RRR vs CMV Match Preview
The Rangpur Riders played their last game in the competition against the same opposition as this. They ended up on the losing side in this contest against Comilla. The night game was played in Chattogram when the Riders batted first to score a modest total of 150 runs from their quota of overs and were bowled out. The Comilla Victorians easily chased this target with 14 balls to spare and lost just four wickets. The Rangpur Riders did not get off to a good start. They lost early wickets and were in trouble right from the beginning.
The Rangpur inning was stabilized first by the experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and mainly by James Neesham. Neesham smashed 69 runs from 42 balls with nine fours and two sixes, taking the Rangpur team to a respectable score. The responsibility of checking the Comilla batting charge was entirely on Shakib Al Hasan's shoulders. He bowled well to pick up three of the four wickets to fall. He returned with the figures of 4-0-20-3. Abu Hider picked up the only other wicket to fall.
The Comilla Victorians also lost their last game in the league stages of the competition to Fortune Barishal. Victorians batted first to score 140 runs, losing eight wickets from their quota of 20 overs. The Fortune Barishal team chased this target by losing four wickets in 19.4 overs. Several Comilla batters settled in and got starts during the Comilla innings. But none of them could raise a big score that could have taken the team to a big target. The top run-getter for Comilla was Jaker Ali.
Jaker Ali batted in the lower middle order and hit some hefty blows towards the end of the innings to score 38 runs from 16 balls with four sixes and two fours. The Comilla bowling attack was not in good touch. They had too few runs to defend in this contest. Musfiq Hasan was their leading bowler, with two wickets from his four overs and giving away just 19 runs. He picked wickets and tried valiantly to check the flow of runs. The only other bowlers among the wickets were Mohammad Enamul and Andre Russell, who had solitary dismissals.
Weather Report
This contest will be conducted on a Monday evening in Dhaka. You can expect clear skies with a cloudy period in between. Nothing too threatening, though. The bowlers will not get any help from the weather. We are not expecting rain interruptions during this contest.
Pitch Report
The pitch for this game in Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, is a sporting one. This surface has usually been a good one for batting. However, the spinners are likely to get assistance from the wicket, especially towards the end of the second inning. But all in all, this surface will be in favor of batters.
Notable stats
Shakib Al Hasan has a tremendous all-round record with bat and ball.
Shakib Al Hasan scored 247 runs from his last ten games for Rangpur and has picked up 15 wickets.
Towhid Hridoy has a terrific average-to-strike rate ratio.
Towhid Hridoy has scored runs with an average of 42 and a strike rate of 157 from his last ten games.
Team News
There are no injury updates available for this contest. We assume both teams will be up for selection for this game.
RRR vs CMV Probable 11
RRR Playing 11
- Brandon King
- Rony Talukdar
- Shamim Hossain
- Mahedi Hasan
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Nurul Hasan (C)
- Abu Hider
- Hasan Mahmud
- Imran Tahir
- Tom Moores
- James Neesham
CMV Playing 11
- Jaker Ali Anik
- Litton Das (C)
- Mahidul Islam Ankon
- Towhid Hridoy
- Moeen Ali
- Sunil Narine
- Andre Russell
- Matthew Forde
- Tanvir Islam
- Musfik Hasan
- Mohammad Enamul Haque
Dream11 Prediction
Both these teams are going into this game with an excellent performance in the league stages. Incidentally, both these teams lost their last games in the competition. This might be because of the complacency setting in. We will bet with Rangpur Riders to win this contest because they have a slightly better record in the league stages. However, Comilla Victorians have a better overall record in BPL. So, there is nothing much separating these two teams.
Top Picks
Shakib Al Hasan: Shakib Al Hasan is an invaluable asset for any outfit due to his all-round capabilities. He has done well in this year's competition as well.
Towhid Hridoy: Hridoy has picked up 336 runs from his last ten games with an excellent average and strike rate.
Babar Azam: Azam has scored 195 runs in his last five games with an average of 39. He is a consistent batter, and you can bet on him to score big runs here.
Mahedi Hasan: Hasan has bowled well for Rangpur, picking up 13 wickets in his last ten games with a strike rate of 13.92.
RRR vs CMV Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: L Das
Batters: M Ali, B King, T Hridoy
All-rounders: S Al Hasan (C), S Narine, A Russell (VC), J Neesham, M Hasan
Bowlers: H Mahmud, T Islam
