Khulna Division cricket team
Local cricket team in Bangladesh representing Khulna Division
The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class team representing the Khulna Division in south-west Bangladesh, one of the country's eight administrative regions. The team competes in the National Cricket League and National Cricket League Twenty20. They were a participant in the now-defunct National Cricket League One-Day.
While the team originally adopted the name Kings of Khulna for the inaugural NCL T20 season in 2010, it returned to the format under the divisional name for the 2024–25 NCL T20 revival. Khulna played in black and yellow. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Khulna Tigers.
Khulna's main home ground is the Khulna Divisional Stadium in Khulna city, which has a capacity of 15,000.
Khulna have won the NCL seven times, including the three consecutive seasons 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18, and they won the 2002–03 National Cricket League One-Day.
Honours
National Cricket League (7) – 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2002–03
Seasons
Current squad
As of 2 November 2023, the squad for the 2023–24 season.
Venues
Until 2004 Khulna used Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore for its home matches.
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