# 2025 Durbar Rajshahi season

The 2025 season was the seventh season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise, Durbar Rajshahi. They last participated in the 2019-20 season as Rajshahi Royals and became the champion, beating Khulna Tigers in the final. In 2024, the team was acquired by Valentine Group and re-named.

## Squad

| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||
| Yasir Ali | Bangladesh | Right- | Right-arm off-break | |
| Mizanur Rahman | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Anamul Haque Bijoy | Bangladesh | Right-handed | | Vice-captain |
| Akbar Ali | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | |
| Tawaf Mashrafee Nawaz}} | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | |
| Zahiduzzaman | Bangladesh | Left-handed | – | |
| Mohammad Haris | Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| All rounders |||||
| SM Meherob | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| Saad Nasim | Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas player |
| Lahiru Samarakoon | Sri Lanka | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Overseas player |
| Sabbir Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Ravi Bopara | England | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Overseas player |
| Nathan Edward | West Indies | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | Overseas player |
| Jishan Alam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Sohag Gazi | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Samit Patel | England | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Aftab Alam | Afghanistan | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
| Ryan Burl | Zimbabwe | Left-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas player |
| Arafat Minhas | Pakistan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Spin bowlers |||||
| Sunzamul Islam | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Mark Deyal | West Indies | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas player |
| Hasan Murad | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace bowlers |||||
| Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Captain |
| Mrittunjoy Chowdhury | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | |
| Miguel Cummins | West Indies | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
| Mohor Sheikh | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Bilal Khan | Oman | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | Overseas player |
| Salman Mirza | Pakistan | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | Overseas player |
| Shafiul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Asaduzzaman Payel | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ijaz Ahmed |
| Assistant coach | Iftikhar Anjum |
| Team manager | Mehrab Hossain |

## League stage
### Points Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Fortune Barishal (C) | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1.302 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chittagong Kings (R) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1.395 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Rangpur Riders (4th) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.596 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | Khulna Tigers (3rd) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.184 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | Durbar Rajshahi | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −1.030 | |
| 6 | Dhaka Capitals | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | −0.779 | |
| 7 | Sylhet Strikers | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | −1.340 | |

### Win-loss table

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Q1 | El | Q2 | F | Pos. |
| Durbar Rajshahi | Barishal 4 wickets | Dhaka 7 wickets | Chittagong 105 runs | Barishal 7 wickets | Khulna 28 runs | Dhaka 149 runs | Sylhet 65 runs | Khulna 7 runs | Chittagong 111 runs | Rangpur 24 runs | Rangpur 2 runs | Sylhet 5 wickets | — | — | — | — | 5th |
| Team's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |

### Matches

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* Match 1 30 December 2024 (2024-12-30) 13:30 Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 197/3 (20 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 200/6 (18.1 overs) |
| Yasir Ali 94* (47) Kyle Mayers 2/13 (3 overs) | | Mahmudullah 56* (26) Taskin Ahmed 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Fortune Barishal won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Fortune Barishal)
* Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
* Yasir Ali (Durbar Rajshahi) scored his 2,000th run in T20s.
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* Match 5 2 January 2025 (2025-1-2) 13:30 Scorecard
| Dhaka Capitals 174/9 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 179/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Shahadat Hossain 50 (41) Taskin Ahmed 7/19 (3 overs) | | Anamul Haque 73* (46) Mustafizur Rahman 1/33 (4 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Taskin Ahmed (Durbar Rajshahi) took the best bowling figures in the BPL.
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* Match 7 3 January 2025 (2025-1-3) 14:00 Scorecard
| Chittagong Kings 219/5 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 114 (17.1 overs) |
| Usman Khan 123 (62) Taskin Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Haris 32 (15) Aliss Islam 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Chittagong Kings won by 105 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Chittagong Kings)
* Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 10 6 January 2025 (2025-1-6) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 168/4 (20 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 169/3 (17.3 overs) |
| Anamul Haque 39 (35) Shaheen Afridi 2/20 (4 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 86* (48) Mohor Sheikh 2/32 (2 overs) |
* Fortune Barishal won by 7 wickets. Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Fortune Barishal)
* Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 15 10 January 2025 (2025-1-10) 14:00 Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 150 (19.3 overs) |
| Ryan Burl 48* (29) Nasum Ahmed 2/20 (3 overs) | | Afif Hossain 33 (30) Ryan Burl 2/13 (2 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 28 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 18 12 January 2025 (2025-1-12) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Capitals 254/1 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 105 (15.2 overs) |
| Litton Das 125* (55) Shafiul Islam 1/62 (4 overs) | | Ryan Burl 47* (32) Abu Jayed 2/15 (3 overs) |
* Dhaka Capitals won by 149 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Litton Das (Dhaka Capitals)
* Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 23 17 January 2025 (2025-1-17) 14:00 Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 184/7 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 119 (17.3 overs) |
| Ryan Burl 41 (27) Ruyel Miah 3/32 (4 overs) | | Zakir Hasan 39 (28) Sunzamul Islam 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 65 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Ali Arman (Ban) Player of the match: Sunzamul Islam (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to bat.
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* Match 26 19 January 2025 (2025-1-19) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Khulna Tigers 209/4 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 202/4 (20 overs) |
| Afif Hossain 56 (42) Taskin Ahmed 2/36 (4 overs) | | Anamul Haque 100* (57) Hasan Mahmud 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Khulna Tigers won by 7 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Hasan Mahmud (Khulna Tigers)
* Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
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* Match 28 20 January 2025 (2025-1-20) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chittagong Kings 191/8 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 80 (14.2 overs) |
| Naeem Islam 56 (41) Taskin Ahmed 2/23 (4 overs) | | Anamul Haque 21 (21) Naeem Islam 2/6 (3 overs) |
* Chittagong Kings won by 111 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Naeem Islam (Chittagong Kings)
* Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 31 23 January 2025 (2025-1-23) 13:30 Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 170/9 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 146 (19.2 overs) |
| Yasir Ali 60 (32) Akif Javed 3/23 (4 overs) | | Saif Hassan 43 (29) Ryan Burl 4/22 (4 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 24 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 34 26 January 2025 (2025-1-26) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Durbar Rajshahi 119/9 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 117/8 (20 overs) |
| Sunzamul Islam 28* (29) Khushdil Shah 3/19 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Saifuddin 52* (31) Mrittunjoy Chowdhury 4/18 (4 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 2 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mrittunjoy Chowdhury (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Soumya Sarkar (Rangpur Riders) played his 100th BPL match.
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* Match 36 27 January 2025 (2025-1-27) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 117/9 (20 overs) | v | Durbar Rajshahi 121/5 (16.5 overs) |
| Ahsan Hafeez 25 (21) SM Meherob 4/15 (4 overs) | | Ryan Burl 48 (34) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Durbar Rajshahi won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sajidul Islam (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: SM Meherob (Durbar Rajshahi)
* Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

## Controversies

The overseas players of Durbar Rajshahi did not take the field against Rangpur Riders on 26 January 2025 due to non-payment of dues. Judging the condition, BCB overturned the rule requiring a minimum of two foreign players in the playing XI and granted permission to Durbar Rajshahi to field a team comprising 11 local players for one match. However, they won the match without any overseas players.