DDS vs KNT Match Preview
The Dhaka team will be led by Taskin Ahmed, who is an important pillar of the national team as well. Aiding him in the seam department will be Shoriful Islam and Al-Amin Hossain. Arafat Sunny is likely to play a key role with his left arm orthodox spin in this tournament.
The biggest overseas addition to the Dominators is Sri Lankan all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne, who has been a vital cog for his national team. However, he is currently playing international cricket in India and will only be available for a part of the League.
In his absence, much of the scoring responsibilities will fall on Soumya Sarkar and Dilshan Munaweera.
The Khulna team will be led by Tamim Iqbal who was earlier with the Dhaka franchise. He will be joined by Mahmudul Hasan Joy, who had an excellent outing with Comilla Victorians in the last season.
Yasir Ali and Sabbir Rahman are likely to be quite impactful in the middle order. The team has also bought the hard-hitting Sri Lankan duo of Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka, but both of them are currently on international duty.
The Tigers’ bowling strength appears to be quite impressive with the addition of Naseem Shah, Wahab Riaz, Paul van Meekeren, and Nasum Ahmed.
Weather Report
The weather is expected to be sunny with a high of 26 degrees Celsius. The dew might make it difficult for the bowlers to grip the ball in the second innings.
Pitch Report
The surface at the Sher E Bangla stadium does deteriorate a bit in the longer formats but shouldn’t change much in the T20s. It provides equal opportunities for both, batsmen as well as bowlers. While the batsmen will find it easy to play their shots, the seam bowlers and the spinners can manage to get some movement and turn from the pitch.
Notable stats
Arafat Sunny’s Excellent Economy Rate
Arafat Sunny had a pretty short international career but has been quite active in domestic as well as league cricket. In his last 5 T20 appearances, Arafat has picked up 4 wickets and has bowled at a miserly rate of 5.86.
Team News
As this is the first match of the season for both teams, there are no injuries in the squad. Buy some of the players might be unavailable due to other commitments.
DDS vs KNT Probable 11
DDS Playing 11
- Soumya Sarkar
- Ariful Haque
- Mohammad Mithun (Wk)
- Shoriful Islam
- Taskin Ahmed (C)
- Arafat Sunny
- Al-Amin Hossain
- Dilshan Munaweera
- Nasir Hossain
- Ahmed Shehzad
- Usman Ghani
KNT Playing 11
- Mahmudul Hasan Joy
- Sabbir Rahman
- Azam Khan (Wk)
- Tamim Iqbal (C)
- Nahidul Islam
- Yasir Ali
- Nasum Ahmed
- Shafiqul Islam
- Paul van Meekeren
- Mohammad Saifuddin
- Wahab Riaz
Dream11 Prediction
We are backing the Khulna Tigers to win this one. Their squad has a couple of promising all-rounders in the form of Mohammad Saifuddin and Nahidul Islam. Also, they bat pretty deep and have some world-class bowlers in the form of Naseem Shah, Van Meekeren, and Wahab Riaz, who will be asking tough questions to the Dominators’ batsmen.
Top Picks
Mahmudul Hasan Joy: Hasan Joy had a great outing with the Comilla Victorians last season. In 9 innings, he scored 235 runs at an average of 26.11.
Yasir Ali: The middle-order batsman from Bangladesh has a solid record in the T20s. In the last 10 matches, he has scored 206 runs at a strike rate of 145.07.
Tamim Iqbal: Tamim Iqbal has scored 6886 T20 runs at an average of 32.02, including 4 centuries and 44 half-centuries.
DDS vs KNT Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: M Mithun, A Khan
Batters: T Iqbal, Y Ali Chowdhury, M Hasan-Joy (C)
All-rounders: S Sarkar (VC), M Saifuddin
Bowlers: W Riaz, A Sunny, T Ahmed, P van Meekeren
