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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Dhaka Division won the toss and choose to bowl first
Dhaka Division beat Rajshahi Division by 7 wicket
Two teams on a four-match losing streak meet in Wednesday's Match 23 in Sylhet.
We are backing Rajshahi Division to win!
Tournament: | National Cricket League T20, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Academy Ground, Bangladesh, Sylhet, Bangladesh |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 26.5°C|Sunny |
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We are very much into the business end of the National Cricket League T20 group phase with all eight teams having two remaining fixtures to play. The question is, can Dhaka Division or Rajshahi Division find some form when they have looked well below the required standard across their last four matches in the tournament.
It was back on December 11th, in Match 1 and Match 4, when these two teams last won a game but one of them will finally get back to winning ways in this game, but which will it be?
Confidence is not expected to be particularly high in either camp ahead of this match but Rajshahi Division should take some belief from coming very close against Chattogram on Tuesday.
112/9 in 17.0 6.59
140/5 in 20.0 7
207/4 in 20.0 10.35
205/4 in 20.0 10.25
162/10 in 19.5 8.17
154/10 in 19.5 7.76
172/7 in 20.0 8.6
153/3 in 17.2 8.83
Chasing 181 to beat Khulna Division in Match 17 on Tuesday, Dhaka Division came up 21 runs short and they are starting to look like a team who are not good enough with both the bat and the ball.
Shuvgata Hom and Nazmul Islam were their standout bowlers against Khulna Division but as a bowling unit they were able to only pick up two wickets with another coming via a run-out. Even though this is T20 cricket, the bowling attack needs to find a way of picking up more wickets and not being over-reliant on Nazmul.
With the bat, the chase was over when Dhaka Division found themselves 32/3 after 6.4 overs and the losing margin could have been far greater if Taibur Rahman and Mahidul Islam Ankon had not put on an unbeaten 87 runs for the fifth wicket partnership. As a result, both may find themselves pushed up the order for this game.
Zawad Abrar, Rony Talukdar, Saif Hassan (c), Ariful Islam, Taibur Rahman, Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk), Shuvgata Hom, Nazmul Islam, Arafat Sunny jnr, Salauddin Sakil, Iqbal Hossain Emon
Nazmul Islam, Sumon Khan, Ariful Islam, Rony Talukdar, Saif Hassan, Shuvagata Hom, Taibur Rahman, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Mehedi Sohag, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Zawad Abrar
A lot more was expected of Rajshahi Division ahead of this tournament and plenty of pundits are still expecting to see them win their last two matches, sneak into the play-offs and to go on and triumph.
This belief is based upon the big names in their team but they certainly need more from skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto who made only 4 runs at the top of the order in the last game. However, Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim impressed with a partnership of 102 for the fifth wicket on Tuesday and they will be looking at their international team-mates asking them to step up in this game.
With the ball, Sabbir Hossain took 3/21 in the last game and he is likely to be their chief threat with the ball in this fixture.
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Habibur Rahman Sohan, Sabbir Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Farhad Reza, Pritom Kumar (wk), Nihaduzzaman, Shafiul Islam, Shafiqul Islam, Taijul Islam
Shafiqul Islam, Wasi Siddiquee, Habibur Sohan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Sabbir Hossain, Farhad Reza, Pritom Kumar, Asaduzzaman Payel, Nihaduzzaman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy
Although there will be cloudy spells, it will mainly be hot in Sylhet throughout this match on Wednesday. No rain is forecast and humidity levels are unlikely to go above 50%.
This pitch does offer some turn for the spinners and batters do need to be careful to not attempt too many attacking shots against the turning ball. That said, there are still plenty of runs to be had and we expect a par total to be in the region of 175-180.
Three of Tuesday's four games in the National Cricket League T20 were won by the team batting first and we expect both captains to learn from that and to want to bat first in this match.
One of these teams needs to snap out of their poor run of form and we expect it to be Rajshahi Division who do have a team packed with international quality batters. As a result, we are predicting a fifth successive defeat for Dhaka Division.
We are backing Rajshahi Division to win!
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