2025 Chittagong Kings season

Chittagong Kings
2025 season
Coach	Shaun Tait
Captain	Mohammad Mithun
Ground(s)	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

The 2025 season is the 11th season so far for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Chittagong Kings. They are one of the two new teams going to participate in the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League changing their name from Chattogram Challengers to Chittagong Kings.^[1] They are yet to win the title. Their best performance is reaching the final and being runners up in 2013 season.

Music

Jaago Chittagong Kings" is the official theme song of the Chittagong Kings cricket team. The song was produced by DJ AKS The tune was Composed by Sajib Das, with Vocals and lyrics by Raju and Enu Syed. ^[2]

Squad

Captain Overseas player

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Haider Ali	Pakistan	Right-handed	—
Zubaid Akbari	Afghanistan	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Khawaja Nafay	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Graham Clark	England	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Mohammad Mithun	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Usman Khan	Pakistan	Right-handed	—
Parvez Hossain Emon	Bangladesh	Left-handed	—
Lahiru Milantha	United States	Left-handed	—
All-rounders
~~Shakib Al Hasan~~	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	—
Rahatul Ferdous	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	—
~~Moeen Ali~~	England	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Hussain Talat	Pakistan	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Shamim Hossain	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	—
Naeem Islam	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	—
Marshall Ayub	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	—
~~Angelo Mathews~~	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Ali Raja	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Tom O'Connell	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
Pace Bowlers
Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Khaled Ahmed	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	—
Binura Fernando	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Ifran Hossain	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	—
Shoriful Islam	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	—
Maruf Mridha	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	—
Spin Bowlers
Arafat Sunny	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	—
Aliss Islam	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	—
Sheikh Parvez Jibon	Bangladesh	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	—
Nabil Samad	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	—

Coaching Panel

Position	Name
Head coach	Shaun Tait
Assistant coach	Enamul Haque
Team Director	Nasir Ahmed
Team Manager	Lablur Rahman
Mentor & goodwill ambassador	Shahid Afridi
Batting coach	Mahbubul Alam
Bowling coach	TBA
Fielding coach	TBA

League stage

Points Table

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

Source: ESPNcricinfo & Cricbuzz

Win-loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Q1	El	Q2	F	Pos.
Chittagong Kings	Khulna 37 runs	Rajshahi 105 runs	Dhaka 7 wickets	Sylhet 30 runs	Khulna 45 runs	Rangpur 33 runs	Barishal 6 wickets	Rajshahi 111 runs	Dhaka 8 wickets	Rangpur 5 wickets	Sylhet 96 runs	Barishal 24 runs	Barishal 9 wickets	—	Khulna ?

Team's results→	Won	Tied	Lost	N/R

Matches^[3]

Match 3
31 December 2024
12:00
Scorecard

Khulna Tigers 203/4 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Kings 166/10 (18.5 overs)
Will Bosisto 75* (50) Aliss Islam 2/17 (4 overs)		Shamim Hossain 78 (38) Abu Hider 4/44 (3.5 overs)

Khulana Tigers won by 37 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Mahidul Islam Ankon (Khulna Tigers)

Chittagong Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
3 January 2025
14:00
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 219/5 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 114 (17.1 overs)
Usman Khan 123 (62) Taskin Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Haris 32 (15) Aliss Islam 3/17 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 105 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Ban)
Player of the match: Usman Khan (Chittagong Kings)

Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14
9 January 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Dhaka Capitals 177/5 (20 overs)	v	Chittagong Kings 180/3 (19.3 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 82* (33) Khaled Ahmed 3/21 (4 overs)		Usman Khan 55 (33) Mustafizur Rahman 1/23 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 7 wickets
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Khaled Ahmed (Chittagong Kings)

Chittagong Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19
13 January 2025
13:30
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 203/6 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Strikers 173/8 (20 overs)
Graham Clark 60 (33) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/38 (4 overs)		George Munsey 52 (37) Mohammad Wasim 3/25 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 30 runs
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Ali Arman (Ban)
Player of the match: Graham Clark (Chittagong Kings)

Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
16 January 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 200/7 (20 overs)	v	Khulna Tigers 155/9 (20 overs)
Graham Clark 101 (50) Mohammad Nawaz 3/29 (4 overs)		Darwish Rasooli 37 (31) Arafat Sunny 3/25 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 45 runs
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman and Sharfuddoula
Player of the match: Graham Clark (Chittagong Kings)

Khulna Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
17 January 2025
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.

Match 25
19 January 2025
13:30
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 121/8 (20 overs)	v	Fortune Barishal 122/4 (16.5 overs)
Mohammad Mithun 35 (34) Faheem Ashraf 3/12 (4 overs)		Dawid Malan 56* (41) Khaled Ahmed 2/27 (3.5 overs)

Fortune Barishal won by 6 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Dawid Malan (Fortune Barishal)

Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.

Match 28
20 January 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 191/8 (20 overs)	v	Durbar Rajshahi 80 (14.2 overs)
Naeem Islam 56 (41) Taskin Ahmed 2/23 (4 overs)		Anamul Haque 21 (21) Naeem Islam 2/6 (3 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 111 runs
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Naeem Islam (Chittagong Kings)

Durbar Rajshahi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 29
22 January 2025
13:30
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 148/6 (20 overs)	v	Dhaka Capitals 149/2 (18.1 overs)
Naeem Islam 44 (40) Mosaddek Hossain 2/13 (3 overs)		Tanzid Hasan 90* 54 Aliss Al Islam 1/18 (4 overs)

Dhaka Capitals won by 8 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Umpires: Gazi Sohel and Muhammad Kamruzzaman
Player of the match: Tanzid Hasan (Dhaka Capitals)

Chittagong Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 37
29 January 2025
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.

Match 40
30 January 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 196/8 (20 overs)	v	Sylhet Strikers 100 (15.2 overs)
Khawaja Nafay 52 (30) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 3/37 (4 overs)		Zakir Hasan 19 (12) Shoriful Islam 4/5 (3.2 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 96 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Shoriful Islam (Chittagong Kings)

Sylhet Strikers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 42
1 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 206/4 (20 overs)	v	Fortune Barishal 182/7 (20 overs)
Parvez Hossain Emon 75 (41) Taijul Islam 2/46 (4 overs)		Dawid Malan 67 (34) Binura Fernando 2/18 (4 overs)

Chittagong Kings won by 24 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Parvez Hossain Emon (Chittagong Kings)

Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

Match 44
3 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings 149/9 (20 overs)	v	Fortune Barishal 150/1 (17.2 overs)
Shamim Hossain 79 (47) Mohammad Ali 5/24 (4 overs)		Towhid Hridoy 82* (56) Khaled Ahmed 1/34 (4 overs)

Fortune Barishal won by 9 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Fortune Barishal)

Fortune Barishal won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2

Match 45
5 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chittagong Kings	v	Khulna Tigers

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Controversies

There was a payment-related issue with Chittagong Kings, as some player's cheques were bounced back several times. However, their owner acknowledged the issue, stating that he was withholding payment due to lack of self-satisfaction.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "BPL primer: Chittagong Kings back, Comilla Victorians out, Rangpur Riders flying high". ESPN.
^ Chittagong Kings (6 January 2025). Theme Song of Chittagong Kings 🎶 #themesong #ctgkings #bpl2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via YouTube.
^ "Chittagong Kings BPL 2025 schedule". Cricbuzz.
^ "Kings owner admits Emon's non-payment". The Daily Star. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
^ Sun, Daily. "Now Chittagong Kings join the party". daily-sun. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[1] "BPL primer: Chittagong Kings back, Comilla Victorians out, Rangpur Riders flying high". ESPN.

[2] Chittagong Kings (6 January 2025). Theme Song of Chittagong Kings 🎶 #themesong #ctgkings #bpl2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via YouTube.

[3] "Chittagong Kings BPL 2025 schedule". Cricbuzz.

[4] "Kings owner admits Emon's non-payment". The Daily Star. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[5] Sun, Daily. "Now Chittagong Kings join the party". daily-sun. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

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2025 Chittagong Kings season

Music

Squad

Coaching Panel

League stage

Points Table

Win-loss table

Matches^[3]

Playoffs

Controversies

References

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2025 Chittagong Kings season

Music

Squad

Coaching Panel

League stage

Points Table

Win-loss table

Matches[3]

Playoffs

Controversies

References

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Matches^[3]