Khulna Tigers
Khulna Tigers (Bengali: খুলনা টাইগার্স) are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for the Khulna Royal Bengals who had participated in the first two seasons of the BPL. The Tigers use Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for home games.
খুলনা টাইগার্স | ||
League | Bangladesh Premier League | |
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Personnel | ||
Captain | Anamul Haque | |
Coach | Talha Jubair | |
Owner | MindTree Limited | |
Team information | ||
City | Khulna, Bangladesh | |
Founded | 2012 2016 (as Khulna Titans) 2019– (as Khulna Tigers) | (as Khulna Royal Bengals)|
Home ground | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | |
History | ||
Bangladesh Premier League wins | 0 | |
Official website | www | |
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During the 2016/17 season, the team was captained by Mahmudullah Riyad and was coached by Stuart Law.
For the 2017/18 Bangladesh Premier League season, Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as the head coach replacing Stuart Law who took up duties as the head coach of West Indies cricket team. On 16 November 2019, MindTree Limited and Premier Bank Limited was named as the sponsor of the team and the team was renamed to Khulna Tigers from Khulna Titans.