The 3rd match of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Dhaka Dominators and Khulna Tigers on Saturday, 7th January 2023 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Dhaka Dominators had been renamed from Minister Dhaka and they were not good in the previous season of the Bangladesh Premier League. They were the second worst performing team after the competition of the league matches. They had changed their total squad for this tournament as the new owner of this team has a lot of interest in cricket. Taskin Ahmed had been appointed as the new captain of this team.

The batting order of Dominators is very strong for this tournament which will be led by Taskin Ahmed. Al-Amin Hossain and Shoriful Islam are two other players who can play a main role in the batting order of this team. Arafat Sunny is another experienced player that can prove a main role in each and every match of this tournament. The Dominators had added Chamika Karunaratne to their squad. He is an experienced all-rounder from Sri Lanka and we are sure that he will play a main role in this team. He will not be part of the final playing eleven for this match as he is with his national team in India. Dilshan Munaweera, Soumya Sarkar, Shan Masood, and Ahmed Shehzad are also part of the squad of the Dominators.

Khulna Tigers are the part of BPL since some previous season but had not won any title. They reach the final of this tournament back in 219 but failed to win the title. They were holding the four position on the points table in the most recent edition of Bangladesh Premier League but were beaten by Chattogram Challengers in the eliminator match. The Tigers had lost some key players who performed well in the previous edition. Mushfiqur Rahim, Andre Fletcher, Sikandar Raza, and Thisara Perera are not part of the Tigers for this tournament.

Tamim Iqbal had been appointed as the new captain of the Khulna Tigers for this season of BPL. He was part of Dhaka in the previous season and we are sure that he will play a main role for his new team. Mahmudul Hasan Joy is another main player of this team who was part of the squad of Comilla Victorians in the previous season. Sabbir Rahman and Yasir Ali are the best all-rounders in the squad of the Tigers. Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka are known as hard hitters of T20 cricket and are part of the squad of this team but both players will not the part of the final playing eleven as both players are on international duty. The bowling unit of the Khulna Tigers is very strong and is led by Naseem Shah, Wahab Riaz, Nasum Ahmed, and Paul van Meekeren.

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

• Dhaka Dominators are overall a strong team in this tournament
• Khulna Tigers has a strong bowling unit on their side
• The batting order of Khulna Tigers is also strong
• Both teams have a completely new squad for this tournament
• Khulna Tigers had won two out of the most recent three matches against Dhaka

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 56% chance to win this match
Dhaka Dominators shave 44% 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 our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose the field first.

The 3rd 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.

Captain: M Hasan-Joy
Vice-Captain: S Sarkar
M Mithun, A Khan, Tamim Iqbal, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, M Saifuddin, Wahab Riaz, A Sunny, T Ahmed, P van Meekeren

• Date: Saturday, 7th January 2023
• Time: 07:30 AM GMT / 01:30 PM LOCAL / 01:00 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 3rd Inns scores: 144
• Average 3rd 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

Ahmed Shahzad, Al-Amin Hossain, Alok Kapali, Arafat Sunny, Ariful Haque, Delwar Hossain, Chamika Karunaratne, Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Mithun, Monir Hossain, Muktar Ali, Dilshan Munaweera, Nasir Hossain, Salman Irshad, Shan Masood, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Usman Ghani.