Chattogram Royals
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Chattogram Royals (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম রয়েলস্) is a professional franchise cricket team that competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They represent Chattogram Division. The team plays their home matches at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium. Since the inception of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in 2012, a Chattogram-based franchise has competed in every edition. The current team known as Chattogram Royals established under its present name in 2025 bears no direct continuity with the old Chattogram teams franchise.
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 the 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 renamed it as Chattogram Challengers. There were allegations on this franchise for not paying fees to the players.
In 2024, SQ Sports reacquired the team, reverting to the team's old name.
In 2025, the ownership was taken by Triangle Sports and the team was named Chattogram Royals for 2025–26 season. But on 25 December 2025, Triangle Sports terminated the ownership of Chattogram Royals, and the Bangladesh Cricket Board took charge.