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Duronto Rajshahi

Duronto Rajshahi
দুরন্ত রাজশাহী
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Captain: Australia Simon Katich
Coach: Bangladesh Khaled Mashud
Fielding coach: Bangladesh Athar Ali Khan
Colors: DR
Owner: Digital Auto Care
Founded: 2012
Dissolved: 2013
Home ground: Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium
(Capacity: 15,000)
Official website: durontoraj.com

Duronto Rajshahi (Bengali: দুরন্ত রাজশাহী) was a franchise cricket team that played in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) representing the division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The team participated in first two seasons of Bangladesh Premier League. The captain was Simon Katich and his deputy was Tamim Iqbal. The head coach was local boy and also former national team wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and the batting coach being former national team spinner and commentator Athar Ali Khan. In the 2016 season, the team have been revived to be known as Rajshahi Kings.

On 10 January 2012, Digital Auto Care made the winning bid of $1.07 million for the franchise.

The men in yellow had started off the tournament poorly by losing to Chittagong by over 200 runs. Then losing against Barisal who posted a high total. The yellows had a strong come back after successive defeats at the start of the tournament to come back winning seven games in a row. This led to their rise to the top of the league as number one to then progress on to the semi final stages. Having fought back after a collapse of the top order the captain Mushy as able to build a strong partnership along with Zimbabwean Sean Ervine to an imposing total. However they lost due to an unstoppable century by Ahmed Shehzad

Note : Only matches from Bangladesh Premier League. No external matches are counted.

Group stage (1st round)


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