Comilla Warriors vs Sylhet Thunder, Bangladesh Premier League 2020, Today Match Prediction 07 Jan 2020

caw vs sth Match Prediction & Analysis

BPL 2019-20 season is almost at the end of the league phase with every team playing their last round of matches. Cumilla Warriors are hanging in the qualification race at the moment in the fifth position and they need just two points to go ahead in the points table. A loss in this match may slip their chances further from the qualification.

Sylhet Thunder is having a horrible season and is lagging at the last position in the points table. Sylhet Thunder has no chance to go ahead this season but will look to play spoilsport in the other team`s chances.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Comilla Warriors Preview

Cumilla Warriors won back-to-back matches to keep their chances alive. Upul Tharanga led the team in Dawid Malan`s absence and scored a valiant 45 opening the batting. Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, and Stian Van Zyl are expected to play a crucial role in the middle order. All-rounder David Wiese will be expected to play the finisher and send some crucial overs in the middle phase.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman was literally unplayable last night and led his team to victory in the super over. Al Amin Hossain and Sunamul Hossain chipped in wickets and kept their team in the hunt during the chase.

Key Players:

Soumya Sarkar – Sarkar is having a quiet couple of matches with the bat after scoring a fighting 48-ball 88 against Rajshahi Royals. His bowling has been the surprise package for the team this season with regular wickets.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman – Mujeeb had dream figures of 4-0-12-4 in the last match and came back to bowl the super over to give away just 7 runs. Mujeeb is in red hot form and will continue his impressive bowling.

Comilla Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Upul Tharanga (c), Stiaan van Zyl/Dawid Malan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Al-Amin Hossain, Abu Hider Rony, David Wiese, Yasir Ali, Sunzamul Islam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk)

Comilla Warriors Actual Playing XI:

Al-Amin Hossain, Sunzamul Islam, Soumya Sarkar, D Wiese, Upul Tharanga, Abu Hider, Yasir Ali Choudhary, Fardeen Hasan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mahidul Islam Bhuiyan Ankon, Dawid Malan

Sylhet Thunder Preview

Sylhet Thunder will be playing their last match this season and will look to sign off with a win. Mohammed Mithun, Andre Fletcher, and Jonathan Charles are the only consistent performers with the bat. Mosadek Hossain and Shane Rutherford came up with crucial knocks but failed to perform consistently. Ebadat Hossain is the standout performer with the ball taking 13 wickets so far.

Shane Rutherford and Monir Hossain contributed with good economical spells but Sohag Gazi and Krish Santokie gave runs at over 12 RPO causing the team to give away 199 runs last match. Their bowling unit will look to make a good effort one last time.

Key Players:

Mohammed Mithun – Mithun has scored 331 runs at a strike rate of 130 this season with two half-centuries. He will look to finish his good season with the bat with a dominating performance.

Ebadahat Hossain – Ebadat Hossain has 13 wickets so far at an economy rate of 7.4 RPO He will look to keep up his bowling and look to impress the national selectors in this match.

Sylhet Thunder Predicted Playing XI:

Andre Fletcher (c), Shafiqullah Shafiq, Krishmar Santokie, Sohag Gazi, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Monir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Ebadot Hossain, Abdul Mazid, Nayeem Hasan, Sherfane Rutherford

Sylhet Thunder Actual Playing XI:

Ebadat Hossain, Delwar Hossain, Nayeem Hasan, Abdul Mazid, S Gazi, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Jeevan Mendis, J Charles, ADS Fletcher, Nazmul Hossain Milon

Weather Conditions

Dhaka will have a hot and bright climate on the matchday with no rain possibilities. We will have a full quota of overs without any interruption in this match.

Venue Details

Dhaka is one of the average scoring grounds in Bangladesh and ball may onto come to bat easily here. We can expect an average score of 160 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Dhaka has a slightly 45-55 record in favour of chasing team and both captains will look to take the safe option of chasing in this match.