28-644: Durbar Rajshahi ( Varendri / Bengali : দুর্বার রাজশাহী ) is a Bangladeshi 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. On 16 November 2019, Bengal Group was named as the sponsor of the team and it was renamed to Bengal Rajshahi Royals. The team was excluded from Bangladesh Premier League till 2024. In 2024,
56-541: A draw and a loss against Sri Lanka in May 2022, after which Shakib al Hasan was reinstated as Bangladesh's Test captain after he returned from suspension and Mominul resigned as captain following a run of poor batting performances. Mominul is one of only six batsmen, and the only Bangladeshi, to score 11 or more consecutive scores of at least fifty in Test matches. He was the first Bangladeshi to score centuries in both innings of
84-612: A draw in the first Test, Bangladesh lost the second by 209 runs. A second victory as captain came, however, in July in a one-off Test in Zimbabwe , Bangladesh winning by 220 runs. In late 2021, Pakistan toured Bangladesh, Bangladesh losing both Test matches played on the tour, despite rain washing out most of day two and all of day three of the second Test. Bangladesh toured New Zealand in January 2022 for another two-match series. In
112-500: A half-century on debut and finished the tour with 156 runs in three innings at a batting average of 52.00 runs per innings in his maiden Test series. He made his first century in a Test match against New Zealand at Chittagong in 2013, scored from exactly 100 balls. In the second Test of the series, Mominul scored another century, becoming only the second Bangladesh batsman after Tamim Iqbal to hit centuries in two consecutive Test matches. He scored another century at Chittagong during
140-483: A lost to Rangpur Riders and could not fully recover from the early defeat. They went on to lose more matches but secured some victories on the way. Overall, they finished 2nd last at 6th. They retained Mominul Haque , Zakir Hasan , Mehedi Hasan , Mustafizur Rahman and Mohammad Sami . They signed Afghan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad and South African Christiaan Jonker pre-draft In the draft, Rajshahi snatched in-form batsman Soumya Sarkar as their first pick. From
168-441: A nail-biting finish. They notched up crucial victories against Dhaka Dynamites (did so twice) and Khulna Titans to qualify for the playoffs. They won against Chittagong Vikings and Khulna Titans in the eliminator and the 2nd qualifier game respectively. Unfortunately, the suffered a heavy defeat against Dhaka Dynamites in the final. They replaced previous icon Sabbir Rahman with wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim as
196-506: Is a Bengali dialect belonging to North Bengal . The standardised register of Bengali was chosen to be the dialect spoken in Nadia (West-Central Bengal). Examples: Gambhira , a Bengali folk genre is originally evolved with this dialect. This dialect is famous in many Bengali dramas. A web series by Chorki named Shaaticup is created in this dialect. Mominul Haque Mominul Haque ( Bengali : মমিনুল হক ; born 29 September 1991)
224-482: Is a Bangladeshi cricketer who is a former captain of the Bangladesh national team in Test matches . He is a left-handed batter . Mominul made his first-class cricket debut during the 2008–09 season, playing in a National Cricket League (NCL) match for Dhaka Division against Chittagong Division . He made his List A cricket debut for the side later in the season, but these were his only matches for Dhaka, and by
252-569: The 2016 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 . Rajshahi Royals became the champion of 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League . Duronto Rajshahi was captained by Mushfiqur Rahim and had the likes of Marlon Samuels , Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Sami by his side. The team dominated during
280-632: The Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India). Varendri dialect was classified by many renowned Indian linguists like Suniti Kumar Chatterji , Sukumar Sen and others. It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand . Varendri dialect has some influences of neighbouring dialects of Maithili and other Bihari languages . Varendri Bengali
308-507: The February 2020 one-off Test against Zimbabwe , Bangladesh winning by an innings and 106 runs. Mominul scored 132 runs, his first century as captain, and equaled Tamim Iqbal's Bangladesh record of scoring nine Test centuries. The COVID-19 pandemic saw Bangladesh play no Test matches until February 2021 when a weakened West Indies side toured the country . Many of West Indies established players refused to tour citing COVID-19 concerns, but
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#1732797950851336-523: The draft, The Kings got the first pick in the lottery and unsurprisingly selected wiry left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman . They were riding their luck as they also gained the first pick in the overseas selection in the draft, picking Pakistani leggie Usama Mir . The surprise picks were U19 all-rounder Qazi Onik , in-form orthodox spinner Nihaduzzaman , pacer Hossain Ali and little known Pakistani all-rounder Raza Ali Dar . The Kings began their conquest with
364-566: The first Test at Bay Oval , Bangladesh won by eight wickets, their first win in New Zealand in any format in 33 matches as well as their first Test match victory against a New Zealand side. New Zealand won the second Test inside three days to draw the series 1–1. The first Test of Bangladesh's tour of South Africa in early 2022 was Mominul's 50th Test match, and he became the seventh Bangladeshi to play 50 or more Tests. The side lost heavily again. Mominul's final Test series as captain saw
392-555: The following season he was playing for Chittagong in the NCL. As of December 2022 he has continued to play for Chittagong in domestic cricket as well as East Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League tournament. After making his Twenty20 cricket debut for a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI against the touring West Indians in 2011 , Mominul was selected to play for Barisal Burners in the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League ,
420-595: The highest fourth wicket partnership in any List A cricket match. Mominul made both his One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 (T20) debuts against the West Indies in a home series in November and December 2012 as a replacement for the injured Shakib Al Hasan . In four matches he scored 69 runs and took two wickets. He made his Test match debut in March 2013, playing against Sri Lanka at Galle . He scored
448-448: The icon player and retained Mominul Haque , Farhad Reza and Mehedi Hasan . They signed English opener and part-time seamer Luke Wright and West Indian top-middle order batsmen Lendl Simmons to provide stability to the top order and also made a one-season contract with Zimbabwe 's Malcolm Waller to give the lower-middle order a boost. They extended the contract for one more year with Franklin, Sami and Sammy (remade skipper). In
476-459: The league stage, winning 7 of their 10 games, finished at the top of the leaderboard. However, they lost to Barisal Burners in the semi-final, ending a positive campaign. This time, the team was led by Tamim Iqbal who had the likes of Moeen Ali and Sean Ervine accompanying him. This time, Rajshahi just managed to finish in the top 4 during the league stage, winning 5 games out of 12 matches. Their campaign ended as they were disqualified during
504-469: The league's first season. He has since played in the competition for five of the eight franchises to have competed. In 2013–14 he scored 129 runs, batting alongside Roshen Silva to set a new highest fourth wicket partnership in List A cricket, the pair scored 276 runs playing for Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club against Abahani Limited in a Dhaka Premier Division match. As of December 2022 this remains
532-445: The overseas department in the draft. They bought Mominul Haque , Farhad Reza and some more local talents also from the draft. They also signed Kiwi all-rounder James Franklin and Jamaican seamer Kesrick Williams mid-tournament. They chose hard-hitting t20 specialist batting all-rounder Sabbir Rahman as their icon player. The kings started off with a 3 run defeat to Khulna Titans and lost to Barisal Bulls (Sabbir 122) in
560-410: The overseas department, they signed the likes of Isuru Udana and Ryan ten Doeschate . Their head coach Lance Klusener was present in the event. The team signed South African Al-rounder JP Duminy as one of their direct signings. But later, BCB decided to run this edition of the BPL themselves without taking any franchises, which meant the new signing could not represent this team on this edition of
588-529: The playoffs. The kings were the other new team alongside Khulna Titans participating this year. They signed Mohammad Sami and Darren Sammy (who was, later on, made the skipper) pre-draft. As they were one of the new teams, the kings were allowed to select two local cricketers in the draft before the initial procedure. They selected Mehedi Hasan and Nurul Hasan . They signed Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga (missed whole tournament due to national commitments), English all-rounder Samit Patel and more from
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#1732797950851616-449: The season, this time against the touring Sri Lankans . In November 2014 Mominul scored his fourth Test century, again at Chittagong, this time with Zimbabwe as the opponents . By May 2015 he had played 15 Test matches and became only the fifth batsman to score a half-century in at least one innings of a Test match in 11 consecutive matches. After a half-century on the side's tour of New Zealand in early 2017, he struggled for form and
644-402: The side still defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in the first Test, chasing a total of 395, the fifth-highest successful run chase . In the second Test, chasing 248 Bangladesh fell short, losing both Test matches on the tour. In April 2021, Bangladesh toured Sri Lanka for a two-match series. Mominul scored 127 in the first Test, his first Test century outside of Bangladesh. After securing
672-585: The team sponsor. They renamed it to ‘Rajshahi Royals’ . In November 2019, post players draft, Shoaib Malik and Andre Russell were included in Rajshahi Royals team in the 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League . Varendri dialect North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali ( বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা ) is a dialect of the Bengali language , spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of
700-469: The team was acquired by Valentine Group and named the team Durbar Rajshahi , following the exit of Comilla Victorians in 2025 Bangladesh Premier League . 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
728-580: The tournament. However, 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 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. IPC Group became
756-619: Was appointed as the 11th captain of Bangladesh's Test side in October 2019 when Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all forms of cricket for two years by the International Cricket Council after breaching the ICC's Anti-Corruption code. Mominul's first series as a Test captain was the two-match tour of India in November 2019 . Bangladesh lost both matches by an innings inside three days. His first victory as captain came in
784-475: Was dropped from the squad ahead of Australia's tour of Bangladesh in August. Twenty-four hours later he was recalled for the first Test. In January 2018, Mominul scored centuries in each innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka , scoring 176 and 105 not out . This was the first time a Bangladeshi batsman had scored hundreds in both innings of a Test match. Mominul captained the Bangladesh A side in 2015. He
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