Club: | Khulna Titans খুলনা টাইটানস |
Season: | 2016 Bangladesh Premier League |
Coach: | Stuart Law |
Captain: | Mahmudullah |
Comp1: | BPL |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
The Khulna Titans are a franchise cricket team based in Khulna, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They are one of the seven teams that are competing in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. The team is captained by Mahmudullah Riyad.
The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September.[1] Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season.[2] A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.[3]
Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Sylhet Super Stars and the introduction of two new teams, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings. Transfers included the move of Barisal Bulls captain Mahmudullah Riyad to the Khulna Titans.[4]
Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.912 | ||||||||||||||||||
Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.233 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.208 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 | ||||||||||||||||||
Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 4 December 2016 |
Name | Nat | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed Year | Notes | ||
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Batsmen | |||||||
Lendl Simmons | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Alok Kapali | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | 2016 | ||||
Ariful Haque | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ||||
Hasanuzzaman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ||||
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break | 2016 | |||||
Right-hand bat | 2016 | ||||||
All-rounders | |||||||
Mahmudullah Riyad | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break | 2016 | Captain | |||
Mosharraf Hossain | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ||||
Shuvagata Hom | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break | 2016 | ||||
Taibur Rahman | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ||||
Benny Howell | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | 2016 | Overseas | ||||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
Riki Wessels | Right-hand bat | N/A | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Nicholas Pooran | Left-hand bat | N/A | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Andre Fletcher | Right-hand bat | N/A | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Bowlers | |||||||
Shafiul Islam | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ||||
Ben Laughlin | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast medium | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Junaid Khan | Right-hand bat | Left-arm fast | 2016 | Overseas | |||
Naeem Islam jnr | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ||||
Mohammad Asghar | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Overseas | |||