Chittagong Kings

The Chittagong Kings, a cricket team representing Bangladesh, emerged onto the cricketing scene in 2012 as part of the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Despite being relatively young, the team quickly made its presence felt in the often feverish world of T20 cricket. The Kings, as they're affectionately known, have experienced their fair share of triumphs and challenges throughout their journey.

In terms of major achievements, the Chittagong Kings made their mark in the 2013 BPL season, reaching the finals, albeit finishing as the runners-up to Dhaka Gladiators. This run to the finals was a testament to their determination and skill, earning them a steadfast following in the cricketing community. While BPL titles have eluded them since, the Kings have consistently been a competitive side, frequently reaching the knockout stages.

Key players have been pivotal in their campaigns. The likes of Mashrafe Mortaza, the veteran all-rounder and former national captain, brought leadership and grit. The electrifying Tamim Iqbal, a Chittagong native, played some crucial innings at the top of the order, inspiring local pride. Another notable contributor has been Josh Hazlewood, the Australian pace bowler, who added an international edge to the team's bowling attack during his stint.

Rivalries have added spice to their campaigns, most notably with Dhaka-based teams. Matches against Dhaka have often been nail-biters, with the Kings eager to outdo their capital city counterparts. These encounters draw fervent attention from fans, both at home and abroad.

Stylishly, the Chittagong Kings are known for their aggressive batting approach, particularly in the powerplay overs. Their strengths lie in their ability to put up formidable totals, backed by a blend of local talent and international experience. Their bowling, though sometimes inconsistent, has shown flashes of brilliance, particularly through spin options exploiting the local pitches.

Culturally, the Kings hold a special place in Chittagong, the bustling port city they call home. Support for the team is passionate, with fans creating an electrifying atmosphere at their matches. The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, their home ground, becomes a cauldron of excitement and anticipation during games, testament to the deep-rooted cricketing culture in the region.

The team, despite facing the typical ebbs and flows of cricket, remains a symbol of hope and competition, driven by a loyal fanbase and a commitment to showcasing the best of Chittagong's cricketing spirit. The Chittagong Kings, through their journey, embody the dreams and aspirations of their city, reflecting a rich cricketing tapestry laden with ambition and heart.

Play Offs, Final, Bangladesh Premier League - January 23, 2026

Chattogram Royals

111/10 (17.5)

Rajshahi Warriors

174/4 (20)

Rajshahi Warriors won by 63 runs

Player of the Match

Tanzid Hasan

Play Offs, Qualifier 1, Bangladesh Premier League - January 20, 2026

Rajshahi Warriors

133/10 (20)

Chattogram Royals

134/4 (19.3)

Chattogram Royals won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mahedi Hasan

Regular Season, 22nd Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 18, 2026

Chattogram Royals

128/10 (19.4)

Dhaka Capitals

170/10 (19.5)

Dhaka Capitals won by 42 runs

Player of the Match

Saif Hassan

Regular Season, 14th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 17, 2026

Chattogram Royals

125/10 (19.5)

Rajshahi Warriors

126/7 (19.3)

Rajshahi Warriors won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Akbar Ali

Regular Season, 19th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 16, 2026

Chattogram Royals

128/5 (17)

Noakhali Express

126/10 (18.5)

Chattogram Royals won by 5 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Shoriful Islam

Regular Season, 29th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 9, 2026

Chattogram Royals

129/8 (20)

Rajshahi Warriors

128/9 (20)

Chattogram Royals won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Aamer Jamal

Regular Season, 26th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 7, 2026

Chattogram Royals

198/5 (20)

Sylhet Titans

184/10 (19.4)

Chattogram Royals won by 14 runs

Player of the Match

Mahmudul Hasan Joy

Regular Season, 16th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 5, 2026

Chattogram Royals

169/5 (20)

Rangpur Riders

170/5 (18.5)

Rangpur Riders won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Kyle Mayers

Regular Season, 7th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 4, 2026

Sylhet Titans

126/7 (20)

Chattogram Royals

130/1 (16)

Chattogram Royals won by 9 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mohammad Naim

Regular Season, 11th Match, Bangladesh Premier League - January 2, 2026

Dhaka Capitals

122/10 (19.4)

Chattogram Royals

123/0 (12.4)

Chattogram Royals won by 10 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Adam Rossington

Mohammad Mithun
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 35

Parvez Hossain Emon
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 23

Khawaja Nafay
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Haider Ali
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 25

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

Graham Clark
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 33

Binura Fernando
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Arafat Sunny
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 39

Shoriful Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Khaled Ahmed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Aliss Al Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Hussain Talat
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Naeem Islam
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Marshall Ayub
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 37

Rayad Emrit
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 45

Avishka Fernando
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Junaid Siddique
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38

Imrul Kayes
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 39

Nasir Hossain
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Ryan Burl
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 32

Nurul Hasan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 32

Rubel Hossain
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36

Nasum Ahmed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 31

Muktar Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Chadwick Walton
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 40

Enamul Haque Jnr.
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 39

Kesrick Williams
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Mohammad Mahmudullah
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40

Mahedi Hasan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 31

Lendl Simmons
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Mehedi Hasan Rana
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 29

Liam Plunkett
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 41

Pinak Ghosh
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 27

Zia ur Rehman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 28

Asela Gunaratne
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Chris Gayle
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 46

Kennar Lewis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 34

Sabbir Rahman
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 34

Afif Hossain
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 26

Benny Howell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 28

Will Jacks
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27

Mukidul Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Rejaur Rahman Raja
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Mrittunjoy Chowdhury
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Akbar Ali
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 24

Zakir Hasan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 28

Usman Khan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Shuvagata Hom
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Mehedi Maruf
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38

Unmukt Chand
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Malinda Pushpakumara
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 39

Darwish Rasooli
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 26

Al Amin
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Mohammad Nihaduzzaman
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27

Irfan Sukkur
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 33

Max O'Dowd
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Position: Allrounder
Age: 25

Abu Jayed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Ziaur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Taijul Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 34

Farhad Reza
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Tawfique Khan Tushar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 34

Curtis Campher
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Tanzid Hasan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 26

Shahadat Hossain Dipu
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Najibullah Zadran
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Imran Uzzaman
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 31

Shohidul Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Al-Amin Hossain
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Bilal Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Shykat Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Tom Bruce
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Josh Brown
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Salauddin Sakil
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Romario Shepherd
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Muhammad Waseem
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Tom O'Connell
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 25

Mohammad Wasim Jr
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Shere Bangla National Stadium
City: Mirpur, Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Capacity: 25000

Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium
City: Chittagong
Country: Bangladesh
Capacity: 22000

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
City: Sylhet
Country: Bangladesh
Capacity: 13533