19-644: Chittagong Kings ( Bengali : চিটাগাং কিংস ) is a franchise cricket team which participates in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The franchise is based in Chattogram , a division of Bangladesh . The Chattogram franchise joined the BPL as one of its original members in 2012, which was owned by SQ sports. After SQ Sports was charged with fixing and delaying payments to players, it was banned from participating in cricketing activities so were all
38-594: A 5-year ban for fixing, made headlines. The Vikings started off strong early on but gradually slipped as the tournament progressed. The finished 4th in the points table and lost to Dhaka Dynamites in the Eliminator. During the player's direct signing period, a Conflict of Interests aroused between BCB and all other franchise. Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in rules and regulations for this season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over
57-737: A local player through his possession of a UK Ancestry Visa. In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad for the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. The following month, he was named in Paarl Rocks ' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. He was also named in the squad for the Chittagong Vikings team, following the draft for
76-649: A maximum price of maximum 80 lacs Taka ($ 100,000). After some negotiations with the Vikings team management, Mushfiqur and the BPL Governing Council, Mushfiq agreed to join the Vikings fleet as their A+ player. In the draft, the Vikings were very active, signing the likes of Cameron Delport , Dasun Shanaka and Najibullah Zadran . Mosaddek Hossain , Abu Jayed and Khaled Ahmed were a part of their local signings. However, their signing of Mohammad Ashraful , returning to professional cricket after serving
95-461: A year break due to COVID-19 pandemic , the eighth edition of the BPL was scheduled to be played from 21 January to 18 February 2022. In this edition Delta Sports joined Akhtar Group as the franchise owner. Before the drafts the franchise recruited left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed and three foreign players Benny Howell , Kennar Lewis and Will Jacks as their direct signing. The Chattogram Challengers opened its campaign against Sylhet Strikers.The game
114-524: Is a British-South African professional cricketer who plays in Twenty20 league tournaments. He was educated at Westville High School . He is a left-hand opening batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. Delport also played for the Lahore Qalandars during the first edition of Pakistan Super League . He scored 227 runs at the average of 32.42 with the highest total of 78. He was included in
133-553: The 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League . He is set to represent Pokhara Rhinos in 2018 Everest Premier League . Delport was picked by Islamabad United in 2019 Pakistan Super League Draft. He scored 117 not out in a match against Lahore Qalanders in Karachi. Delport holds a British passport and uses it for playing in County Cricket . In 2019, he signed with Essex for two seasons of T20 Blast. In September 2019, he
152-678: The KwaZulu-Natal cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup . In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction . Delport along with Morné van Wyk set the record for the highest opening stand in List A matches with an unbeaten 367 in the South African Domestic League matches in 2014. Delport moved to England and joined Leicestershire in 2016, qualifying as
171-506: The bottom registering only three wins on their belt. The team didn't want to participate in the BPL this time but they were requested by the BPL Governing Council. They team retained Ronchi, Raza and Sunzamul Islam The team didn't have an A+ (icon) until minutes before the commencement of the draft. Mushfiqur Rahim was the only A+ player without a team. The highest price for an icon 60 lacs Taka ($ 75,000) while Mushfiqur demanded 1 Croce 20 lacs Taka ($ 150,000). The Vikings management offered
190-521: The charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary. The team was owned and managed by BCB itself. Akhtar Group acquired sponsorship rights of Chittagong and named the team ‘Chattogram Challengers’. They signed the likes of Chris Gayle , Mahmudullah Riyad this time they performed well in group stage, winning eight matches and four losses After
209-505: The decision, as their disqualification was announced at 2 am at the day of the knockout match. The team retained Mahmudullah and Jason Roy while they gained some reinforcements in the likes of David Miller and Ryan ten Doeschate . This time, they team performed really well, winning their first three games in a row and advancing to the playoffs. They reached the finals but couldn't lift the trophy as Dhaka Gladiators successfully defended their championship. Chittagong Vikings emerged as
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#1732791729628228-403: The inaugural season, Chittagong Kings had a strong squad with the likes of Mahmudullah Riyad , Dwayne Bravo , Kevon Cooper and Jason Roy . However, even with such a strong team on paper, they couldn't show their full potential on the field. They were disqualified controversially as Barisal Burners were the ones who went through to the knockout stage. The team management were very unhappy with
247-523: The new representative team of the port city in the BPL, under a new name and ownership of DBL Group. They team selected Tamim Iqbal as their icon player and had some overseas players such as Mohammad Amir , who returned after a 5-year ban for fixing, Tillakaratne Dilshan , the Akmal brothers and South African spinner Robin Peterson . In the field, the Vikings wasn't at their best while their pacer Amir
266-412: The other franchisees owners for corruption scandals. It appeared in the final in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahmudullah Riyad and coaching of Khaled Mahmud . The team changed its name from Chittagong Kings after a change of ownership in 2015. And Chittagong Vikings was founded 1 December 2015. It was owned by DBL Sports Limited, a concern of DBL Group . DBL Sports Limited terminated the ownership of
285-423: The strongest squad on paper. They had Soumya Sarkar as their icon player and had signed Luke Ronchi , Sikandar Raza , Najibullah Zadran and more. The team was initially led by Misbah-ul-Haq but Ronchi took over after he was dropped due to poor form. On the field, Ronchi carried the team with the bat and Raza supported throughout the middle. Local players underperformed which cost them heavily. The finished at
304-414: The team on 29 July 2019. Then Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) changed the format of the tournament and acquired ownership for all the teams for the 2019–20 season. In 2019, Akhtar Group acquired the team and named the team as Chattogram Challengers . There were allegations on this franchise for not paying fees to the players. In 2024, SQ Sports reacquired the team and named the team to its old name. In
323-491: Was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League . In 2021 he was selected for Quetta Qaldiator for Psl6. In April 2021, it was announced Delport would be returning to South African domestic cricket signing with Division 2 team KwaZulu-Natal. In November 2021, he
342-776: Was played on 19 January which ended in ,Chattogram Challengers defeated Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets to win the Opening Match. Overseas Players include Avishka Fernando , Bilal Khan , Curtis Campher , Tom Bruce and Romario Shepherd . Bengali language Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 963962585 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:02:09 GMT Cameron Delport Cameron Scott Delport (born 12 May 1989)
361-400: Was with the ball. They finished as the bottom of the table, hence being disqualified. The Vikings retained Tamim as icon while they signed some big names such as Chris Gayle and Shoaib Malik The team was pretty good throughout the tournament but not the best. They managed to get through to the playoffs but lost to the newcomer Rajshahi Kings in the eliminator. The Vikings didn't boast
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