The Rajshahi Kings are a franchise cricket team based in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They are one of the seven teams that competed in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. The team was being captained by Darren Sammy.
Player draft The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. Prior to the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.
Player transfers Prior to the 2016 draft, a number of high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of the Sylhet Super Stars and the introduction of two new teams, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings.
Points table
The top four teams qualified for playoffs advanced to the Qualifier advanced to the Eliminator
Squad NameNationalityBatting styleBowling styleNotes BatsmenUpul Tharanga Left-handed – Sabbir Rahman Right-handed Legbreak Mominul Haque Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Raqibul Hasan Right-handed Right-arm leg break Rony Talukdar Right-handed Right-arm slow-medium Salman Hossain Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium All-rounders Darren Sammy Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast CaptainMilinda Siriwardana Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox James Franklin Left-handed Left-arm medium Farhad Reza Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Mehidy Hasan Miraz Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Afif Hossain Left-handed Right-arm offbreak Samit Patel Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Wicket-keepersNurul Hasan Right-handed – Umar Akmal Right-handed – BowlersMohammad Sami Right-handed Right-arm fast Kesrick Williams Left-handed Right-arm fast medium Abul Hasan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Nazmul Islam Opu Left-handed slow left arm orthodox
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