Chittagong Kings
| চিটাগাং ভাইকিংস | |
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| Nickname(s): | The Vikings |
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| Captain: |
 Tamim Iqbal
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| Coach: |
Mohammad Salahuddin |
| City: | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Colors: |  |
| Owner: | DBL Group |
| Founded: | 2012 as Chittagong Kings; rebranded 2015 |
| Home ground: | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (capacity: 22,000) |
| Secondary home ground(s) |
M. A. Aziz Stadium (capacity: 30,000) |
| Manager: |
Akram Khan
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| BPL wins: | 0 |
| Official website: | chittagongvikings |
The Chittagong Vikings are a professional men's cricket team based in the city of Chittagong. The team compete in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket competition. The team plays its home games at ZAC Stadium and M.A. Aziz Stadium serves as the alternate venue.
An original member of the Bangladesh Premier League, the Vikings joined the league in 2012. The team changed its name from original Chittagong Kings after change of ownership in 2015. The team have appeared in the championship game in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahmudullah Riyad and coaching of Khaled Mahmud. The Vikings organization is led by Abdul Wahed since 2015, and has had three head coaches: Khaled Mahmud, Marvan Atapattu and Mohammad Salahuddin. The team is currently captained by Tamim Iqbal and coached by Mohammad Salahuddin.
Anamul Haque is currently the leading run-scorer for the team with 762 runs at an average of 24.58, while captain Tamim Iqbal closely follows with 693 runs at an average of 30.13. Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi is the leading wicket taker with 32 wickets. Among the participating teams, the Vikings are the second most valuable team, valued at US$26 million.
In 2011, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the establishment of the Bangladesh Premier League,a Twenty20 cricket leagueto be started in 2012. In 10 January 2012, the tournament committee held an auction, inviting interested companies to buy the six franchises. The Chittagong Vikings was sold to SQ Sports for $1.2 million annually, making it the most expensive team in the first season of the league. The team signed 19 players for the first season with a salary cap of US$1.3 million.
In the inaugural season, the Kings' "icon player" was Tamim Iqbal and the team was captained by all rounder Mahmudullah. The team was managed by Australian Michael Bevan and the head coach was the former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud. Dean Jones was the technical director.
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