The 5th match of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Comilla Victorians and Sylhet Strikers on Monday, 9th January 2023 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Comilla Victorians totally failed to give the best performance in almost each and every department of the game in their first match against Rangpur Riders. They won the toss and decided to field first but their bowling unit did not perform well and leaked 176 runs in 20 overs. The best bowlers of T20 cricket like Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Nabi, Mustafizur Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, and Khushdil Shah are part of the bowling unit of Victorians but failed to stop the batting order of Riders from scoring runs. Khushdil Shah was the most successful bowler with one wicket to his name in four overs against 25 runs.

Mosaddek Hossain picked one wicket in two overs while he was charged with 13 runs. Mustafizur Rahman and Fazalhaq Farooqi also picked one wicket each while Mohammad Nabi and Ashiqur Zaman were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Comilla Victorians totally failed to give the best performance. They could manage to score 142 runs and their full team came back to the pavilion in 19.1 overs while chasing the target of 177 runs. The skipper, Imrul Kayes was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 35 runs to his name on 23 balls with the help of four boundaries and one huge six. Jaker Ali scored 19 runs while Dawid Malan could manage to score 17 runs and Shykat Ali had 16 runs to his name.

Sylhet Strikers had just been outstanding in both previous matches. They won their first match against Chattogram Challengers and then beat Fortune Barishal in their second match with a handsome margin of six wickets where they lost the toss and were asked to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was very poor and they leaked 194 runs in 20 overs. Almost all bowlers from their side leaked plenty of runs. Mashrafe Mortaza was the most successful bowler from their side with three wickets to his name in four overs against 48 runs. Imad Wasim, Rejaur Rahman Raja, and Thisara Perera picked one wicket each.

Mohammad Amir and Colin Ackermann were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. Sylhet Strikers won the previous match due to the best performance by their batting order. They chased the target of 195 runs in 19 overs. Towhid Hridoy was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 55 runs in 34 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one huge six. Najmul Hossain Shanto also had an outstanding performance with the bat. He faced 40 balls and smashed five boundaries and one huge six. Zakir Hasan was the other batsman who put some runs on the board. He scored 43 runs on just 18 balls with the help of four boundaries and three huge sixes. The skipper, Mushfiqur Rahim scored 23 runs while Thisara Perera had 20 runs to his name. Thisara Perera and Mushfiqur Rahim remained not out till the chase of the target.

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

• Sylhet Strikers had won their both played matches till now
• Sylhet Strikers have a strong batting order which is in good form
• Sylhet Strikers also have a strong bowling unit even though they were not good in the previous match
• Comilla Victorians is also a strong team but were not good in their first match
• The batting order of Comilla Victorians is strong

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

Sylhet Strikers have a 60% chance to win this match
Comilla Victorians 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 5th 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: 08:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL / 01:30 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 5th Inns scores: 144
• Average 5th 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

Brandon King, Sean Williams, Angelo Mathews, Tanvir Islam, Shaheen Afridi, Chadwick Walton, Josh Cobb, Abu Hider Rony, Mukidul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Aamer Jamal, Imrul Kayes (c), Litton Das, Dawid Malan, Mosaddek Hossain, Jaker Ali (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Shykat Ali, Ashiqur Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Mustafizur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.