Legends of Rupganj
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| LOR | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lutfar Rahman Badal |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2014 |
Legends of Rupganj is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division. Rupganj, in Narayanganj District, just to the east of Dhaka, is the home town of the club's founding owner, Lutfar Rahman Badal.[1]
Under their previous name, Gazi Tank Cricketers, they won the title in 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, under their new name and ownership, they finished fifth.[2]
- 2014–15: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
- 2015–16: 16 matches, won 9, finished third
- 2016–17: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2017–18: 16 matches, won 10, finished second
- 2018–19: 16 matches, won 13, finished second
- 2021–22: 15 matches, won 11, finished second
- 2022–23: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
- 2023–24: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
- 2024–25: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth
Naeem Islam captained the team from 2017–18 to 2021–22, Mashrafe Mortaza in 2022–23.
Records
The team's highest score is 141 by Ashar Zaidi against Old DOHS Sports Club in the first match of the 2014–15 season.[3] The best bowling figures are 6 for 33, performed twice: by Naeem Islam against Partex Sporting Club, in the second match of the 2014–15 season,[4] and by Mohammad Sharif, who also took a hat-trick in the same innings, against Gazi Group Cricketers in 2017–18.[5]
