| ফরচুন বরিশাল | |
 | |
| League | Bangladesh Premier League |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Tamim Iqbal |
| Coach | Mizanur Rahman Babul |
| Owner | Fortune Group |
| Team information | |
| City | Barishal, Barishal Division, Bangladesh |
| Founded | 2012 (as Barishal Burners) 2015 (as Barishal Bulls) |
| Home ground | Barisal Divisional Stadium, Barishal |
| History | |
| Bangladesh Premier League wins | 1 (2024) |
Fortune Barishal (Bengali: ফরচুন বরিশাল) is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Barishal Division. Following the 2015 competition, the team were one of the BPL's six existing members and participated in the league's 2016 edition.
The team was originally established in 2012 for the inaugural BPL season as the Barisal Burners (Bengali: বরিশাল বার্নার্স, often abbreviated as BB). The Burners were the BPL runners-up in 2012. The Burners were one of the teams dissolved in 2013 after the BPL's second edition.
The franchise was sold to the Axiom Technologies and rebranded as the Bulls for the 2015 edition. Axiom Technologies' chairman was banned for life from cricket and thus Awwal Bhulu was sworn in. The Bulls were coached by Graham Ford and captained by Mahmudullah Riyad in 2015/16 Bangladesh Premier League. Sri Lanka born Australian Dav Whatmore and Bangladesh's then Test Captain Mushfiqur Rahim were the head coach and captain for Season 4 (2016/17 Bangladesh Premier League) respectively.
The team was excluded from BPL 5 due to financial difficulties.[1] The team returned in BPL 8 - 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League under the ownership of Fortune Sporting Limited.[2] They won BPL 2024 after beating Comilla Victorians by 6 wickets.[3] Tamim Iqbal Khan and Dav Whatmore were the captain and head coach for Fortune Barishal in season 2024, respectively.[3]
- ^ "Barisal Bulls out of BPL 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ বিপিএলে বরিশালের হয়ে খেলবেন সাকিব, কোচ সুজন. Bdcrictime.com (in Bengali). Dhaka. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Comilla Victorians vs Fortune Barishal, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary". cricbuzz.