2025 Rangpur Riders season

The 2025 season is the 9th season so far for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Rangpur Riders. They were one of the seven teams that participated in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League. They won the title only a single time in 2017-18 season. This franchise is owned by Bashundhara Group.

Rangpur Riders

2025 season
Coach	Mickey Arthur
Captain	Nurul Hasan Sohan
Ground(s)	Rangpur Stadium, Rangpur
BPL League	4th
Most runs	Saif Hassan (306)
Most wickets	Akif Javed (20)

Season Summary

Rangpur Riders had a dream start of the BPL 2025 as they won all of their first 8 games of the league stage and were turned into undefeatable. But then their came the biggest disaster in this team as they lost all of their last 4 league games and finished being 3rd at the points table. Their lossing run was not stopping as they also lost the Eliminator badly by 9 wickets against Khulna Tigers.

Squad

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
James Vince	England	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Saif Hassan	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Alex Hales	England	Right-handed		Overseas player
Tawfique Khan	Bangladesh	Right hand	Right arm Leg break
Steven Taylor	United States	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Sediqullah Atal	Afghanistan	Left-handed		Overseas player
Aneurin Donald	England	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Nurul Hasan Sohan	Bangladesh	Right-handed	–	Captain
Irfan Sukkur	Bangladesh	Left-handed	–
All-rounders
Andre Russell	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Sunil Narine	West Indies	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Mahedi Hasan	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Khushdil Shah	Pakistan	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Tim David	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Mohammad Saifuddin	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Iftikhar Ahmed	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Azizul Hakim Tamim	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Curtis Campher	Ireland	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Pace bowlers
Nahid Rana	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Rejaur Rahman Raja	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Saurabh Netravalkar	United States	Right handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Akif Javed	Pakistan	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	Overseas player
Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Spin bowlers
Rakibul Hasan	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar	Afghanistan	Right handed	Right arm off-break	Overseas player

Coaching Panel

Position	Name
Head coach	Mickey Arthur
Assistant coach	Mohammad Ashraful
Batting consultant	Shahriar Nafees
Mentor & spin bowling coach	Mohammad Rafique
Fielding coach	Fahim Amin

League stage

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Fortune Barishal (C)	12	9	3	0	18	1.302	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chittagong Kings (R)	12	8	4	0	16	1.395
3	Rangpur Riders (4th)	12	8	4	0	16	0.596	Advanced to Eliminator
4	Khulna Tigers (3rd)	12	6	6	0	12	0.184
5	Durbar Rajshahi	12	6	6	0	12	−1.030
6	Dhaka Capitals	12	3	9	0	6	−0.779
7	Sylhet Strikers	12	2	10	0	4	−1.340

Source: ESPNcricinfo & Cricbuzz
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

Win-loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Q1	El	Q2	F	Pos.
Rangpur Riders	Dhaka 40 runs	Sylhet 34 runs	Barishal 8 wickets	Sylhet 8 wickets	Dhaka 7 wickets	Barishal 3 wickets	Khulna 8 runs	Chittagong 33 runs	Rajshahi 24 runs	Rajshahi 2 runs	Chittagong 5 wickets	Khulna 46 runs	—	Khulna 9 wickets	—		4th

Team's results→	Won	Tied	Lost	N/R

Matches

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).

Match 2 30 December 2024 (2024-12-30) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 191/6 (20 overs)	v	Dhaka Capitals 151/9 (20 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 49 (38) Alauddin Babu 3/43 (4 overs)		Litton Das 31 (27) Mahedi Hasan 4/27 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders win by 40 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Rangpur Riders)

• Dhaka Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 4 31 December 2024 (2024-12-31) 17:00 (N) Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 155/6 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Strikers 121/9 (20 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 47* (42) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/27 (4 overs)		Rony Talukdar 41 (36) Nahid Rana 4/27 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 34 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Nahid Rana (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Fortune Barishal 124 (18.2 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 128/2 (15 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 28 (18) Khushdil Shah 3/18 (4 overs)		Saif Hassan 62* (46) Iqbal Hossain Emon 2/41 (3 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 8 wickets. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Saif Hassan (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 9 6 January 2025 (2025-01-06) 13:30 Scorecard

Sylhet Strikers 205/4 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 210/2 (19 overs)
Rony Talukdar 54 (32) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/31 (4 overs)		Alex Hales 113* (56) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/23 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 8 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Moniruzzaman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 7 January 2025 (2025-01-07) 13:30 Scorecard

Dhaka Capitals 111 (16.3 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 113/3 (13.2 overs)
Tanzid Hasan 20 (16) Nahid Rana 3/21 (4 overs)		Alex Hales 44 (27) Mosaddek Hossain 1/13 (1 over)

Rangpur Riders won by 7 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Nahid Rana (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 9 January 2025 (2025-01-09) 13:30 Scorecard

Fortune Barishal 197/5 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 202/7 (20 overs)
Kyle Mayers 61* (29) Kamrul Islam Rabbi 2/47 (3 overs)		Khushdil Shah 48 (24) Jahandad Khan 2/48 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 3 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Ali Arman (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Nurul Hasan Sohan (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 20 13 January 2025 (2025-01-13) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 186/5 (20 overs)	v	Khulna Tigers 178/9 (20 overs)
Khushdil Shah 75* (35) Abu Hider Rony 2/37 (4 overs)		Mohammad Naim 58 (41) Akif Javed 3/29 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 8 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Akif Javed (Rangpur Riders)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 24 17 January 2025 (2025-01-17) 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 164/7 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Kings 131/8 (20 overs)
Khushdil Shah 59 (28) Aliss Islam 2/28 (4 overs)		Shamim Hossain 38 (31) Akif Javed 4/32 (4 overs)

Rangpur Riders won by 33 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Rangpur Riders)

• Chittagong Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 31 23 January 2025 (2025-01-23) 13:30 Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 170/9 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 146 (19.2 overs)
Yasir Ali 60 (32) Akif Javed 3/23 (4 overs)		Saif Hassan 43 (29) Ryan Burl 4/22 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 24 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 34 26 January 2025 (2025-01-26) 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Durbar Rajshahi 119/9 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 117/8 (20 overs)
Sunzamul Islam 28* (29) Khushdil Shah 3/19 (4 overs)		Mohammad Saifuddin 52* (31) Mrittunjoy Chowdhury 4/18 (4 overs)

Durbar Rajshahi won by 2 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mrittunjoy Chowdhury (Durbar Rajshahi)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Soumya Sarkar (Rangpur Riders) played his 100th BPL match.

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Match 37 29 January 2025 (2025-01-29) 13:30 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 143/5 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Kings 148/5 (17.4 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 65* (47) Khaled Ahmed 2/44 (4 overs)		Haider Ali 48* (18) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/25 (2 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Ban) Player of the match: Haider Ali (Chittagong Kings)

• Chittagong Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 39 30 January 2025 (2025-01-30) 13:30 Scorecard

Khulna Tigers 220/4 (20 overs)	v	Rangpur Riders 174/9 (20 overs)
Mohammad Naim 111* (62) Akif Javed 1/31 (4 overs)		Soumya Sarkar 74 (48) Musfik Hasan 3/24 (4 overs)

Khulna Tigers won by 46 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Mohammad Naim (Khulna Tigers)

• Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).

Eliminator

Match 43 3 February 2025 (2025-02-03) 13:30 Scorecard

Rangpur Riders 85 (16.5 overs)	v	Khulna Tigers 89/1 (10.2 overs)
Akif Javed 32 (18) Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3/10 (4 overs)		Mohammad Naim 48* (33) Akif Javed 1/20 (3 overs)

Khulna Tigers won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Nasum Ahmed (Khulna Tigers)

• Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.