faisal
    Nabil Sultan

References

  1. ↑ "About Us - Rangpur Riders". Rangpur Riders. www.rangpurriders.club. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Player Draft of BPL T20 Season 4: Soumya is the Icon for Rangpur instead of Sakib Al Hasan". Espn Cricinfo. Espn. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rangpur Riders win a thriller". The Daily Star. The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rangpur look to win maiden BPL title". theindependentbd. The Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rangpur Riders got new owner". Cricrock. cricrock. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rangpur bring Misbah in place of Dilshan". theindependentbd. The Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Barisal go to final at Rangpur's expense". The Daily Star. The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rangpur Riders got new owner". Cricrock. cricrock. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "I Sports new BPL franchise". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.


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