| সিলেট স্ট্রাইকার্স | ||
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| League | Bangladesh Premier League | |
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| Personnel | ||
| Captain | Mohammad Rizwan | |
| Coach | Mahmud Emon | |
| Owner | Future Sports Bangladesh | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Sylhet, Bangladesh | |
| Founded | 2012; 13 years ago (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) | |
| Official website | mysylhetstrikers | |
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Sylhet Strikers (Bengali:সিলেট স্ট্রাইকার্স) is a professional cricket franchise team based inSylhet, Bangladesh. The team competes in theBangladesh Premier League. The franchise made its debut at the2012 Bangladesh Premier League.
The team was owned by Sylhet Sports Limited in the care ofBangladesh's former Finance MinisterAbul Maal Abdul Muhith. His son, Shahed Muhith is the chairman of the team. The Sixers announcedWaqar Younis as head coach and International Cricketer,David Warner as captain for the sixth edition of theBangladesh Premier League. FormerBangladesh National Cricket Team all-rounderAlok 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.[1] The team changed ownership ahead of the2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League.[2] The team was rebranded as Sylhet Sunrisers after changing owners ahead of the2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League.[3]
In September 2022, Future Sports Bangladesh acquired the ownership and renamed the team to Sylhet Strikers.[4]
Sylhet Sixers is a new franchisee, created in 2017, competing in the Bangladesh Premier League, chaired by architect, social activist and IT Specialist Shahed Muhit. The team's management has extensive experience in sports team management. The management intends to use the team to bridge the gap between cricket stars and passionate fans and engage the youth to divert their focus to wholesome sporting activities. Sylhet Sixers is the brainchild of a Bangladesh MP, Abul Maal Abdul Muhit. A management team composed of former cricketers, coaches, lawyers, and business entrepreneurs formed to start the Sylhet Sixers. Mr. Maashed R. Abdullah and Mr. Yasir Obaid, both textile entrepreneurs, had joined the Sixers as managing director and CEO, respectively.
The Sylhet Franchise returned to BPL under the Sylhet Sixers banner. The team's icon player wasSabbir Rahman and was captained by all-rounder Nasir Hossain. They lured wicket-keeperNurul Hasan and orthodox spinner andTaijul Islam as pre-draft signings. Their foreign player signings includedKrishmar Santokie,Babar Azam,Liam Plunkett, Andre Fletcher, Upul Tharanga, Ross Whitely and more.
At the draft, pacerAbul Hasan was their first pick. Their first foreign pick was Lankan all-rounderChaturanga de Silva. Their surprise picks were little-known, inexperiencedPakistani pacerGhulam Mudassar, averaging more than 40 with the ball and picking up a solitary wicket in the 2 matches.
The team started their campaign with 4 wins in a row on their home turf.Andre Fletcher andUpul Tharanga turned out to be destructive at the top. SkipperNasir Hossain bowled well, as didLiam Plunkett. The Sixers suffered a series of injuries as the tournament went on. In the end, the Sixers finished fifth on the points table.
The Sixers decided to retainSabbir Rahman,Nasir Hossain andPakistani all-rounderSohail Tanvir. They signed Bangladesh National Cricket Team opener and wicket-keeperLiton Das as their icon player. Outside the draft, they signed Australian batsmanDavid Warner. They also signed English opening batsmanJason Roy,Nepali leg-spinnerSandeep Lamichhane, South AfricanImran Tahir,Wayne Parnell andPakistani all-rounderMohammad Nawaz.
At the draft, Sylhet signed the likes ofTaskin Ahmed,Al-Amin Hossain,Afif Hossain andAlok Kapali from the domestic category. Their international signings from the draft includedNicholas Pooran,Mohammad Irfan,Andre Fletcher, andGulbadin Naib to name a few.
During the player's direct signing period, a conflict of interest arose between BCB and all other franchises. Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in rules and regulations for this season and eliminated all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage toSheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.[5] The team is owned and managed by BCB itself.[6]
The Sylhet Strikers opened their campaign againstChattogram Challengers. The game was played on 19 January which ended in, Sylhet Strikers getting defeated by Chattogram Challengers by 7 wickets to lose their opening match. Sylhet has played 10 matches inBPL 24, won 3 and lost 7 matches.[7]
Overseas Players includeKennar Lewis,Samit Patel,Harry Tector,Benny Howell andRyan Burl.
The 2025 season was quite lacklustre and underwhelming for theSylhet franchise. They made an early exit from the tournament and finished at the bottom of the table. The team was able to recruit local talents such asJaker Ali,Rony Talukder andZakir Hasan and had retainedTanzim Hasan Sakib before the draft.Ariful Haque was made the captain of the team.
Notable foreign signings includeRahkeem Cornwall,George Munsey,Paul Stirling,Reece Topley andAaron Jones.
| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||
| George Munsey |  Scotland | Left-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | Overseas player |
| Aaron Jones |  United States | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Overseas player |
| Zawad Abrar |  Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Rony Talukder | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | |
| Zakir Hasan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | – | |
| Jaker Ali | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Paul Stirling |  Ireland | Right-handed | Right-armoff-break | Overseas player |
| Rahkeem Cornwall |  West Indies | Right-handed | Right-armoff-break | Overseas player |
| Nahidul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-armoff-break | |
| Kadeem Alleyne | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | Overseas player |
| Ahsan Hafeez |  Pakistan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Tipu Sultan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Samiullah Shinwari |  Afghanistan | Right-handed | Right-armleg-break | Overseas player |
| Ariful Haque | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-armfast medium | Captain |
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| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-armfast medium | |
| Reece Topley |  England | Right-handed | Left-armfast medium | Overseas player |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-armfast medium | |
| Sumon Khan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Right-armfast medium | |
| Ruyel Miah | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left-armfast medium | |
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| Nihaduzzaman | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jon-Russ Jaggesar | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-armoff-break | Overseas player |
| Mehedi Hasan Sohag | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| Year | League standing | Final standing |
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| 2012 | 6th out of 6 | League stage |
| 2013 | 2nd out of 7 | Playoffs |
| 2015 | 5th out of 6 | League stage |
| 2016 | Did not participate | |
| 2017 | 5th out of 7 | League stage |
| 2018-19 | 6th out of 7 | League stage |
| 2019–20 | 7th out of 7 | League stage |
| 2022 | 6th out of 6 | League stage |
| 2023 | 1st out of 7 | Runners-up |
| 2024 | 6th out of 7 | League stage |
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