The 2019–20 National Cricket League was the twenty-first edition of the

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(NCL), a

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competition that was held in

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. The tournament started on 10 October 2019, with eight teams placed into two tiers. The matches were used as the

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's preparation for their

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series against India in November 2019.

Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division () is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2022 Census of 20,353,119. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 upazilas (the next lower administrat ...

were the defending champions. On 5 November 2019, Abdur Razzak took his 600th first-class wicket, becoming the first Bangladeshi bowler to reach the milestone. On 18 November 2019,

Shahadat Hossain Shahadat Hossain (born: 7 August 1986) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2005 during Bangladesh's first tour of England. When he came to play in the international scene he was cited by the then coach Dav Whatmore as the fas ...

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was withdrawn mid-way through the match with

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, after he physically assaulted teammate Arafat Sunny. Shahadat initially faced a ban from cricket of up to one year. However, he was given a five-year ban, with two years suspended for the incident.

won the tournament, beating

by nine wickets in the final round of matches. It was their seventh win, a record for victories in the NCL. In Tier 2,

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secured promotion to Tier 1, after beating

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, also by the margin of nine wickets. Defending champions,

, finished bottom of Tier 1 and were relegated to Tier 2.

Fixtures

Tier 1

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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