Uttara Sporting Club
Uttara Sporting Club is a cricket team in Bangladesh, named after the suburb of Uttara in the north-west of Dhaka. They were one of the twelve teams to take part in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League and the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.[1][2]
Personnel | |
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Captain | Shakhir Hossain |
Overseas player | Raza Ali Dar |
Overseas player | Manan Sharma |
Team information | |
Founded | 2019 |
In February 2019, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, beating Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity by six wickets.[3] The following month, they won their opening match of the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, beating Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by 9 runs.[4] However, following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures, the team finished bottom of the table, and therefore moved to the Relegation League playoffs section of the tournament.[5][6] In the relegation playoffs, they finished in second place of the three teams, and were relegated to the First Division for the next season.[7]
List A record
- 2018-19: 13 matches, won 4, finished eleventh
References
- "Abahani pitted in tough group in DPL T20". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "Premier cricket league players draft completed". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "Hom shines again as Shinepukur reach semis". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- "Premier Cricket League: Rupganj, Uttara seal victory in last overs". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- "Rupganj qualify for Super League with advantage; BKSP, Brothers Union enter relegation playoffs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Mohammedan reach Super League in last-over thriller". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Soumya Sarkar slams record double-ton as Abahani win 20th DPL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2019.