The 6th match of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Chattogram Challengers and Khulna Tigers on Monday, 9th January 2023 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Chattogram Challengers are a strong team but failed to have an ideal start. The batting order of Chattogram Challengers is not weak but they totally failed to give the best performance and totally collapsed in the first match against Sylhet Strikers. They could manage to score just 89 runs in 20 overs. Afif Hossain was the highest run-scorer with just 25 runs to his name. Al-Amin scored 18 runs while Mehedi Maruf could manage to score 11 runs. No other batsmen from their side could even enter into the double figures.

Darwish Rasooli, Shuvagata, Usman Khan, and Mrittunjoy Chowdhury are part of the batting squad of the Challengers but failed to put some big runs on the board. They have to perform well in the next matches to compete against the strong teams in this tournament. The bowling unit of Chattogram Challengers also failed to give the best performance and leaked the target of 90 runs in just 12.3 overs. Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Malinda Pushpakumara, Afif Hossain, Nihaduzzaman, and Shuvagata Hom are the leading bowlers of this team. Mrittunjoy Chowdhury and Malinda Pushpakumara picked one wicket each while no other bowler from their side could manage to pick any wicket.

Khulna Tigers had not an impressive start to this tournament but they are a favorite side to win this match. They lost against Dhaka Dominators in their very first match of this tournament. They have a strong batting order but failed to put some big runs on the board and scored just 113 runs in 20 overs. The skipper, Yasir Ali was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 24 runs to his name. Saifuddin scored 19 runs while Azam Khan could manage to score just 18 runs.

The bowling unit of Khulna Tigers performed well but failed to defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 114 runs in 19.1 overs. Mohammad Saifuddin was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with two wickets to his name in four overs against 22 runs. Paul van Meekeren also performed well and had a wicket to his name while he leaked 18 runs in four overs. Wahab Riaz was the other bowler who picked one wicket but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged for 32 runs in four overs. Nasum Ahmed and Nahidul Islam were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

According to match prediction, Khulna Tigers is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Khulna Tigers a favorite team to win this match.

• Khulna Tigers have a strong bowling unit
• The batting order of Khulna Tigers is also strong
• Chattogram Challengers is overall a weak team
• The batting order of Chattogram Challengers struggled in the first match
• Khulna Tigers have some experienced players in its squad

Khulna Tigers is overall a strong team in this tournament, so the winning chances of today’s match for Khulna Tigers have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Khulna Tigers have a 60% chance to win this match
Chattogram Challengers shave 40% chances to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the result of all matches of BPL as we had seen in the previous matches. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose the field first.

The 6th match of BPL season 2023 is going to be held at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. The pitch at the stadium is considered to be decent for batting but it will offer some help to the spinners like every other surface in the country. A score of around 190 should be considered par at the venue. The average first-inning score at this venue is 152 runs and the average second-inning score is 130 runs. This venue has the highest total recorded of 211 runs in 20 overs.

The weather forecast of Dhaka for this match is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full match to watch.

It will be updated Shortly

Date: Monday, 9th January 2023
Time: 12:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL / 06:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Shere Bangla National Stadium
• Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Opened: 2006
• Capacity: 25,000
• Ends: Ispahani End, Aqua Paints End
• Time Zone: UTC +06:00
• Other Sports: it is home to Football
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 59
• Matches won batting first: 29
• Matches won bowling first: 30
• Average 6th Inns scores: 144
• Average 6th Inns scores: 124
• Highest total recorded: 211/4 (20 Ov) by BAN vs WI
• Lowest total recorded: 60/10 (16.5 Ov) by NZ vs BAN
• The highest score chased: 194/4 (16.4 Ov) by SL vs BAN
• The lowest score defended: 127/9 (20 Ov) by BAN vs AUS

Mehedi Maruf, Darwish Rasooli, Al-Amin, Shuvagata Hom(c), Afif Hossain, Usman Khan(w), Unmukt Chand, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Nihaduzzaman, Malinda Pushpakumara, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Farhad Reza, Ashan Priyanjan, Ziaur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Vishwa Fernando, Abu Jayed, Max ODowd, Irfan Sukkur, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Curtis Campher, Tawfique Khan, Avishek Mitra, Khawaja Nafay.