2025–26 National Cricket League Twenty20

2025–26 National Cricket League Twenty20
Dates14 September 2025 – 12 October 2025
AdministratorBangladesh Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Playoffs
HostBangladesh
ChampionsRangpur Division (2nd title)
Runners-upKhulna Division
Participants8
Matches32
Player of the seriesAkbar Ali (Rangpur Division)
Most runsMahmudul Hasan Joy (323) (Chittagong Division)
Most wicketsHasan Murad (14) (Chittagong Division)

The 2025–26 National Cricket League Twenty20 (NCL T20) is the third edition of the National Cricket League Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Bangladesh.[1] It taking place from 14 September to 12 October 2025.[2] Eight teams, including seven divisional teams and Dhaka Metropolis will participate in the tournament.[3]

The tournament will be held in three venues across Sylhet, Rajshahi and Bogura, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).[4] The league will be used as the pathway of selecting players for the players' draft of the 2026 Bangladesh Premier League, and finding local talents to nurture them.[5][6] Rangpur Division are the defending champions.[7]

Teams

Eight teams will play in the tournament. The teams are listed below.

  1. Barisal Division
  2. Chittagong Division
  3. Dhaka Division
  4. Dhaka Metropolis
  5. Khulna Division
  6. Rajshahi Division
  7. Rangpur Division
  8. Sylhet Division

Venues

  • All matches are scheduled to be played across these three venues.
Rajshahi Bogura Sylhet
Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium Shaheed Chandu Stadium Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 18,500
Venues of NCL T20 2025

Squads

Teams Dhaka Division Dhaka Metropolis Chittagong Division Rajshahi Division Barisal Division Khulna Division Sylhet Division Rangpur Division
Captains Mahidul Islam Ankon Naim Sheikh Yasir Ali Chowdhury Rabby Najmul Hossain Shanto Sohag Gazi Mohammad Mithun Zakir Hasan Akbar Ali
Players

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Chittagong Division 7 5 1 0 1 11 1.657
2 Khulna Division 7 5 1 0 1 11 0.468
3 Dhaka Division 7 3 2 0 2 8 1.065
4 Rangpur Division 7 3 3 0 1 7 0.473
5 Dhaka Metropolis 7 3 3 0 1 7 −0.001
6 Rajshahi Division 7 2 3 0 2 6 −0.340
7 Sylhet Division 7 1 4 0 2 4 −1.708
8 Barisal Division 7 0 5 0 2 2 −2.226
Source: ESPNCricinfo

Match Summary

Below is a summary of results for each team's seven regular season matches in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

Team League Stage Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q1 El Q2 F Pos.
Barisal
(BAR) 		Dhaka
N/R 		Sylhet
2 wickets 		Rangpur
6 wickets 		Chittagong
8 wickets 		Khulna
8 wickets 		Dhaka-M
96 runs 		Rajshahi
N/R 		❌ 8th
Chittagong
(CTG) 		Khulna
N/R 		Dhaka-M
8 wickets 		Rajshahi
30 runs 		Barisal
8 wickets 		Rangpur
5 wickets 		Sylhet
99 runs 		Dhaka
5 wickets 		- -
Dhaka
(DHK) 		Barisal
N/R 		Rangpur
71 runs 		Sylhet
9 wickets 		Rajshahi
28 runs 		Dhaka-M
N\R 		Khulna
17 runs 		Chittagong
5 wickets 		- -
Dhaka-M
(DHM) 		Rajshahi
7 wickets 		Chittagong
8 wickets 		Khulna
22 runs 		Sylhet
23 runs 		Dhaka
N/R 		Barisal
96 		Rangpur
3 wicket 		❌ 5th
Khulna
(KHU) 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		- -
Rajshahi
(RAJ) 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		- -
Rangpur
(RNG) 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		- -
Sylhet
(SYL) 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		TBD
? 		- -
Team's results→ Won Draw Lost N/R

League stages

Round 1

Match 1
14 September 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Rajshahi Division
60/3 (5 overs)
v
Dhaka Metropolis
61/3 (4.3 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 33 (15)
Arif Ahmed 2/6 (1 over)
Mahfijul Islam 30* (12)
Shafiqul Islam 2/23 (2)
Dhaka Metropolis won by 7 wickets
Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman and Morshed Ali Khan
Player of the match: Mahfijul Islam (Dhaka Metropolis)
  • Dhaka Metropolis won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mahfijul Islam (Dhaka Metropolis) made his T20 debut.
Match 2
14 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogura
Umpires: Mozahiduzzaman and Tanvir Ahmed
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
Match 3
15 September 2025
10:00
Scorecard
v
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • The match was moved from Bogura due to the weather conditions.
Match 4
15 September 2025
14:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
Umpires: Mozahiduzzaman and Tanvir Ahmed
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Round 2

Match 5
26 September 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Khulna Division
171/7 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Division
172/2 (16.2 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 63 (34)
Nihaduzzaman 2/20 (3)
Habibur Rahman 94 (45)
Robiul Haque 2/25 (3)
Rajshahi won by 8 wickets
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Match 6
26 September 2025
14:00
Scorecard
v
  • The match was moved from Bogura due to the weather conditions.

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Play-offs

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00).
Qualifier 1Qualifier 2Final
9 October 2025 — Sylhet12 October 2025 — Sylhet
1Q1W
210 October 2025 — SylhetQ2W
Q1L
EliminatorEW
9 October 2025 — Sylhet
3
4

Eliminator

Match 29
9 October 2025
11:30
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Qualifier 1

Match 30
9 October 2025
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Qualifier 2

Match 31
10 October 2025
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Final

Match 32
12 October 2025
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

References

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  2. ^ "NCL T20 set to return in September across three venues". Cricfrenzy. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  3. ^ "NCL T20 to be held in 3 venues". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. ^ "ঢাকা ও চট্টগ্রামে নেই এনসিএল টি-টোয়েন্টির কোনো ম্যাচ". Cricfrenzy (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Expanding NCL welcomed by players". New Age. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  6. ^ "এনসিএল টি-টোয়েন্টিতে ভালো করলে সুযোগ মিলবে বিপিএলের ড্রাফটে". Dhaka Post (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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