Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team

Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier League. It is affiliated with the Mohammedan Sporting Club football team. The Mohammedan Sporting Club also has teams that compete in volleyball, hockey and badminton.

Mohammedan Sporting Club
Personnel
CaptainImrul Kayes
Overseas player(s)Jake Lintott
Anustup Majumdar
Team information
CityDhaka
Active departments of Mohammedan SC

Football (Men's)

Football (Women's)

Cricket (Men's)

Hockey (Men's)

Badminton

Volleyball

History edit

Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team won the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League title nine times in the years before it became a List A competition, second only to Abahani Limited, who won 17 times.[1]

List A record edit

  • 2013–14: 15 matches, won 9, finished fourth
  • 2014–15: 16 matches, won 8, finished sixth
  • 2015–16: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
  • 2016–17: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
  • 2017–18: 11 matches, won 5, tied 1, finished seventh
  • 2018–19: 16 matches, won 7, finished sixth
  • 2021–22: 10 matches, won 5, finished seventh

Captaincy edit

Mashrafe Mortaza captained the team in 2013–14 and 2014–15, Mushfiqur Rahim in 2015–16, Tamim Iqbal and Raqibul Hasan in 2016–17, Shamsur Rahman in 2017–18, and Raqibul Hasan and Nadif Chowdhury in 2018–19.

Current squad edit

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Shakib Al Hasan   Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Mushfiqur Rahim   Right-hand bat Wicketkeeper
Mahmudullah   Right-hand bat Right-arm off break Twenty20 Captain
Raqibul Hasan   Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break Twenty20 Captain
Nadif Chowdhury   Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox List A Captain
Avishek Mitra   Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Abdul Mazid   Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Soumya Sarkar   Right-hand bat
Parvez Hossain Emon   Right-hand bat
All-rounders
Mohammad Ashraful   Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Alauddin Babu   Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Rajat Bhatia   Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Wicketkeepers
Irfan Sukkur   Left-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Sohag Gazi   Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Saqlain Sajib   Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Mehedi Hasan Miraz   Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Rahatul Ferdous   Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Chaturanga de Silva   Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Bipul Sharma   Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Shafiul Islam   Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Qazi Onik   Left-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast
Shuvagata Hom   Left-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast
Abu Hider   Left-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast
Taskin Ahmed   Right-hand bat Right-arm fast

Records edit

The highest score is 190, the competition record at the time, by Raqibul Hasan against Abahani in 2016–17[2] and the best bowling figures are 6 for 24 by Taijul Islam in 2016–17.

References edit

  1. ^ "Morgan stars in Gazi Tank's title win". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ Isam, Mohammad. "Raqibul's mammoth 190 headlines 705-run slugfest". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links edit