# 2025 Sylhet Strikers season

The 2025 season is the 10th season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Sylhet Strikers. They were one of the seven teams that participated in the tournament. They are yet to win the title and were runners-up only once in the 2023 season. This franchise is owned by Future Sports Bangladesh.

## Squad

| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||
| George Munsey | Scotland | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Overseas player |
| Aaron Jones | United States | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Zawad Abrar | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Rony Talukder | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – |
| Zakir Hasan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | – | |
| Jaker Ali | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Paul Stirling | Ireland | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas player |
| Rahkeem Cornwall | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas player |
| Nahidul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| Kadeem Alleyne | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Ahsan Hafeez | Pakistan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Tipu Sultan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Samiullah Shinwari | Afghanistan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas player |
| Ariful Haque | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Captain |
| Pace bowlers |||||
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Reece Topley | England | Right-handed | Left-arm fast medium | Overseas player |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Sumon Khan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| Ruyel Miah | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||
| Nihaduzzaman | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jon-Russ Jaggesar | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas player |
| Mehedi Hasan Sohag | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |

## Coaching Panel

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | AKM Mahmud Emon |
| Assistant coach | Syed Rasel |
| Batting coach | Tushar Imran |
| Bowling coach | Dolar Mahmud |
| Fielding coach | Murad Khan |

## 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. |
| Sylhet Strikers | Rajshahi 34 runs | Rajshahi 8 wickets | Barishal 7 wickets | Dhaka 3 wickets | Khulna 8 runs | Chittagong 30 runs | Rajshahi 65 runs | Dhaka 6 runs | Khulna 6 wickets | Barishal 8 wickets | Rajshahi 5 wickets | Chittagong 96 runs | — | — | — | — | 7th |
| Team's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |

### Matches

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* Match 4 31 December 2024 (2024-12-31) 17:00 (N) Scorecard
| Rangpur Riders 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 121/9 (20 overs) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 47* (42) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/27 (4 overs) | | Rony Talukdar 41 (36) Nahid Rana 4/27 (4 overs) |
* Rangpur Riders won by 34 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Nahid Rana (Rangpur Riders)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 9 6 January 2025 (2025-1-6) 13:30 Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 205/4 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 210/2 (19 overs) |
| Rony Talukdar 54 (32) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/31 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 113* (56) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Rangpur Riders won by 8 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Moniruzzaman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Rangpur Riders)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 12 7 January 2025 (2025-1-7) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 125 (18.2 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 126/3 (10.3 overs) |
| Ariful Haque 36 (29) Rishad Hossain 3/15 (4 overs) | | Kyle Mayers 59* (31) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/37 (3.3 overs) |
* Fortune Barishal won by 7 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Jahandad Khan (Fortune Barishal)
* Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 16 10 January 2025 (2025-1-10) 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Capitals 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 195/7 (18.4 overs) |
| Litton Das 73 (43) Rahkeem Cornwall 3/27 (4 overs) | | Zakir Hasan 58 (27) Farmanullah 2/37 (4 overs) |
* Sylhet Strikers won by 3 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Zakir Hasan (Sylhet Strikers)
* Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
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* Match 17 12 January 2025 (2025-1-12) 13:30 Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 182/5 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 174/9 (20 overs) |
| Zakir Hasan 75* (46) Abu Hider Rony 2/25 (4 overs) | | Will Bosisto 43 (40) Ruyel Miah 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Sylhet Strikers won by 8 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Zakir Hasan (Sylhet Strikers)
* Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
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* Match 19 13 January 2025 (2025-1-13) 13:30 Scorecard
| Chittagong Kings 203/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 173/8 (20 overs) |
| Graham Clark 60 (33) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/38 (4 overs) | | George Munsey 52 (37) Mohammad Wasim 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Chittagong Kings won by 30 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Ali Arman (Ban) Player of the match: Graham Clark (Chittagong Kings)
* Sylhet Strikers 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 27 20 January 2025 (2025-1-20) 13:30 Scorecard
| Dhaka Capitals 196/6 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 190/7 (20 overs) |
| Litton Das 70 (48) Tipu Sultan 2/26 (4 overs) | | Rony Talukdar 68 (44) Thisara Perera 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka Capitals win by 6 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) Player of the match: Thisara Perera (Dhaka Capitals)
* Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
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* Match 32 23 January 2025 (2025-1-23) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 152/9 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Tigers 156/4 (19.5 overs) |
| George Munsey 58 (32) Salman Irshad 2/24 (4 overs) | | Mehidy Hasan Miraz 70 (50) Nihaduzzaman 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Khulna Tigers won by 6 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) Player of the match: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Khulna Tigers)
* Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
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* Match 33 26 January 2025 (2025-1-26) 13:30 Scorecard
| Sylhet Strikers 116 (18.1 overs) | v | Fortune Barishal 120/2 (16 overs) |
| Ahsan Hafeez 28 (29) Faheem Ashraf 5/7 (3.1 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 52* (51) Sumon Khan 1/17 (3 overs) |
* Fortune Barishal won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Fortune Barishal)
* Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
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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.
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* Match 40 30 January 2025 (2025-1-30) 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chittagong Kings 196/8 (20 overs) | v | Sylhet Strikers 100 (15.2 overs) |
| Khawaja Nafay 52 (30) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 3/37 (4 overs) | | Zakir Hasan 19 (12) Shoriful Islam 4/5 (3.2 overs) |
* Chittagong Kings won by 96 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Shoriful Islam (Chittagong Kings)
* Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to field.