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Rangpur Riders
Rangpur Riders (Bengali: রংপুর রাইডার্স), is a professional franchise cricket team based in Rangpur. The Riders compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premier cricket league in Bangladesh. This team took part in 2024 Global Super League and became the champion gaining their maiden title.
Although the ownership of the team changed multiple times, the team structure has stayed at its original form since the foundation of the team.
In the 5th edition of BPL, they defeated Dhaka Dynamites in the finals to win their first title.
On 16 November 2019, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Incepta Pharmaceuticals as the sponsor of the team, and it was renamed to Rangpur Rangers. The team was excluded from 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League. In September 2022, Bashundhara Group acquired the ownership and renamed the team back to Rangpur Riders. Rangpur and American Minor League Cricket club Atlanta Fire co-own the Atlanta Riders, who began play in the US Masters T10 league in 2023.
The Rangpur Riders was ISports established in 2012, after the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The team was bought by Mustafa Rafiqul Islam, owner of iSports Limited. The franchise right were bought for US$1.1 million at a closed-door auction. Haque Brothers Industries Limited also participated in the bid, but failed to outbid iSports Limited, a sister-concern of Flora Telecom. The Riders joined the tournament in 2013 as the seventh team, representing the newly declared Rangpur Division. The team ownership was transferred to Sohana Sports which is now managed by Bashundhara Group, a pioneering conglomerate of Bangladesh.
The North-South derby is a cricket rivalry between Rangpur Riders & Fortune Barishal in BPL. It is a new rivalry in BPL. The rivalry became more intense when, during the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League faceoff between the two teams in playoff round. Rangpur won 1 title and played playoffs 6 times. Other hand Barishal played in final 5 times and won 2 time, also Playoffs Appearances 3 time in BPL.
Rangpur Riders were the newest addition to franchise during the second edition of the league. The team began its league run with Nasir Hossain as their icon player, and Abdur Razzak (cricketer) as the captain. Pakistani legendary spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was appointed as the coach. The Riders picked up their first victory against Chittagong Kings, winning by 6 wickets. The team ended the season with five wins, and seven loss, resulting in a point-table tie with Duronto Rajshahi, later dropping off from the playoffs due to lower Net Run Rate than Rajshahi. Nasir Hossain was the highest paid cricketer of the team with a salary of US$208,000.
Riders of Hope got its hope for this season when they purchase Shakib Al Hasan as their Icon player for this season in the newly introduced Player Draft policy instead of Bidding like previous 2 seasons.
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Rangpur Riders
Rangpur Riders (Bengali: রংপুর রাইডার্স), is a professional franchise cricket team based in Rangpur. The Riders compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premier cricket league in Bangladesh. This team took part in 2024 Global Super League and became the champion gaining their maiden title.
Although the ownership of the team changed multiple times, the team structure has stayed at its original form since the foundation of the team.
In the 5th edition of BPL, they defeated Dhaka Dynamites in the finals to win their first title.
On 16 November 2019, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Incepta Pharmaceuticals as the sponsor of the team, and it was renamed to Rangpur Rangers. The team was excluded from 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League. In September 2022, Bashundhara Group acquired the ownership and renamed the team back to Rangpur Riders. Rangpur and American Minor League Cricket club Atlanta Fire co-own the Atlanta Riders, who began play in the US Masters T10 league in 2023.
The Rangpur Riders was ISports established in 2012, after the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The team was bought by Mustafa Rafiqul Islam, owner of iSports Limited. The franchise right were bought for US$1.1 million at a closed-door auction. Haque Brothers Industries Limited also participated in the bid, but failed to outbid iSports Limited, a sister-concern of Flora Telecom. The Riders joined the tournament in 2013 as the seventh team, representing the newly declared Rangpur Division. The team ownership was transferred to Sohana Sports which is now managed by Bashundhara Group, a pioneering conglomerate of Bangladesh.
The North-South derby is a cricket rivalry between Rangpur Riders & Fortune Barishal in BPL. It is a new rivalry in BPL. The rivalry became more intense when, during the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League faceoff between the two teams in playoff round. Rangpur won 1 title and played playoffs 6 times. Other hand Barishal played in final 5 times and won 2 time, also Playoffs Appearances 3 time in BPL.
Rangpur Riders were the newest addition to franchise during the second edition of the league. The team began its league run with Nasir Hossain as their icon player, and Abdur Razzak (cricketer) as the captain. Pakistani legendary spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was appointed as the coach. The Riders picked up their first victory against Chittagong Kings, winning by 6 wickets. The team ended the season with five wins, and seven loss, resulting in a point-table tie with Duronto Rajshahi, later dropping off from the playoffs due to lower Net Run Rate than Rajshahi. Nasir Hossain was the highest paid cricketer of the team with a salary of US$208,000.
Riders of Hope got its hope for this season when they purchase Shakib Al Hasan as their Icon player for this season in the newly introduced Player Draft policy instead of Bidding like previous 2 seasons.