রাজশাহী কিংস | |
Nickname(s) | The Kings |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Darren Sammy |
Coach | Sarwar Imran |
Owner | Mango Entertainment Limited |
Team information | |
City | Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
Founded | 2016 |
Home ground | Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium |
Capacity | 15,000 |
History | |
wins | 0 |
Official website: | rajshahikings |
Rajshahi Kings (Bengali: রাজশাহী কিংস ) are a Bangladeshi mens franchise Twenty20 cricket team. The team is based in Rajshahi in Bangladesh and competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket competition.
Duronto Rajshahi participated in the first two seasons of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2012 and 2013. Following the suspension of all BPL franchises after the second season of the league, the Rajshahi Kings were formed in advance of the 2016-17 Bangladesh Premier League following a complete change in the team ownership and management. They competed in the fourth edition of the BPL in late 2016, losing in the final to the Dhaka Dynamites. On 6 October 2016, Darren Sammy was appointed the captain of the side.