The 2nd match of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders on Friday, 6th January 2023 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Mustafizur Rahman is the new captain of Comilla Victorians for this season of BPL. He is an experienced player and had played 78 T20 matches for Bangladesh and also featured in different cricket leagues like IPl, CPL, and PSL. We are sure that he will positively lead the Victorians. The batting order of this team is also strong. They had picked Mohammad Rizwan and we think that he will open the batting inning. He was just good in the recently played World Cup and will continue his good form for the Victorians. Imrul Kayes, Khushdil Shah, Brandon Kings, and Shykar Ali are other leading batsmen in the squad of the Victorians.

Comilla Victorians are also rich in the all-rounding departments. They have the services of Josh Cobb, Mosaddek Hossain, Sean Williams, Abu Hider Rony, and Mohammad Nabi. Jaker Ali, Litton Das, Mahidul Islam Ankon, and Chadwick Walton are also part of the squad of the Victorians. Comilla Victorians are also rich in the bowling department. Shaheen Afridi will be leading the bowling unit of this team with Hasan Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Ashiqur Zaman, Mukidul Islam, and Tanvir Islam. Shaheen Afridi was struggling with his knee injury and now he is fit. We are sure that he will be part of the final playing eleven of this match. We know how dangerous the bowler is. He has a history of picking wickets in his opening two overs.

Rangpur Riders are the new addition to the family of Bangladesh Premier League. This franchise had picked some best players and we are sure that they will give a tough time to almost each and every team in this tournament. Nurul Hasan is the leader of the Riders. This team had picked some best all-rounders of T20 cricket from different cricketing nations. Mohammad Naim and Pathum Nissanka are the leading batsmen of the Riders. Aaron Jones, Alauddin Babu, Mahedi Hasan, Rony Talukdar, Shamim Hossain, and Shoaib Malik are the leading batting all-rounders in the squad of the Riders.

Shoaib Malik had played a lot of cricket in the conditions of Bangladesh and if he gets some time on the crease, he can be dangerous against the spin bowlers. Sikandar Raza is another dangerous batsman and he can play big shots, especially in the middle overs. Mohammad Nawaz is another all-rounder who is part of the squad of the Raiders. He had opened the batting inning for Pakistan and plays shots freely in the lower overs. He is also a quality spin bowler and doesn’t leak runs easily. The bowling unit of Rangpur Riders is also strong and is led by Haris Rauf. He had been the best bowler for Pakistan and also had played some matches in BBL. We are expecting that he will perform well in the conditions of Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud, Rakibul Hasan, Jeffrey Vandersay, and Robiul Haque are also part of the bowling squad of the Riders.

Comilla Victorians: Brandon King, Liton Das, Imrul Kayes, Sean Williams, Mosaddek Hossain(C), Mohammad Nabi, Jaker Ali(WK), Nayeem Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanvir- Islam, Abu Hider

Rangpur Riders: Naim Sheikh, Rony Talukdar, Shoaib Malik, Mahedi Hasan, Sikandar Raza, Nurul-Hasan(WK)(C), Mohammad Parvez Hossain-Emon(WK), Rakibul Hasan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Alauddin Babu, Hasan Mahmud

According to our match prediction, Comilla Victorians is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Comilla Victorians a favorite team to win this match.

• Comilla Victorians are the most successful team of BPL
• Comilla Victorians had picked the best players for this tournament
• Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi can play a main role for Comilla Victorians
• Rangpur Riders are also a strong team
• The bowling unit of Rangpur Riders is also strong

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

Rangpur Riders have a 52% chance to win this match
Comilla Victorians shave 48% 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 2nd 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 for 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: Friday, 6th January 2023
• Time: 01:15 PM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 06:45 PM IST

• Stadium: Shere-E- 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 2nd Inns scores: 144
• Average 2nd 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

Abrar Ahmed, Abu Hider, Ashiqur Zaman, Josh Cobb, Hasan Ali, Imrul Kayes, Jaker Ali, Khushdil Shah, Brandon King, Litton Das, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Rizwan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mukidul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Nayeem Hasan, Shykat Ali, Tanvir Islam, Chadwick Walton, Sean Williams, Dawid Malan.