Brothers Union cricket team

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Brothers Union
Personnel
CaptainMonir Hossain

Brothers Union cricket team is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. It is affiliated with the Brothers Union football team. It is one of the oldest extant cricket clubs in Bangladesh, having competed since 1973, when it was one of the clubs that competed in the Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament.[1]

List A record[edit]

  • 2013–14: 10 matches, won 4, finished seventh
  • 2014–15: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2015–16: 11 matches, won 4, finished tenth
  • 2016–17: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2017–18: 13 matches, won 6, finished tenth
  • 2018–19: 13 matches, won 4, finished tenth
  • 2021–22: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
  • 2022–23: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
  • 2023–24: 11 matches, won 3, finished eighth

The List A captains have changed from season to season. In 2023–24 the captain was Monir Hossain.

In their last match of the 2017–18 season, Brothers Union needed to score 335 runs to beat Agrani Bank and avoid relegation. At the end, they needed four off the last ball of the 50th over, and Nazmus Sadat hit a boundary to secure victory by four wickets.[2]

Current squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Fazle Mahmud Bangladesh Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Mizanur Rahman Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Yasir Ali Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Junaid Siddique Bangladesh Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
Shariful Islam Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Sharifullah Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break Twenty20 Captain
Habibur Rahman Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Chirag Jani India Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Zahiduzzaman Bangladesh Left-hand bat
Hamidul Islam Bangladesh Right-hand bat
Debabrata Das India Right-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Naeem Islam jnr Bangladesh Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh Slow left-arm orthodox
Rahatul Ferdous Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Bishawnath Halder Bangladesh Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Saud Shakeel Pakistan Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Mehedi Hasan Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Shahzada Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Sharif Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast List A Captain
Sajedul Islam Bangladesh Left-hand bat Left-arm medium
Ebadot Hossain Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Ashiquzzaman Bangladesh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium

Records[edit]

The highest score is 150 not out by Nafees Iqbal in 2013–14, and the best bowling figures are 7 for 25 by Sean Williams, also in 2013–14.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament 1972/73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Brothers save relegation in dramatic fashion". Tiger Cricket. Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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