Rangpur Division were crowned champions of the 2025–26 National Cricket League after Sylhet Division were held to a draw on the final day of their seventh and final-round match against Barishal Division.
Rangpur, the defending champions, had already taken control of the title race a day earlier with a commanding seven-wicket win over Khulna Division. The victory lifted them to 31 points and meant that only an outright Sylhet win in the final match could have prevented them from retaining the trophy.
The triumph also completed a domestic double for Rangpur, who had lifted their second successive NCL T20 title in October.
Here are some of the standout highlights from this season's league:
Champions: Rangpur Division (third title)
Runners-up: Sylhet Division
Player of the tournament: Mukidul Islam Mugdho (Rangpur Division). Wickets - 29 at an average of 13.03 and a strike-rate of 23.93.
Batting milestones
Top run-scorer: Soumya Sarkar (Khulna Division) – 633 runs in 14 innings at an average of 45.21, including one century and four half-centuries.
Highest individual score: Amite Hasan (Sylhet Division) – 213 against Rajshahi Division. This was the only double-century of the league.
Most hundreds: Marshall Ayub (Dhaka Division) – 3 centuries
Most sixes: Abu Hider Rony (Mymensingh Division) – 32 sixes in seven innings
Most sixes in an innings: Abu Hider Rony (Mymensingh Division) - 13 vs Rajshahi Division
Highest average: Abu Hider Rony (Mymensingh Division) - 105.25
Highest partnership: 342 – Asadulla Al Galib & Amite Hasan (Sylhet Division) vs Rajshahi Division
Most dismissals (Wicketkeeper): Amite Hasan (Sylhet Division) – 18 dismissals
Bowling milestones
Top wicket-taker: Tanvir Islam (Barishal Division) – 34 wickets at an average of 22.61, including two five-wicket hauls.
Best innings figures: Rakibul Hasan (Mymensingh Division) – 9–168 vs Sylhet Division
Most 10-wicket hauls:
Irfan Hossain (Chattogram) – 1
Sunzamul Islam (Rajshahi) – 1
Ruyel Miah (Barishal) – 1
Most five-wicket hauls:
Mukidul Islam Mugdho (Rangpur) – 3
Ruyel Miah (Barishal) – 3
Hattrick: Afif Hossain (Khulna Division) vs Barishal Division
Career landmarks
*Marshall Ayub became only the fourth Bangladeshi batter to reach 10,000 first-class runs, joining Tushar Imran, Naeem Islam and Mominul Haque.
*Shuvagata Hom became just the second Bangladeshi player, after Shakib Al Hasan, to complete the double of 6,000 runs and 300 wickets in first-class cricket.
