If they win, the first qualifier of the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will be confirmed as the second and last team from the top two of the points table. In such an equation, Rangpur Riders and the current champion Comilla Victorians faced each other in their 12th and last match in the league phase of BPL. On Friday, Rangpur won the toss and invited Comilla to bat at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium. Comilla is batting after losing the toss. The match starts at 2 pm. Comilla collected 28 runs without losing any wickets in three overs and four balls. Mashrafe’s Sylhet Strikers have already confirmed the first qualifier as the first team from the top of the table.

Rangpur and Comilla are in the race to get the ticket as the second team of the qualifier. Both teams have 16 points with 8 wins and 3 losses in 11 matches. Rangpur is second in the table due to being ahead in run rate. Comilla is in third place. If they win their last match today in the league stage, the winning team will get 18 points. In this case, the winner of the Rangpur-Comilla match will face Sylhet in the first qualifier due to being in the top two of the table. The winner of the first qualifier will play directly in the final. However, even if they lose in the first qualifier, the hope of playing in the final will remain for the losing team. The losers of the first qualifier will play against the winners of the eliminator matches placed third and fourth in the table in the second qualifier. A win there will ensure the final. And if you lose, you have to withdraw from the tournament. And so the Rangpur-Comilla match is essential for both teams.

Comilla Victorians XI: Imrul Kayes (captain), Liton Kumar Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Zaker Ali, Tanveer Islam, Mostafizur Rahman, Mukidul Islam Mudd, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell.

Rangpur Riders XI: Nurul Hasan Sohan (captain), Naeem Sheikh, Roni Talukder, Shamim Patwari, Rakibul Hasan, Hasan Mahmood, Ripon Mandal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Tom Kohler-Cadmore.