Bangla Tigers

The Bangla Tigers cricket team represents an international identity rather than a single nation, and its journey began in the relatively recent past. Established in 2019, this team, bestowed with a name that carries cultural vibrancy and fierce spirit, emulates the tenacity and passion of the people it represents. Despite being a relatively young team in the cricketing world, the Bangla Tigers have made considerable strides in various tournaments, chiefly competing in franchise-based leagues like the T10 format.

While the team still seeks major championships, their development over the seasons has been quite noteworthy. They have posted commendable performances in several editions of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, constantly improving their standings and gaining a devoted fan following. The relentless push towards victory characterises their spirit, and they aim to make a significant mark on the cricketing landscape in due time.

A collection of vibrant talents and seasoned international players has formed the backbone of the Bangla Tigers. Key players who have donned the jersey include the likes of Andre Fletcher, Tom Moores, and Johnson Charles, who have been pivotal in providing explosive batting performances. Their contributions with the bat have led to numerous thrilling matches that keep fans on the edge of their seats.

Among the memorable contests the Tigers have been a part of, encounters with teams like Northern Warriors and Delhi Bulls have fostered budding rivalries. These matches are often nail-biting affairs, showcasing thrilling displays of power hitting and crafty bowling, which resonate well with the fans.

Characterised by an aggressive style of play, the Bangla Tigers exemplify the fast-paced nature of the T10 format. Their strengths lie in powerful batting up front and a knack for producing match-winning performances out of nowhere. Yet, what often stands out is their never-say-die attitude, reminiscent of the spirit that their moniker suggests.

The team plays their home fixtures at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. While geographically distant from their cultural namesake, the energy of the fans who flock to the stadium during match days creates a tangible home-like atmosphere. The supporters, often a fascinating mix of expats and local enthusiasts, bring vibrancy to the stands, fostering a unique cricketing culture that merges diverse traditions.

Though the team lacks extensive and deep-seated traditions, the growing fan culture and the collective anticipation for what’s next make following the Bangla Tigers an intriguing affair. As the team continues to evolve, they surely have the potential to carve out a legacy that matches the robust symbolism of their name.

Regular Season, 32nd Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 30, 2024

Bangla Tigers

87/4 (10)

UP Nawabs

88/3 (8)

UP Nawabs won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Tymal Mills

Regular Season, 25th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 28, 2024

Deccan Gladiators

74/1 (5.1)

Bangla Tigers

72/6 (10)

Deccan Gladiators won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Richard Gleeson

Regular Season, 22nd Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 27, 2024

Ajman Bolts

133/1 (10)

Bangla Tigers

102/6 (10)

Ajman Bolts won by 31 runs

Player of the Match

Alex Hales

Regular Season, 20th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 26, 2024

Bangla Tigers

110/0 (7.5)

Northern Warriors

107/5 (10)

Bangla Tiger won by 10 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mohammad Shahzad

Regular Season, 18th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 25, 2024

Delhi Bulls

123/6 (10)

Bangla Tigers

124/3 (9.4)

Bangla Tigers won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Liam Livingstone

Regular Season, 9th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 23, 2024

Bangla Tigers

66/8 (10)

New York Strikers

70/3 (6)

New York Strikers won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Akeal Hosein

Regular Season, 2nd Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 21, 2024

Morrisville Samp Army

108/4 (9.3)

Bangla Tigers

106/1 (10)

Morrisville Samp Army won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Jack Taylor

Play Offs, Eliminator, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 8, 2023

Deccan Gladiators

114/0 (6.4)

Bangla Tigers

112/6 (10)

Deccan Gladiators won by 10 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Nicholas Pooran

Regular Season, 26th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 7, 2023

Chennai Brave Jaguars

99/6 (9.5)

Bangla Tigers

126/5 (10)

Bangla Tigers won by 27 runs

Player of the Match

Dasun Shanaka

Regular Season, 20th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 5, 2023

Bangla Tigers

82/10 (10)

Morrisville Samp Army

85/4 (8.2)

Morrisville Samp Army won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Qais Ahmad

Colin Ingram
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 39

Andre Fletcher
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 37

Rilee Rossouw
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 35

Thisara Perera
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Robbie Frylinck
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Qais Ahmad
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 24

Chirag Suri
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 30

Tom Moores
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 28

David Wiese
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Kevin Koththiigoda
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 26

Liam Plunkett
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 40

Shehan Jayasuriya
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Farhad Reza
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Prabath Jayasuriya
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Johnson Charles
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 36

Afif Hossain
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25

Karim Janat
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Mohammad Irfan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 42

Fazalhaq Farooqi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

George Garton
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 28

Adam Hose
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Matheesha Pathirana
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Will Jacks
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 26

Hazratullah Zazai
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27

Isuru Udana
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Benny Howell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Faf du Plessis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 40

Sabir Rao
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Luke Wood
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

James Faulkner
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Tom Hartley
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 26

Vishnu Sukumaran
Position: Batsman
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Hassan Khalid
Position: Bowler
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Mohammad Amir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 33

Luke Fletcher
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Will Smeed
Position: Batsman
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 23

Shakib Al Hasan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 38

Ben Cutting
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Colin Munro
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Evin Lewis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Jake Ball
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Joe Clarke
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 28

Rohan Mustafa
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 36

Umair Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 39

Mrittunjoy Chowdhury
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Iftikhar Ahmed
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Yasir Kaleem
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 24

Jake Lintott
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 32

Lewis Gregory
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Chris Lynn
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35

Jordan Cox
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Kusal Mendis
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 30

David Miller
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 35

Daniel Sams
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Carlos Brathwaite
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Dominic Drakes
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Dasun Shanaka
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Haider Ali
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Joshua Little
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Abdul Ghaffar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 34

Avishka Fernando
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Matiullah Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Shannon Gabriel
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36

Pathum Nissanka
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 26

Robin Uthappa
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Tom Abell
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Gulbadin Naib
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Ikram Alikhil
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Rashid Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 26

Liam Livingstone
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 31

David Payne
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Luqman Faisal
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Nav Pabreja
Position: Bowler
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

Mohammad Shahzad
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 37

Almas Ayub
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Ravindu Rathnayake
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Imran Khan Jr
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Henry Brookes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Hafiz Al Amas
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 30

Dinesh Karthik
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 39

Ollie Edward Robinson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31