The Sylhet Division cricket team is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the

Sylhet Division Sylhet Division ( bn, সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions of ...

, one of the country's seven administrative regions. The team competes in the

National Cricket League The National Cricket League is the oldest domestic first-class cricket competition in Bangladesh. It is contested by teams representing seven of the eight regional divisions of Bangladesh (there is no team from Mymensingh Division) as well as a t ...

and was formerly a participant in the now-defunct

National Cricket League One-Day The National Cricket League One-Day was the principal domestic limited overs cricket competition in Bangladesh from 2000–01 until 2010–11. It has since been superseded by the Dhaka Premier Division competition, which gained List A cricket, List ...

. In the short-lived

National Cricket League Twenty20 The 2010 National Cricket League Twenty20 ( bn, ন্যাশনাল ক্রিকেট লীগ ) tournament in Bangladesh (abbreviated as NCL 1 2010 or the NCL T20 2010), played in April 2010, was the sole edition of a now-defunct Twe ...

competition, played in the 2009–10 season only, Sylhet adopted the name Sultans of Sylhet and played in their official yellow and blue colours. The equivalent team in the

Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...

(BPL) is the Sylhet Thunder. Sylhet's main home ground is the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

city, which has a 13,500 capacity. They have never won the NCL title, and their sole honour is winning the inaugural One-Day League in 2001–02.

Honours

* National Cricket League (0) – * One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2001–02

Seasons

Current squad

, The current squad for 2019–20 season

Notable players

The following is a list of players who have played for both Sylhet and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

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Aminul Islam Bulbul Mohammad Aminul Islam ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আমিনুল ইসলাম; born 2 February 1968) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and captain. Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh playe ...

* Anisur Rahman *

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* Golam Faruq *

Hasibul Hossain Mohammad Hasibul Hossain ( bn, মোহাম্মদ হাসিবুল হোসেন) (born 3 June 1977), known as Hasibul Hossain, played five Tests (2000–01) and 32 One-Day Internationals (1995–2004) for Bangladesh. Hasibul made hi ...

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* Mohammad Rafique * Moniruzzaman *

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* Nasir Ahmed *

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* Niamur Rashid *

Rajin Saleh Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam ( bn, খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ রাজিন সালেহ আলম) (born November 20, 1983) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He was recognised for his ou ...

* Robiul Islam *

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Sylhet players who have played for countries other than Bangladesh: *

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* Faisal Iqbal *

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References

External links

CricInfo team profile

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