The 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was an edition of the

Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, also known as the Dhaka Premier League, is a club List A tournament in Bangladesh which has been contested annually since the 1973–74 season. It has had List A status since the 2013–14 season. It is ...

, a

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competition that was held in

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. It was the sixth edition of the tournament with List A status, although almost 35 seasons have been played before achieving the status. It started on 8 March, and concluded on 23 April 2019. Directly before the List A tournament started, the inaugural edition of the

2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League The 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League was the first edition of the Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, a Twenty20 cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. It started on 25 February 2019 and concluded o ...

took place, featuring the same twelve teams. Abahani Limited were the defending champions. They won the tournament, finishing ahead of

Legends of Rupganj Legends of Rupganj is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division. Rupganj, in Narayanganj District, just to the east of Dhaka, is the home town of the club's founding owner, Lutfar Rahman Badal. History Under their previous n ...

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. It was their third List A title, and their 20th overall in the history of the competition. In their final match of the tournament, they beat

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (Bengali language, Bengali: শেখ জামাল ধানমন্ডি ক্লাব) is a professional association football, football club based in the Dhanmondi area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club com ...

by nine wickets.

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar (; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batter and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batter. He is the only batter to hit 2 sixes in the first over in a T20 World Cup ...

scored 208

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, the highest individual total in List A cricket in Bangladesh, and the first double century in List A cricket by a Bangladeshi batsman. Sarkar's innings also contained 16 sixes, also a record for a List A innings in Bangladesh. Sarkar and Jahurul Islam scored 312 runs for the opening wicket, which was another record for a List A match in Bangladesh.

Summary

Agrani Bank Cricket Club and Kala Bagan Krira Chakra were relegated in the previous tournament, and were replaced by

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) (, Bangladesh Institute of Sports Education) is the national sports institute of Bangladesh. It is residential and is located at Savar Upazila, Savar, about north-west of the capital, Dhaka, and about ...

and

Uttara Sporting Club Uttara Sporting Club, sometimes Uttara Cricket Club, is a cricket team in Bangladesh, named after the suburb of Uttara in the north-west of Dhaka. It has been actively involved in local cricket activities and has produced talented cricketers ove ...

in this edition of the competition. Ahead of the tournament, a players' draft took place. The round seven fixture between

and

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ended in a

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. It was only the third tied match in since the competition achieved List A status for the 2013–14 tournament. The round eight fixture between Mohammedan Sporting Club and

Brothers Union Brothers Union () is a professional association football, football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (football), Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Football in Bangladesh, ...

saw Mohammedan Sporting Club awarded the win, after Brothers Union refused to bat following a rain delay. Brothers Union assessed the pitch after the rain delay, saying that it was not possible to play on the wicket. Following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures,

, Abahani Limited,

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, Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Mohammedan Sporting Club and

had all qualified for the Super League section of the tournament. Meanwhile,

and

finished in the bottom three places in the table, and therefore moved to the Relegation League playoffs, with the bottom two teams being relegated to the Dhaka First Division Cricket League. Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan were the first team to be relegated to the Dhaka First Division Cricket League, after they lost to Uttara Sporting Club by one wicket in their first Relegation League fixture. In the final match of the Relegation League phase, Brothers Union beat Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan by six wickets to ensure their survival, and relegating Uttara Sporting Club in the process. Old DOHS Sports Club and

Partex Sporting Club Partex Sporting Club is a Bangladesh cricket team that has played List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier League in 2014–15, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2023–24 and 2024–25. It is owned by the Partex Group of companies. Playing history Promoted from ...

were promoted from the First Division, replacing them for the next season.

Teams

The following teams competed in the tournament: * Abahani Limited *

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Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity is a Bangladeshi cricket team that has played List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier League in 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2021–22. Its name translates as "Khelaghar Social Welfare Association". Khelaghar is ...

* Mohammedan Sporting Club *

* Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club *

Points tables

Group stage Team qualified for the Super League phase of the tournament Super League Champions Relegation League Team relegated to the Dhaka First Division Cricket League

Fixtures

Round robin

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Super League

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Relegation League

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Bangladeshi cricket seasons from 2000–01