Dhaka Metropolis cricket team

The Dhaka Metropolis cricket team is a Bangladeshi first-class cricket team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The team competes in the National Cricket League.

Dhaka Metropolis cricket team

Personnel
Captain	Naim Sheikh
Team information
Founded	2000
Home ground	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
History
NCL wins	0
One Day Cricket League wins	0

Dhaka Metropolis featured in the 2000–01 season, playing most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. When the National Cricket League was expanded from six teams to eight in 2011–12, Dhaka Metropolis returned, along with the newly formed Rangpur Division team. Since then Dhaka Metropolis has had no settled home ground, playing its home matches at various grounds in Dhaka.

Honours

• National Cricket League
  • Runners-up: 2015–16
• National Cricket League Division 2
  • Winners: 2022–23
  • Runners-up: 2018–19, 2019–20

Current squad

• Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Shamsur Rahman	37	Right-handed
Mohammad Naim	25	Left-handed
Marshall Ayub	36	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Aich Mollah	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Mahfijul Islam	21	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Shadman Islam	30	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Captain
All-rounder
Aminul Islam	25	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Mahmudullah	39	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Wicket-keeper
Zahiduzzaman	29	Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sharifullah	39	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Rakibul Hasan	22	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ashraful Islam Siam	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Abu Hider	29	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Qazi Onik	26	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Aks Swadhin	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Asadullah Galib	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Manik Khan	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Taskin Ahmed	30	Left-handed	Right-arm fast

Updated as on 14 November 2022.

Notable players

The following is a list of players who have played for both Dhaka Metropolis and Bangladesh.

• Akram Khan
• Al Sahariar
• Aminul Islam Bulbul
• Anwar Hossain
• Elias Sunny
• Enamul Haque
• Habibul Bashar
• Hasibul Hossain
• Khaled Mahmud
• Khaled Mashud
• Manjural Islam
• Mehrab Hossain
• Mehrab Hossain, Jr.
• Mohammad Ashraful
• Mohammad Rafique
• Morshed Ali Khan
• Naimur Rahman
• Niamur Rashid
• Nabiul Islam Nayeem
• Sajjad Ahmed
• Salahuddin Ahmed
• Talha Jubair
• Tareq Aziz

Dhaka Metropolis players who have played for countries other than Bangladesh:

• Zahoor Elahi

Records

At the end of the 2024–25 season Dhaka Metropolis had played 97 matches, with 26 wins, 24 losses and 47 draws.^[1] Their highest individual score is 250 by Shadman Islam in 2023–24.^[2] The best bowling figures are 8 for 35 by Talha Jubair in 2012–13.^[3]