Agrani Bank Cricket Club is a

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team in Bangladesh. They were one of the twelve teams that took part in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournament.

History

The club is owned by Agrani Bank, one of the largest banks in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest existing cricket clubs in Bangladesh, having competed in domestic cricket since the first competitions in 1972–73. They were promoted to the Dhaka Premier Division for 2017–18 after finishing first in Group A of the Dhaka First Division Cricket League in 2016–17. In their first

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match, in the first round of the 2017–18 tournament, they beat the defending champions

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by 8 wickets. However, they finished the group stage of the 2017–18 tournament in eleventh place, therefore qualifying for the relegation playoffs. In the final match of the relegation playoffs, they lost to

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by four wickets, therefore relegating them to the Dhaka First Division Cricket League for the next season.

References

External links

Agrani Bank Cricket Club at ESPN Cricinfo
Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League teams {{cricket-team-stub