CAV vs KNT Match Preview
In the 14th match of the competition, the Chattogram Challengers were comprehensively beaten by the Comilla Victorians team. Now they will be aiming to do what they have done well twice already during the season which is responding to a defeat with a victory. The Khulna Tigers outfit had to wait for 4 matches to pick their first victory of the tournament. However, it was a convincing 9-wicket victory with 10 balls to spare. Players such as Wahab Riaz and Tamim Iqbal performed in the match and this makes them a tough outfit to beat.
The Chattogram Challengers keep on mixing their batting line-ups rather than changing them in a big way. The opening batter Al Amin who made a golden duck against the Dhaka outfit was left out of the team in the defeat against Comilla Victorians. They preferred to include Irfan Sukkur back in the team as the wicketkeeper. The Chattogram Challengers have won 2 matches by a huge margin of 8 wickets and 9 wickets in this competition. However, they lost 2 of the other 3 games pretty badly.
Khulna Tigers tried various line-ups and partnerships for getting the right combination. It will be a huge surprise if the Khulna Tigers opt to make a change to their playing eleven that won the game for them on the same track against Rangpur Rangers earlier in the week. There do not seem to be any injury updates so far in the competition. One of the top performers for Khulna Tigers is left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz. He recorded the best figures of the competition thus far on Tuesday. He managed to dismiss Parvez Hossain Emon, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rakibul Hasan, and Mohammad Nawaz.
Weather Report
The weather for this game will be nice throughout the game. There will be no signs of rain interruptions during the match. The minimum and maximum temperatures for this game will be between 14 and 25 degrees.
Pitch Report
The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium is situated in Chattogram in Bangladesh. This stadium is one of the more utilized stadiums for international cricket matches in Bangla. It has a seating capacity of 20,000 people. In some of the top T20 games played at the venue, the teams batting 1st and the teams batting 2nd have both won 10 games each.
Notable stats
The Khulna Tigers team has finally recorded a win after losing 4 games in a row.
Khulna Tigers team lost 4 games on the trot before they won the game against Riders on 17th January to break the losing streak.
Azam Khan has an exceptional batting average at the moment for Khulna Tigers.
In the 4 games he has played this year for Khulna Tigers in the BPL, Azam Khan has scored 161 runs with an average of 80.50 and a whopping strike rate of 173.11.
Team News
There are no injury updates available thus far from either team management.
CAV vs KNT Probable 11
CAV Playing 11
- Usman Khan
- Afif Hossain
- Darwish Rasooli
- Irfan Sukkur
- Max ODowd (Wk)
- Ziaur Rahman
- Shuvagata Hom (C)
- Nihaduzzaman
- Mehedi Hasan Rana
- Malinda Pushpakumara
- Mrittunjoy Chowdhury
KNT Playing 11
- Mahmudul Hasan Joy
- Tamim Iqbal
- Azam Khan (Wk)
- Yasir Ali (C)
- Munim Shahriar
- Amad Butt
- Mohammad Saifuddin
- Nahidul Islam
- Paul van Meekeren
- Wahab Riaz
- Nasum Ahmed
Dream11 Prediction
The Chattogram Challengers team will be hoping to be more consistent in the competition going forward. With yet another loss in the last match, they will be hoping to get a win under their belt and take the momentum forward in the next matches. Having said that the Khulna Tigers are going into this match with 3 losses in a row. They will also be pretty determined to get back to winning ways again and put together a string of victories. This has all the makings of a closely fought game of cricket with nothing short of a victory to satisfy the teams. We will bet with Khulna Tigers to win this match though.
Top Picks
Abu Jayed: Abu Jayed has made a great start to their campaign in the BPL for Chattogram Challengers with 5 wickets from 2 games with a strike rate of 9.60.
Usman Khan: Although Usman Khan has done precious little after scoring a brilliant hundred in the opening game, he still has scored 163 runs from 5 matches with an average of 40.75 and a strike rate of 152.33.
Wahab Riaz: Wahab Riaz has picked up 7 wickets in 4 outings for Khulna Tigers with a strike rate of 13.28. He also picked up a 4-wicket haul in the last match.
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury: In his 10 games for Chattogram Challengers, Chowdhury has picked up 11 wickets with a strike rate of 18.81.
CAV vs KNT Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: U. Khan
Batters: T. Iqbal (VC), M. O'Dowd, A. Hossain (C), W. Riaz
All-rounders: S. Hom, M. Pushpakumara, M. Saifuddin
Bowlers: N. Ahmed, M. Hasan Rana, M. Chowdhury
