2025–26 Rajshahi Warriors season

Rajshahi Warriors
2025–26 season
CoachHannan Sarkar
CaptainNazmul Hossain Shanto

The 2025–26 season is the 8th season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise, Rajshahi Warriors.They as Durbar Rajshahi were one of the seven teams participating in the last season and became 5th there. They became champion the only time in the 2019–20 season as Rajshahi Royals, beating Khulna Tigers in the final.[1][2] In November 2025, the team was acquired by Nabil Group of Industries and re-named.[3][4]

Coaching Panel

Position Name
Head coach Hannan Sarkar
Assistant coach Rajin Saleh
Batting coach
Bowling coach Tareq Aziz
Team Manager Hasanuzzaman Jhoru
Trainer Mir Ifte Karul Islam
Physio Mojadded Sani

Squad

The Rajshahi Warriors squad for the 2025–26 season is:

Name Nationality Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Nazmul Hossain Shanto  Bangladesh Left-handed Right-arm off-break Captain
Tanzid Hasan  Bangladesh Left-handed N/a
Sahibzada Farhan  Pakistan Right-handed N/a Overseas
Pathum Nissanka  Sri Lanka Right-handed N/a Overseas
Yasir Ali  Bangladesh Right-handed N/a
Wicket-keepers
Mushfiqur Rahim  Bangladesh Right-handed N/a
Akbar Ali  Bangladesh Right-handed N/a
Shakhir Hossain  Bangladesh Right-handed N/a
All rounders
Jishan Alam  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm off-break N/a
SM Meherob  Bangladesh Left-handed Right-arm off-break N/a
Mohammad Nawaz  Pakistan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas
Dushan Hemantha  Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm leg-break Overseas
Hussain Talat  Pakistan Left-handed Right-arm medium fast Overseas
Jahandad Khan  Pakistan Left-handed Left-arm medium fast Overseas
Wasi Siddiquee  Bangladesh Left-handed Right-arm leg-break N/a
James Neesham  New Zealand Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
Spin bowlers
Sandeep Lamichhane    Nepal Right-handed Right-arm leg-break Overseas
Hasan Murad  Bangladesh Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox N/a
MD Rubel  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm off-break N/a
Pace bowlers
Binura Fernando  Sri Lanka Right-handed Left-arm medium fast Overseas
Tanzim Hasan Sakib  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast N/a
Ripon Mondol  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast N/a
Abdul Gaffar Saqlain  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast N/a
Robiul Haque  Bangladesh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast N/a

League stage

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 Chattogram Royals 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Dhaka Capitals 0 0 0 0 0
3 Noakhali Express 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to Eliminator
4 Rajshahi Warriors 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rangpur Riders 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sylhet Titans 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2025. Source: [ ESPNcricinfo] & Cricbuzz

Win-loss table

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1 El Q2 F Pos.
Rajshahi Warriors Sylhet
?
Dhaka
?
Noakhali
?
Rangpur
?
Chattogram
?
Dhaka
?
Sylhet
?
Rangpur
?
Noakhali
?
Chattogram
?
N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost N/R

Matches

Match 1
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26)
15:00[a] (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 3
27 December 2025 (2025-12-27)
13:00
Scorecard
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Match 6
29 December 2025 (2025-12-29)
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
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Match 10
1 January 2026 (2026-01-01)
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
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See Also

Notes

  1. ^ Due to short opening ceremony the first match of the first day will commence on 26 December 2025 at 3:00 pm local time.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mohammad Nawaz and Andre Russell fire Rajshahi Royals to BPL title". ESPNCricinfo. 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Rajshahi lift BPL trophy with victory over Khulna". 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Only five teams to feature in BPL 2025-26". ESPNCricinfo. 6 November 2025.
  4. ^ "BCB finalizes 5 teams for BPL 2026 season". BdCrictime. 4 November 2025.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference change was invoked but never defined (see the help page).