The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class team representing the Khulna Division in south-west Bangladesh, one of the country's eight administrative regions. The team competes in the National Cricket League and was a participant in the now-defunct National Cricket League One-Day. In the short-lived National Cricket League Twenty20 competition, played in the 2009âÂÂ10 season only, Khulna adopted the name Kings of Khulna and played in black and yellow. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Khulna Tigers.
Khulna's main home ground is the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna city, which has a capacity of 15,000.
Khulna have won the NCL seven times, including the three consecutive seasons 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17, and 2017âÂÂ18, and they won the 2002âÂÂ03 National Cricket League One-Day.
, the squad for the 2023âÂÂ24 season.
Until 2004 Khulna used Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore for its home matches. Since then it has played most of its home matches at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna (formerly known as Khulna Divisional Stadium and Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium), which is now also a Test venue.
At the end of the 2019âÂÂ20 season Khulna Division had played 161 first-class matches, with 50 wins, 39 losses and 72 draws. The highest score is 216 by Anamul Haque against Rangpur Division in 2017âÂÂ18. The best innings bowling figures are 9 for 84 and 9 for 91, both by Abdur Razzak. Razzak also has the best match figures of 15 for 193 (8 for 123 and 7 for 70), against Barisal Division in 2011âÂÂ12.