Comilla Victorians
| কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়ান্স | |
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| League: | Bangladesh Premier League |
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| Captain: |
 Mashrafe Mortaza
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| Coach: |
Mizanur Rahman Babul |
| Chairman: | Nafisa Kamal |
| City: | Comilla, Bangladesh |
| Colours: |  |
| Owner: | Nafisa Kamal (Royal Sporting Limited) |
| Founded: | 2015 |
| Manager: |
Khaled Mashud
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| BPL wins: | 1 |
| Official website: | http://comillavictorians.com.bd/ |
Comilla Victorians are a Bangladeshi professional men's cricket team, competing in Bangladesh Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket league. The team is based in Comilla, Chittagong. The team plays its games at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. The team is currently owned by Nafisa Kamal, while A H M Mustafa Kamal serves as an honorary member of the board. The team is captained by Bangladesh national cricket team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
The Comilla Victorians were created when the decision was made to expand the number of teams and move away state representative teams to city-based teams for the third season of the competition. With the revamp of Bangladesh Premier League, a scope was created for interested bidders to bid for Comilla-based franchise, being the second largest city in Chittagong Division. The legal franchise rights were sold to Nafisa Kamal (Legends Sporting Limited), a former owner of defunct franchise Sylhet Royals. The rights were bought at US$27.50 million for five years. During October 2015, Comilla Victorians was officially established, thus becoming the second team to play from Chittagong Division, after Chittagong Vikings.
The Comilla Victorians were the newest addition to the Bangladesh Premier League. The draft pick was held on 22 October 2015, where the team picked nine overseas players and thirteen national players. Ironically, before the tournament, analysts predicted the Victorians as the weakest team in the tournament due to lack of variation in the team, despite inclusion of experienced players like Mashrafe Mortaza, Shoaib Malik and big hitters like Andre Russell, and Marlon Samuels.
The Comilla Victorians opened its campaign against Dhaka Dynamites. The game was played on 22 November The Victorians were restricted to 110/8, which ended in a defeat to Dhaka Dynamites by six wickets. The Victorians went to having a three-game winning streak after that, convincingly defeating Chittagong Vikings, Rangpur Riders and Barisal Bulls. Victorians' strong bowling attack was admired after its brilliant performance against Barisal Bulls during its third game in regular season, where Bulls were bowled out for 89 runs, one of the lowest totals in Bangladesh Premier League. The team went on to maintaining its dreaded performance with bowling, when the team bowled out Rangpur Riders for 82 runs, resulting in a win by huge margin of 9 wickets. The team finished the regular season with seven wins of ten matches. Imrul Kayes was the second highest run-scorer of the tournament, scoring 312 runs at an average of 28.36 while Abu Hider was the second highest wicket taker with 21 wickets. Ashar Zaidi was awarded the player of the tournament for his outstanding all rounding performance.
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