RRR vs SSR Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Jan 23, 2024
The Bangladesh Premier League competition for the 2024 season is well and truly underway now. In the 7th game of the league stages of the competition, Sylhet Strikers will go up against Rangpur Riders at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. This article will take a peek at the weather report, match prediction, and betting tips for this contest.
Rangpur Riders vs Sylhet Strikers Head-To-Head
These two teams, viz Sylhet Strikers and Rangpur Riders have played against each other on nine occasions before this. The Rangpur Riders have done a marginally better job by winning seven games out of these nine. The Sylhet outfit has won just a couple of games.
Rangpur Riders vs Sylhet Strikers Live Streaming and Broadcast
The live telecast of the BPL will not be available for Indian cricket fans on TV. The BPL management could not find a suitable broadcasting company in India for the live telecast of the games. However, the live streaming of this game will be available via the FanCode app and website. However, local Bangladesh fans can view this contest through GTV and TSports.
RRR vs SSR Team Previews
Rangpur Rangers
The Rangpur Riders team has already played their first game in the competition against Fortune Barishal. This encounter was played at the Mirpur venue earlier yesterday. The Rangpur team batted first to score 134 runs for losing nine wickets from their quota of 20 overs. The Fortune Barishal side chased this target in 19.1 overs to record a closely fought win. The Barishal team lost five wickets in the process. Rangpur Riders lost early wickets while setting a target for the opposition of the Fortune Barishal team.
However, some valuable contributions from Nurul Hasan, Shamim Hossain, and Mehdi Hasan took the score to 134 runs. The Rangpur team lost nine wickets to reach this score. The Rangpur bowling attack tried their best to take advantage of the help offered by the track. The experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the pick of the bowlers for Rangpur, taking two wickets for sixteen runs from his quota of four overs. Hasan Murad also picked up two wickets for seventeen runs from his four overs. Other bowlers failed to make an impact on the opposition batters.
Rangpur Rangers Playing 11
Nurul Hasan, Rony Talukdar, Mahedi Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Hasan Murad, Ripon Mondol, Babar Azam, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Brandon King.
Sylhet Strikers
The Sylhet Strikers played their last game in the competition against Chattogram Challengers. Batting first in this game, the Sylhet Strikers scored 177 runs for the loss of just two wickets. But this decent target was easily achieved by the Chattogram top order. They reached the target in 18.3 overs with as many as seven wickets to spare. The Sylhet Strikers' batting order was in good touch earlier when batters such as Mohammad Mithun, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, and Harry Tector contributed heavily to the score.
The top run-getter for Sylhet was Zakir Hasan. He scored 70 runs from just 43 balls with seven fours and one six. Mohammad Mithun also hit 40 runs from 28 balls with two sixes and four fours. Shanto was involved in a 67-run opening wicket stand with Mithun, laying a good foundation for the Sylhet team. Most of the Sylhet bowlers were taken to the cleaner by the Chattogram batters. Richard Ngarava bowled well for his one wicket for 17 runs from three overs. Nazmul Islam and Mashrafe Mortaza also picked up a wicket apiece during their effort.
Sylhet Strikers Playing 11
Mashrafe Mortaza, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mohammad Mithun, Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali, Benny Howell, Ben Cutting, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nazmul Islam, Richard Ngarava, Dushan Hemantha.
RRR vs SSR Toss Prediction
The Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, has hosted as many as 233 domestic T20 games. The team batting second has won 125 times, while the team batting first has won 107 matches. This indicates that taking to the field after winning the toss will be the right idea for the skippers.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
We are expecting a warm and sunny afternoon for this match in Mirpur. The temperature during the game will be close to 24 degrees. There is no possibility of getting showers during the game, but we might get some cloud cover to assist the seamers during the game.
The Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium is also known as Mirpur Stadium. It has a seating capacity of over 25000 people. Although the stats of the games played here indicate otherwise, this track is conducive for batters in the T20 format. But as the games wear on, it becomes helpful for the bowlers.
RRR vs SSR Betting Tips
Both these teams ended up losing their opening games in the competition. They are sitting right at the bottom of the points table. But these are early days in the competition, and a clearer picture of the prospects of various teams is yet to arrive. But we expect Rangpur Riders to start as favorites to win this contest.
Bonus Cricket Bets
Shakib Al Hasan is a prolific batter for his teams at the international and club levels. You can bet on him to score a fifty in this game.
Sylhet Strikers have good batters near the top of their batting line-up. You can bet they will score over 49 runs from their first six overs.
Mohammad Mithun was in good form with the bat for his team in their last contest. You can expect him to score a fifty in this game.
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