The 42nd match of Bangladesh Premier League is set to be played between Dhaka Dynamites taking on Khulna Titans on Saturday. Both teams will be clashing for the second time this season, while first encounter was won by Dhaka Dynamites by huge margin of 105 runs.
Dhaka Dynamites lost their last match against Comilla Victorians by just one run, with that loss it was their straight fifth loss in a row and made themselves though to qualify for the playoffs. Dhaka will have themselves to blame for their poor shot selection from their top order. Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine built the innings in the middle-order, but Andre Russell couldn't finish the match in the last ball. So, this match against Khulna will be a do or die match for Dhaka. If they manage to win this match they have changes of qualifying to playoffs with better net run-rate.
The defending champions Khulna Titans are placed at the last position of the table with just four points in their 11 matches. Though they are already out of the tournament they might want to end their campaign with a win against Dhaka. Last time when both teams clashed each other Khulna Titans was lost with the huge margin of 105 runs. It will be really tough match for Khulna to win this until or unless they show their all-round capabilities against Dhaka.
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Wicket-keeper: Brendan Taylor (9 credits)
The explosive opening wicket-keeper batsman has been in excellent form. Though his
The 42nd match of Bangladesh Premier League is set to be played between Dhaka Dynamites taking on Khulna Titans on Saturday. Both teams will be clashing for the second time this season, while first encounter was won by Dhaka Dynamites by huge margin of 105 runs.
Dhaka Dynamites lost their last match against Comilla Victorians by just one run, with that loss it was their straight fifth loss in a row and made themselves though to qualify for the playoffs. Dhaka will have themselves to blame for their poor shot selection from their top order. Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine built the innings in the middle-order, but Andre Russell couldn't finish the match in the last ball. So, this match against Khulna will be a do or die match for Dhaka. If they manage to win this match they have changes of qualifying to playoffs with better net run-rate.
The defending champions Khulna Titans are placed at the last position of the table with just four points in their 11 matches. Though they are already out of the tournament they might want to end their campaign with a win against Dhaka. Last time when both teams clashed each other Khulna Titans was lost with the huge margin of 105 runs. It will be really tough match for Khulna to win this until or unless they show their all-round capabilities against Dhaka.
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Wicket-keeper: Brendan Taylor (9 credits)
The explosive opening wicket-keeper batsman has been in excellent form. Though his team's performance is not up to the mark but Taylor's performance has not dipped. In five matches Taylor has scored 192 runs at an average of 38.40 and will be coming to this match after hitting a half century against Comilla. He will be high on confidence with that inning so, he will be the most valuable pick in wicket-keeper section.
Batsman: Kieron Pollard (9 credits)
Big man and a real match winner when his team in do or die situation and this is the right match for him, as Dhaka need to win this match to qualify for the playoff and this man can help. Explosive middle-order batsman has played quite brilliant inning in his last match against Comilla were he scored 34 runs when top order failed to score. In this season Pollard has scored a total of 179 runs in eight matches at an average of 25.57 with the strike-rate of 132.59. At just 9 credits he will be a great pick for this match because a big inning can be expected.
All-rounder: Sunil Narine (9.5 credits)
Narine has been performing exceptionally well for the team and has been contributing both bat and ball. In his last match against Comilla he scored 22 runs and picked two wickets in his four overs and gave away just 25 runs. When he last played against Khulna he scored 19 runs and picked two wickets in three overs. He will be a valuable pick for your team.
Bowler: Rubel Hossain (9 credits)
What a comeback shown by Rubel Hossain in his last match against Comilla after being smashed for 84 runs in total by combining two matches Chittagong and Rangpur. He picked four wickets in his four overs and gave away only 30 runs against Comilla in his previous match. He has been bowling with great pace and variation we can expect him to replicate the same performance against Khulna.
Captain: Sunil Narine
Vice-captain: Kieron Pollard
