খুলনা টাইগার্স | ||
League | Bangladesh Premier League | |
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Personnel | ||
Captain | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | |
Coach | Talha Jubair | |
Owner | MindTree Limited | |
Team information | ||
City | Khulna, Bangladesh | |
Founded | 2012 2016 (as Khulna Titans) 2019– (as Khulna Tigers) | (as Khulna Royal Bengals)|
Home ground | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | |
History | ||
Bangladesh Premier League wins | 0 (Runner-up 2019-20) | |
Official website | www | |
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Khulna Tigers (Bengali: খুলনা টাইগার্স) are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for the Khulna Royal Bengals who had participated in the first two seasons of the BPL. The Tigers use Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium for home games.
During the 2016/17 season, the team was captained by Mahmudullah Riyad and was coached by Stuart Law.
For the 2017/18 Bangladesh Premier League season, Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as the head coach replacing Stuart Law who took up duties as the head coach of West Indies cricket team.[1] On 16 November 2019, MindTree Limited and Premier Bank Limited was named as the sponsor of the team and the team was renamed to Khulna Tigers from Khulna Titans.[2]