BRSAL vs RGR 3rd Match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 2024 today. The match will be held at Mirpur Sher Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
Mushfiqur Rahim, who joined Barisal in the off-season from Sylhet Strikers. However, as he is competing in the T20 series against New Zealand, they will be without Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman for the opening game. For Barisal, Fakhar Zaman will miss the first round, but Mohammad Amir will play for the ILT20 team. The Rangpur Riders XI for this game will not include Wanindu Hasaranga, Mathisha Pathirana, Nicholas Puran, or Babar Azam.
Fortune Barisal had qualified for the playoffs the previous year but lost to Rangpur Riders by four wickets in the eliminators.
Rangpur Riders, on the other hand, had 8 victories and 4 loses in 12 games to finish third in the league stage last year.
Pitch report:
The surface at Shere Bangla National Stadium tends to have a little less bounce and is generally skewed in favor of spinners. Since high-scoring games are not anticipated, batters may need to adjust to a lower bounce, and as the game goes on, spinners may take advantage of the circumstances. The low, slow surface in Dhaka is more advantageous to the bowling side. Here, it is difficult to score easily because spinners tend to take more wickets. After a toss, chasing is the best course of action.
Head to Head matches-
Six games have been played by both sides in the BPL competition. Rangpur Riders have only won once, while Fortune Barisal has won five times.
BPL 2024 Players to watch –
Shakin Al Hasan-
With 375 runs in 11 innings, Shakib Al Hasan was Barisal’s top run scorer in the previous tournament. He also claimed ten wickets with the ball. This season, he’ll be a player for Rangpur.
Tamim Iqbal:
Tamim Iqbal scored 302 runs in 10 innings, more than two fifties, to be Khulna’s best run scorer.
Shoaib Malik:
The previous season, Shoaib Malik scored 279 runs in 10 innings. For this edition, he switched to Barisal.
Rakibul Hasan:
Slow-moving left-arm orthodox bowler Rakibul Hasan has claimed two wickets at an average of 0.4 over the past three games.
Hasan Mahmud:
Hasan Mahmud bowls right-arm fast-medium and has claimed 1 wicket at an average of 0.4 in the last 4 matches that he has played.
Mehidy Hasan Miraj:
This athlete bats right-handed. Mehidy Hasan Miraj has scored 12 runs at an average of 2.4 per game in the last 4 games that have been played and this player, who bowls off-break, has taken five wickets at an average of one in the last four games that have been played.
Rony Talukdar:
This player bats right-handed and is a top-order hitter. Rony Talukdar has scored 82 runs, averaging 16.4, in the last five games he has played.
Probable XI for both team-
Fortune Barishal: Tamim Iqbal (c), Paul Stirling, Ibrahim Zadran, Soumya Sarkar, Shoaib Malik, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, M Saifuddin, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Rakibul Hasan.
Rangpur Riders: Brandon King, Rony Talukdar, Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan (c/wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, MJG Rippon, Mahedi Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Abu Hider, Hasan Mahmud, Ihsanullah.
