Rangpur Riders are ready to face Sylhet Sixers in the match 21 of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Sylhet on Saturday. The game is an important one for both teams, who are currently placed in the lower half of the league table and will need a win to keep their hopes alive of progressing to the next stage. The game will be a repeat of the match played on January 16 at the same venue, where Sixers came out on top by 27 runs margin.
For the Saturday's match, Riders will be depending on the likes of Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw and Chris Gayle to score bulk of the runs, whereas in the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of captain Mashrafe Mortaza, Sohag Gazi and Shafiul Islam to provide timely breakthroughs.
On the other hand, Sixers have received a great boost after captain David Warner stayed with the team despite news of him facing a surgery on his elbow. Therefore, in the batting department, the team will be relying on the likes of Liton Das, Warner, Sabbir Rahman and Nicholas Pooran to score bulk of the runs, whereas in the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of Sohail Tanvir, Taskin Ahmed and Sandeep Lamichhane to provide timely breakthroughs.
Key Players:
Rilee Rossouw – 9 Cr
First in the list of key players features Rangpur Riders' Rilee Rossouw. The left-hander is having a fantastic tournament with the bat in hand and is the
Rangpur Riders are ready to face Sylhet Sixers in the match 21 of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Sylhet on Saturday. The game is an important one for both teams, who are currently placed in the lower half of the league table and will need a win to keep their hopes alive of progressing to the next stage. The game will be a repeat of the match played on January 16 at the same venue, where Sixers came out on top by 27 runs margin.
For the Saturday's match, Riders will be depending on the likes of Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw and Chris Gayle to score bulk of the runs, whereas in the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of captain Mashrafe Mortaza, Sohag Gazi and Shafiul Islam to provide timely breakthroughs.
On the other hand, Sixers have received a great boost after captain David Warner stayed with the team despite news of him facing a surgery on his elbow. Therefore, in the batting department, the team will be relying on the likes of Liton Das, Warner, Sabbir Rahman and Nicholas Pooran to score bulk of the runs, whereas in the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of Sohail Tanvir, Taskin Ahmed and Sandeep Lamichhane to provide timely breakthroughs.
Key Players:
Rilee Rossouw – 9 Cr
First in the list of key players features Rangpur Riders' Rilee Rossouw. The left-hander is having a fantastic tournament with the bat in hand and is the leading run-getter in the competition with an average of 96. In the team's last match, the 29-year-old played a beautiful innings of 58, which shows he is in great form and is the player to have in your team. Rossouw in his career has played 145 T20s, where he has scored 3,506 runs at an average of 27.82, which included 19 fifties.
Shafiul Islam – 8.5 Cr
Second in the list of key players features Rangpur Riders' Shafiul Islam. The right-arm pacer is having an excellent tournament with the ball in hand where he is currently the leading wicket-taker with 12 scalps in six outings at an outstanding average of just 13 and striker-rate of 10. In the team's previous match, Islam had figures of 3-31, which shows he is great rhythm and can prove to be an excellent pick for your team for the match on Saturday. The 29-year-old has played 78 T20s in his career, where he has 86 wickets to his name at a strike-rate of 17.3 and economy-rate of 7.99.
Nicholas Pooran – 9 Cr
Last in the list of key players features Sylhet Sixers' Nicholas Pooran. The 23-year-old is having a great tournament with the bat in hand and is franchise's leading run-getter with 197 runs in six outings at an average of 39.40, which also makes him the third highest run-scorer in the competition. Those numbers suggests that Pooran, who is valued at 9 Cr, is the player to have in your team. The 23-year-old has played 87 T20s in his career, where he has scored 1,512 runs at an average of 21.29, which also included seven fifties.
