Sylhet Strikers
Sylhet Strikers (Bengali: সিলেট স্ট্রাইকার্স, Sylheti:ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠍꠤꠇꠍꠣꠞꠡ) is a professional cricket franchise team based in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The team competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. The franchise made its debut at the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League.
| সিলেট স্ট্রাইকার্স | ||
| League | Bangladesh Premier League | |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||
| Captain | Mashrafe Mortaza | |
| Coach | Rajin Saleh | |
| Owner | Future Sports Bangladesh | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Sylhet, Bangladesh | |
| Founded | 2012 (as Sylhet Royals) 2015 (as Sylhet Super Stars) 2017 (as Sylhet Sixers) 2019 (as Sylhet Thunder) 2021 (as Sylhet Sunrisers) 2023 (as Sylhet Strikers) | |
| Home ground | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | |
| History | ||
| Bangladesh Premier League wins | 0 (Runner Up 2023) | |
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The team was owned by Sylhet Sports Limited in the care of Bangladesh's former Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. His son, Shahed Muhith is the Chairman of the team. The Sixers announced Waqar Younis as head coach and International Cricketer, David Warner as captain for the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League. Former Bangladesh National Cricket Team all-rounder Alok Kapali took over as captain after Warner's departure, due to injury.
On 16 November 2019, 24Bazar.biz was named as the sponsor of the team and it was renamed to Sylhet Thunder. The team changed ownership ahead of the 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League. The team was rebranded as Sylhet Sunrisers after changing owners ahead of 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League.
In September 2022, Future Sports Bangladesh acquired the ownership and renamed the team to Sylhet Strikers.