Chittagong Vikings
- Alias
- Chittagong Kings
- Leagues Played
- Bangladesh Premier League 103 Plunket Shield 1
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Wikipedia - Chittagong Kings
Chittagong Kings (Bengali: চিটাগাং কিংস) is a franchise cricket team which participates in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The franchise is based in Chattogram.
History
The Chattogram franchise joined the BPL as one of its original members in 2012, which was owned by SQ sports. After SQ Sports was charged with fixing and delaying payments to players, it was banned from participating in cricketing activities so were all the other franchisees owners for corruption scandals. It appeared in the final in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahmudullah Riyad and coaching of Khaled Mahmud. The team changed its name from Chittagong Kings after a change of ownership in 2015. And Chittagong Vikings was founded 1 December 2015. It was owned by DBL Sports Limited, a concern of DBL Group.
DBL Sports Limited terminated the ownership of the team on 29 July 2019. Then Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) changed the format of the tournament and acquired ownership for all the teams for the 2019–20 season.
In 2019, Akhtar Group acquired the team and named the team as Chattogram Challengers. There were allegations on this franchise for not paying fees to the players.
In 2024, SQ Sports reacquired the team and named the team to its old name.