Rangpur Riders
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| Nickname(s): |
The Riders Riders of Hope |
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| Captain: |
 Naeem Islam
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| Coach: |
Javed Omar
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| City: | Rangpur, Bangladesh |
| Colors: |  |
| Owner: | Dr. Kazi Ertaza Hassan (Vorer Pata Group) & MD Mizanur Rahman (Sohana Group) |
| Founded: | 2012 |
| Home ground: | Rangpur Stadium, Rangpur Cricket Garden |
| 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.
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 its 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. 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.
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.
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. 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.
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