Kings of Khulna
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Kings of Khulna is the franchise representing Khulna
Khulna
Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh. It is located on the banks of the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers in Khulna District. It is the divisional headquarters of Khulna Division and a major industrial and commercial center. It has a seaport named Mongla on its outskirts, 38 km from Khulna...

 in the Bangladesh NCL (National Cricket League) Twenty20
Bangladesh NCL (National Cricket League) Twenty20
The National Cricket League Twenty 20 , is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Bangladesh Cricket Board...

, a Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 tournament. The team is led by Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...

. Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...

 is also their team's Icon Player
Icon player
In the Indian Premier League, an icon player is a player who can only play for his home city in the competition. Each team is assigned at most one icon player. Unlike all the other players initially recruited by teams, the icon players were not bid for in the player auction of 20 February 2008. The...

. The official colors are black and yellow. The team also has three players who are iconic. In Kings of Khulna it is bowler Abdur Razzak who has been on the Bangladesh national team as one of their top spinners. Also the opening batsman Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for Khulna Division as a left-hand batsman and occasional wicket-keeper....

 who has the most runs in the tournament. And also the batsman Dolar Mahmud
Dolar Mahmud
Dolar Mahmud is a Bangladeshi first class cricketer. A former Bangladesh Under-19's representative, he plays domestic cricket for Khulna Division. Mahmud has also played for Bangladesh A...

. They are owned by ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows,...

 which is a leading television channel in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

.

Cricket Ground

The cricket ground for the Kings is the Khulna Divisional Stadium
Khulna Divisional Stadium
Khulna Divisional Stadium, also known as Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium is a One Day International Cricket venue in Khulna, Bangladesh. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 2004....

. So all their home matches are played at this stadium.
Khulna Divisional Stadium, also known as Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium is a One Day International Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 venue in Khulna
Khulna
Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh. It is located on the banks of the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers in Khulna District. It is the divisional headquarters of Khulna Division and a major industrial and commercial center. It has a seaport named Mongla on its outskirts, 38 km from Khulna...

, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 2004.

Owners

The owners are ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows,...

. ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows,...

 is a top channel in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It broadcasts on Sky 827. ATN is also the channel which broadcasts all the matches for this torunement.
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 digital cable
Digital cable
Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...

 television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

  The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows, and more.

The channel started broadcast in South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

 on 16 July 1997. Broadcasts to Europe began in 2001.

One of its programmes, Amrao pari (We, too, Can), won the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award at the 32nd International Emmy Awards Gala in 2004. The documentary was shot and directed by 18 teenagers from Bangladesh, and was focused on the true story of Abul Khaer, a 9 year old boy, who stopped a passenger train from approaching a disjointed railtrack, and prevented a train disaster..

2009/10 Season

On the 12 of April, The Kings started with defeat on their first match against Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 for their opening match at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground abbreviated as BKSP stadium is a stadium in Savar in Dhaka. It has held many cricket matches....

 in Savar. It was there where they lost by 36 runs. Mukhtar Ali
Mukhtar Ali
Mukhtar Ali is a First class cricketer from Bangladesh who made his debut for Barisal Division in 2006/07 without making much impact on debut against Khulna Division....

 from Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 was awarded man of the match taking a five wicket haul for 21 runs. The Kings had started their tournament on a low.

On the 13 of April, Khulna was playing against Cyclones of Chittagong
Cyclones of Chittagong
Cyclones of Chittagong is the franchise representing Chittagong in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Nafees Iqbal. Tamim Iqbal is their team's Icon Player. The official colors are blue and white. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 for their second match at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. They had a great victory by 78 runs. Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for Khulna Division as a left-hand batsman and occasional wicket-keeper....

 was given the man of the match award for scoring 71 runs in 75 balls.

On the 15 April, the KIngs played Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites is the franchise representing Dhaka in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mohammad Ashraful. Mohammad Ashraful is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are Blue and yellow. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. They lost by 7 wickets with 7 balls remaining on that day. Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi international cricket player and has represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. A top-order batsman with a penchant for flashy strokeplay, he has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side...

 from Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites is the franchise representing Dhaka in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mohammad Ashraful. Mohammad Ashraful is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are Blue and yellow. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 was given the man on the match award for picking up 3 wickets for 20 runs.

On the 17 of April, for their fourth match at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka they were to play Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet is the franchise representing Sylhet in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mashrafe Mortaza. Alok Kapali is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are yellow and blue. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

. Sylhet won the match by 37 runs. Mohammad Fariduddin from Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet is the franchise representing Sylhet in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mashrafe Mortaza. Alok Kapali is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are yellow and blue. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 got the man of the match award for getting 3 wickets for 16 runs.

On the 18 of April, Khulna eased a victory a brilliant match over Barisal Blazers
Barisal Blazers
Barisal Blazers is the franchise representing Barisal in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Shahriar Nafees. Shahriar Nafees is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are green and black. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium. Khulna won by 45 runs. Abdur Razzak got his man of the match award getting 3 wickets for 17 runs only.

Kings of Khulna finished fourth of the table.

On the 19 of April, The Kings had to play Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet is the franchise representing Sylhet in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mashrafe Mortaza. Alok Kapali is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are yellow and blue. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 in the semi-finals after their victory to them in their previous match at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium. They won by 12 runs in the end. The man of the match was Mahela Udawatte
Mahela Udawatte
Mahela Lakmal Udawtte known as Mahela Udawatte is a Sri Lankan opening batsman who made his first class debut in 2004-05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen...

 for an allround performance scoring 31 off 62 balls. Khulna had made it to the finals.

On the 20 of April was the final of the NCL T20. Khulna were to play Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

. The match was tense with one wicket to Rajshahi, who bowled Khulna all out to win the tournament. The man of the match was Qaiser Abbas
Qaiser Abbas
Qaiser Abbas is a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 2000.He also played for Rajshahi Rangers in the NCL T20 Bangladesh...

 from Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 scoring 61 runs off 63 balls.

Current squad

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Batsmen
  • 03   Imrul Kayes
    Imrul Kayes
    Imrul Kayes is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for Khulna Division as a left-hand batsman and occasional wicket-keeper....

  • 13   Alviro Petersen
    Alviro Petersen
    Alviro Nathan Petersen is a South African cricketer who plays his domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He has represented his country at international level in One Day International cricket as a specialist batsman. On the 14th of February 2010, he became the third South African after Andrew...

  • 25   Tushar Imran
    Tushar Imran
    Sheikh Tushar Imran is a cricketer from Bangladesh who has represented his country in 4 Test matches and 37 One Day International...

  • 11   Mahela Udawatte
    Mahela Udawatte
    Mahela Lakmal Udawtte known as Mahela Udawatte is a Sri Lankan opening batsman who made his first class debut in 2004-05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen...

  • 18   Mohammad Sharif
    Mohammad Sharif (cricketer)
    Mohammad Sharif is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 8 Tests and 8 ODIs from 2001 to 2002. He was called in the national side after five years for the Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe for ODIs, and was recalled for tests after five and a half years for the Indian tour of Bangladesh...



All Rounders
  • 01   Shakib Al Hasan
    Shakib Al Hasan
    Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...

  • 06   Imtiaz Hossain
    Imtiaz Hossain
    Imtiaz Hossain is an experienced First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh who is also known on scoresheets by his nickname Tanna. He was born on 24 February 1985 in Sylhet, Chittagong and made his debut for Sylhet Division in 2001/02, playing through the 2006/07 season...

  • 06   Farhad Hossain
    Farhad Hossain
    Farhad Hossain is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. A useful all-rounder, he was born on 10 February 1987 in Rajshahi and made his debut for Rajshahi Division in the 2004/5 season. Up to the end of the 2006/7 season he had scored 903 first class runs at 27.36 with five fifties...


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Wicket Keepers
  • 33   Mithun Ali
    Mithun Ali
    Mithun Ali is a first class cricketer from Bangladesh who made his debut for Sylhet Division in 2006/07. A wicket keeper by trade, he also scored 26 against Dhaka Division....



Bowlers
  • 25   Dolar Mahmud
    Dolar Mahmud
    Dolar Mahmud is a Bangladeshi first class cricketer. A former Bangladesh Under-19's representative, he plays domestic cricket for Khulna Division. Mahmud has also played for Bangladesh A...

  • 29   Tareq Aziz
    Tareq Aziz
    Tareq Aziz is a Bangladeshi cricketer.He got off to a great start in his international career taking 3/19 in his debut at his hometown Chittagong in January 2002. Unfortunately there was not much to follow this success. His three Test matches brought him just one wicket for 261 runs...

  • 29   Nuwan Zoysa
    Nuwan Zoysa
    Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a lanky left-arm seam bowler, who played 30 Tests and 95 ODI's for Sri Lanka. In his eighth Test, Zoysa became the first player in the history to take a hat-trick off the first three balls of the match. He achieved this against Zimbabwe...

  • 11   Abdur Razzak
  • 29   Elias Sunny
    Elias Sunny
    -Career:He made his first class debut for Dhaka Division in Bangladesh in 2003-04 and has played for Chittagong Division in subsequent years. He is an all rounder and played for Bangladesh Under-17s in 2002/03....

  • 29   Alauddin Babu
    Alauddin Babu
    Alauddin Babu is a right-arm fast bowler who was included in the Bangladesh squad for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He took a four-wicket haul in the first four-day match against England U-19 in July 2009....

  • 02   Nurul Hasan

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  • Head Coach:  Dipu Chowdhury
  • Assistant Coach:  Shohel Islam
  • Manager:   Moinuddin
    Moinuddin
    Moinuddin, is a male Muslim name composed of the elements Muin, meaning helper and ad-Din, meaning of the faith. It may refer to*Mu'in ad-Din Unur , ruler of Damascus*Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti , Sufi saint...

  • Physiotherapist:   Enamul Hoque

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2009/10 season Results

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| 1 || 12 April || Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 || Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground abbreviated as BKSP stadium is a stadium in Savar in Dhaka. It has held many cricket matches....

 || Lost by 36 runs
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| 2 || 13 April || Cyclones of Chittagong
Cyclones of Chittagong
Cyclones of Chittagong is the franchise representing Chittagong in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Nafees Iqbal. Tamim Iqbal is their team's Icon Player. The official colors are blue and white. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Won by 78 runs
|-
| 3 || 15 April || Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Dynamites is the franchise representing Dhaka in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mohammad Ashraful. Mohammad Ashraful is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are Blue and yellow. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Lost by 7 wickets
|-
| 4 || 17 April || Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet is the franchise representing Sylhet in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mashrafe Mortaza. Alok Kapali is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are yellow and blue. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Lost by 37 runs
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| 5 || 18 April || Barisal Blazers
Barisal Blazers
Barisal Blazers is the franchise representing Barisal in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Shahriar Nafees. Shahriar Nafees is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are green and black. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Won by 45 runs
|-
| Semi-Final || 19 April || Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet
Sultans of Sylhet is the franchise representing Sylhet in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Mashrafe Mortaza. Alok Kapali is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are yellow and blue. The team also has thre players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Won by 6 wickets
|-
| Final || 20 April || Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers
Rajshahi Rangers is the franchise representing Rajshahi in the Bangladesh NCL Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Khaled Mashud. Naeem Islam is the team's Icon Player. The official colors are grey, black, and red. The team also has three players who are iconic...

 || Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium || Lost by 6 wickets
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External links

NCL T20 Website
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