Comilla Victorians vs Rangpur Riders, BPL 2023, Today Match Prediction 10 February 2023

cv vs rgr Match Prediction & Analysis

BPL 2022-23 is coming to the business end of the league stages and four teams have already qualified for the play-offs. Sylhet Strikers have qualified for the play-offs and have sealed their spot in the Qualifier 1. Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians will fight out for the second spot in the qualifier 1 and the winner of this match will get the place. The loser will go to the eliminator match and face off Fortune Barishal.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Comilla Victorians Preview

Comilla Victorians openers Mohammad Rizwan (327 runs) and Litton Das (270 runs) have scored the bulk of runs while the duo of J Charles (225 runs) and Khusdil Shah (199 runs) have lead the attack in the middle overs and final overs superbly. Andre Russell has been a big shot in the a for the Comilla team in this match.

Tanvir Islam is the top wicket taker with 12 wickets at an economy rate of 6.16 RPO. Naseem Shah, Khusdil Shah, and Mukidul Islam have been superb with their overs so far . Hasan Ali, Mosaddek Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman are not upto their standard in the bowling so far and will look to make an important contribution in this match.

Key players: Andre Russell, Mohammad Rizwan, Khusdil Shah

Comilla Victorians Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Litton Das, Imrul Kayes (c), Mosaddek Hossain, Andre Russell, Jaker Ali, Khushdil Shah, Sunil Narine, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukidul Islam

Comilla Victorians Actual Playing XI:

Litton Das, Mukidul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain, Khushdil Shah, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Andre Russell, Mohammad Rizwan, Sunil Narine, Jaker Ali Anik, Imrul Kayes

Rangpur Riders Preview

Rangpur Riders batting line-up has been in good rhythm chasing down totals successfully in the last 5 matches. Opening batter Rony Talukdar has been their leading run scorer with 317 runs with 2 fifties so far. Mohammad Naim (221 runs) and Shoaib Malik (279 runs) have provided good support with the bat. Rahmanullah Gurbaz will add firepower to the team.

Azamattulah Omarzai and Hasun Mahmud have lead their bowling attacks so far with 13 & 14 wickets respectively at an economy rate of just 7 RPO. Haris Rauf brings the X-factor to their bowling unit and has 9 wickets at less than 7 RPO bowling in tough situations. Rakibul Hasan and Mahedi Hasan will take care of the spin department.

Key players: Rony Talukdar, Haris Rauf, Hasun Mahmud

Rangpur Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Naim, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nurul Hasan (c & wk), Rony Talukdar, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shamim Hossain, Rakibul Hasan, Ripon Mondol, Azmatullah Omarzai, Haris Rauf, Hasan Mahmud

Rangpur Riders Actual Playing XI:

Naveen ul Haq, Shamim Hossain, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Hasan Mahmud, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Rony Talukdar, Nurul Hasan, Ripon Mondol, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dhaka has been traditionally a bowler friendly pitch with pitch slowing down as the match progresses. We will have cool and breezy weather with ideal playing conditions on the match day.

Venue Details

Dhaka has hosted several matches and the pitch will slow down here this season. We expect the scores to be around 160-170 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option on this pitch as both teams will be aware of the conditions on offer here. Both skippers will look to bowl first in the match.