Dhaka Dominators vs Fortune Barishal, BPL 2023, Today Match Prediction 31 January 2023

dhdm vs brsal Match Prediction & Analysis

BPL2022-23 has come to the crucial phase with teams trying their best to qualify for the next stages. Fortune Barishal are currently in the second position and have been in good form recently. They will go to the top of the league points table if they win this match. Dhaka Dominators on the other hand have failed to make a move this season and are struggling at the seventh place and they mathematically chance to qualify albeit other team results fall in their favour. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Dhaka Dominators Preview

Dhaka Dominators scored 144/5 in their 20 overs last game. Usman Ghani scored 73 runs off 55 balls fighting a lone battle with wickets falling around him. Nasir Hossain (29 runs) and Mithun (15 runs) played small cameos in the final overs. Soumya Sarkar and Nasir Hossain have been inconsistent with their scores so far.

Salman Irshad (2/36) and Al Amin Hossain (1/24) picked up wickets at regular intervals while Taskin Ahmed bowled bowled economically with figures of 3-0-14-0 in the match. Spinners Amir Hamza (1/29) and Nasir Hossain (0/23) failed to stop the chase with crucial wickets in the middle overs.

Key players: Usman Ghani, Soumya Sarkar, Al Amin Hossain 

Dhaka Dominators Predicted Playing XI:

Usman Ghani, Nasir Hossain, Mithun, Salman Irshad, Al Amin Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Amir Hamza, Alex Blake, Ariful Haque, M Rahman

Dhaka Dominators Actual Playing XI:

Usman Ghani, Muktar Ali, Salman Irshad, Soumya Sarkar, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Mithun, Alex Blake, Ariful Haque, Amir Hamza, Shoriful Islam, Nasir Hossain

Fortune Barishal Preview

Fortune Barishal won their last game against Chattogram Challengers by 3 wickets. Anamul Haque led their batting unit with 78 runs off 50 balls with 6 boundaries and 6 sixes. Karim Janat played a 12-ball 31-run blinder alongside Salman Hossain (18 runs) to take them across the line. They have a strong batting line-up with Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, and Iftikhar Ahmed in their ranks.

Pacers Khaled Ahmed (2/26) and Muhammad Wasim Jr (1/22) lead their bowling unit in the last game. Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Mehidy Hasan combine together to form a strong spin attack. Karim Janat and Kamrul Islam will add depth and variety to their bowling unit.

Key players: Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Anamul Haque

Fortune Barishal Predicted Playing XI:

Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Anamul Haque , Karim Janat, Kamrul Islam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mehidy Hasan, Khaled Ahmed, Muhammad Wasim Jr, Salman Hossain, Chamika De Silva

Fortune Barishal Actual Playing XI:

Iftikhar Ahmed, Sunzamul Islam, Saif Hassan, Anamul Haque, Khaled Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Salman Hossain, Karim Janat, Mahmudullah, Ibrahim Zadran, Shakib Al Hasan

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Sylhet 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

Sylhet has hosted last 6 matches on a trot 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.