# Sylhet Titans
**Sylhet Titans** (সিলেট টাইটান্স) are a professional cricket franchise based in Sylhet, Bangladesh, that competes in the [Bangladesh Premier League](https://www.edgepedia.org/bangladesh-premier-league) (BPL), the country's franchise-based T20 tournament. The team represents the Sylhet region and plays its home matches at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.[1](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| League | Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), T20 format, 12th edition in 2025–26[2](https://www.ipl.com/series/bangladesh-premier-league-2025-129887/squad) |
| Home ground | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet[1](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/) |
| Owner | Cricket With Sami (CWS), which acquired the franchise and adopted the Titans name for the 2025–26 season[1](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/) |
| First season as Titans | 2025–26, played from 26 December 2025 to 23 January 2026, with 38 matches among six teams[2](https://www.ipl.com/series/bangladesh-premier-league-2025-129887/squad) |
| 2025–26 league finish | Fourth place: 5 wins, 5 losses, 10 points, net run rate +0.37[3](https://www.bplt20.com.bd/) |
## Name changes and ownership
A Sylhet team has appeared in the BPL since the league's first season, but the franchise has changed name roughly every two seasons under a succession of owners.[1](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/) • [4](https://crickettaken.in/cricket-in-bangladesh/sylhet-international-stadium) The Strikers name came when Future Sports Bangladesh bought the franchise in 2023; ownership then passed to Cricket With Sami, which renamed the side Sylhet Titans before the 2025–26 season.[1](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/)
Before the 12th edition, the BPL governing council confirmed the participating franchises: Dhaka Capitals, Chattogram Royals, Rajshahi Warriors, Rangpur Riders, and Sylhet Titans, with the Titans among the three new franchises alongside Chattogram Royals and Rajshahi Warriors; Chittagong Kings, Durbar Rajshahi, and Sylhet Strikers were replaced.[5](https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/cricket/news/five-bpl-franchises-confirmed-4028606) • [6](https://antiguaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Daily-08_11_25-no-258.pdf) The tournament window was set for mid-December 2025 to mid-January 2026, and the league's schedule listed six teams including the Noakhali Express, the Titans' Sylhet International Cricket Stadium named among the three venues.[7](https://bplt20.com.bd/images/2025/10/1846329239333026.pdf)
## 2025–26 season
**Debut campaign.** The Titans' first match under the new name opened the BPL 2026 season on 26 December 2025 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, where the Rajshahi Warriors defeated them in a high-scoring encounter.[8](https://bplt20league.com/news/rajshahi-warriors-dominate-sylhet-titans-high-scoring-bpl-2026-opener/) The side reached the playoffs, with the league stage concluding in a fourth-place finish on 10 points from 5 wins and 5 losses.[3](https://www.bplt20.com.bd/) • [9](https://www.sanisports.com/bpl-2025-26-playoffs-preview-riders-titans-warriors-royals-clash-in-high-stakes-t20-cricket/)
**Moeen Ali's arrival.** Former England allrounder [Moeen Ali](https://www.edgepedia.org/moeen-ali) joined the Titans on 5 January 2026 to bolster their title bid, playing his first match the same day against the Noakhali Express. Nasum Ahmed took 5 wickets for 7 runs as Noakhali were bowled out for 61, and Sylhet won by six wickets to give Moeen a winning start. At that stage the Titans sat third with three wins from six matches; Moeen had previously won two BPL titles with Comilla Victorians.[10](https://www.bssnews.net/sports/348239)
## Squad and local core
The Titans built their squad around a strong local core led by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, identified as the previous season's Player of the [Tournament](https://www.edgepedia.org/tournament), with the aim of challenging for the title in their debut campaign.[11](https://www.daily-sun.com/sports/847559/inside-sylhet-titans-bpl-blueprint) The announced squad includes:
- **Batters and wicket-keepers:** Rony Talukdar, Hazratullah Zazai, Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Aaron Jones, Angelo Mathews, Zakir Hasan (wk), Tawfique Khan (wk), Mominul Haque, Sam Billings (wk)[2](https://www.ipl.com/series/bangladesh-premier-league-2025-129887/squad)
- **Allrounders:** Saim Ayub, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ethan Brookes, Rahatul Ferdous, Moeen Ali, Azmatullah Omarzai[2](https://www.ipl.com/series/bangladesh-premier-league-2025-129887/squad)
## Context within the BPL
The Titans' frequent renaming is part of a league-wide pattern: the Sylhet franchise alone has used seven names in about a decade, which observers cite as a concrete reason franchise loyalty in Bangladesh has developed slowly.[4](https://crickettaken.in/cricket-in-bangladesh/sylhet-international-stadium) Their home venue, the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, is one of the three venues designated by the BPL governing council for the 12th edition, alongside grounds in Dhaka and Chattogram.[7](https://bplt20.com.bd/images/2025/10/1846329239333026.pdf)
## References
1. [Sylhet Titans team page, the 1page](https://www.ipl.com/team/sylhet-titans/)
2. [BPL 2025-26 Squad, Teams & Player List, the 1page](https://www.ipl.com/series/bangladesh-premier-league-2025-129887/squad)
3. [Bangladesh Premier League official site, points table](https://www.bplt20.com.bd/)
4. [Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Guide, CricketTaken](https://crickettaken.in/cricket-in-bangladesh/sylhet-international-stadium)
5. [Five BPL franchises confirmed, The Daily Star](https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/cricket/news/five-bpl-franchises-confirmed-4028606)
6. [Daily Observer, 8 November 2025 edition](https://antiguaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Daily-08_11_25-no-258.pdf)
7. [EOI Submission Guidelines, BPL Franchise Ownership Rights (BCB)](https://bplt20.com.bd/images/2025/10/1846329239333026.pdf)
8. [Rajshahi Warriors Dominate Sylhet Titans in High-Scoring BPL 2026 Opener, BPL News](https://bplt20league.com/news/rajshahi-warriors-dominate-sylhet-titans-high-scoring-bpl-2026-opener/)
9. [BPL 2025-26 Playoffs Preview, SANI Sports](https://www.sanisports.com/bpl-2025-26-playoffs-preview-riders-titans-warriors-royals-clash-in-high-stakes-t20-cricket/)
10. [Moin Ali joins Sylhet Titans, BSS News](https://www.bssnews.net/sports/348239)
11. [Inside Sylhet Titans' BPL blueprint, Daily Sun](https://www.daily-sun.com/sports/847559/inside-sylhet-titans-bpl-blueprint)
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