Rangpur Riders engaged their fans with a cryptic Facebook post that read, “We are here with another surprise after signing the world’s No. 1 all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the fight for victory! Dear Rangpur Riders fans, guess who is going to be the new rider by matching the information given in the picture, and share your opinion in the comments.”

In addition to the big signing of Babar Azam, the Rangpur Riders have also secured the services of Pakistan pacer Ihsanullah and Bangladesh’s cricket sensation Shakib Al Hasan, significantly bolstering their lineup. Key players like Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, and Hasan Mahmud have been retained.

The team has further fortified its ranks by signing foreign cricketers Wanindu Hasaranga and Nicolas Pooran, making them a formidable force in the upcoming BPL season.

Comilla Victorians, the current champions of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), have reached the final this time too. Today is the fight in the fire to determine who is Comilla’s partner in that final on February 16. Sylhet Strikers and Rangpur Riders, who finished the league stage from the top of the points table, will face each other in the second qualifier at 6:30 pm.

Rangpur, which eliminated Fortune Barisal from the Eliminator, is not getting their Afghan cricketers in this match. Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Azmatullah Omarzaira have left for Dubai ahead of the series against the United Arab Emirates. However, English cricketer Sam Billings is scheduled to join Dwayne Bravo and Nicholas Pooran last night to make up for the team’s loss of strength.

Meanwhile, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who lost to Comilla in the first qualifier, lost to Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim for the PSL before the Sylhet playoffs. Although its impact will be against Comilla, the team will want to go to the final with the help of local cricketers today.

Shamim Patwari played on the chance. Better can be done if given time. At the end of the match, this comment was made by the batsman who knocked out Shakib’s Fortune Barisal from the BPL. Playing with star cricketers is not stressful; Rather, he thinks it enriches the experience.

Even though he batted at seven-eighth in the previous matches, Shamim repaid the trust of the team management by batting at number three. Even though the team could not leave the field after winning, Fortune Barisal went to the qualifiers with his 71. Shamim needed to get the chance to bat properly in the current season of BPL. Although he played an inning of 44 runs in the beginning, his batting was erratic in the next matches. However, his confidence increased in this inning.

In the press conference after the match, Shamim Patwari said, ‘It is not that easy to bat here. So if you give me some time here I could do better. I batted at seven-eight, which is not a good spot to bat. So every time I go down, I want to finish well.’Fortune Barisal is a star-studded team coming into the play-off match. Joining Caribbean star Bravo, Puran, is Lankan captain Dasun Sanka. But the presence of prominent cricketers is not stressful; Rather, left-handed batsman Shamim sees it as an opportunity to gain experience. Shamim Patwari said, ‘It’s not challenging, but playing cricket with players I like. It is not so easy to adapt to playing with such world-class players. Shamim Patwari has scored 161 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of around 137 in the current BPL.

Fortune Barisal could not get the benefit of changing the batting order. After Mehdi Hasan Miraj’s fifty in the opener, the team played slowly with wickets in hand at the end even from the driver’s seat. Captain Shakib Al Hasan was seen cheering in front of the dressing room with his bat. Barisal lost the toss and batted against Rangpur Riders in the BPL eliminator match at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla. Last time runners-up scored 170 runs for 3 wickets. Karim Janat was unbeaten on 33 and Vanuka Rajapakse on 17. Mirage scored 69 runs off 48 balls. Mirage gets out while hitting Shanaka. His innings of fifty were studded with 9 fours and 1 six. The Karim-Rajapakshe duo could not make the start.

Hasan Mahmud’s 16 runs in the last over would have been even less. In the end, 44 runs came from this pair in 29 balls. The two continued to play with singles. When Andre Fletcher (12), who Bravo-Shanakara bowled brilliantly. Bravo gave only 18 runs in the first 2 overs and 11 runs in the next two overs. Shanaka gave only 9 runs in the first two overs, and 14 in the next over! Took a maximum of 2 wickets. Apart from this Rakibul Hasan took 1 door.came down in the opening, returned to the pavilion, Miraj-Mahmudullah took control of the game. 69 runs from 46 balls came from the pair of two. This pair broke when Mahmudullah got out with 34 runs off 21 balls. Today is a fight for life and death for both teams. If you lose, you are out; if you win, the hope of the final will be alive. For this, they have to play in the second qualifier, where their opponent will be the defeated team in the first qualifier. Sylhet Strikers and Comilla Victorians will meet in the final on Sunday evening.

Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders face each other on Friday (February 10) in an important match. Rangpur won the toss and sent Comilla into bat in the first qualifier match. The fight in the points table is going on between Rangpur and Comilla. They have 16 points by playing equal matches. However, in terms of net run rate, Rangpur is second and Comilla is third. As per the points table, the North Bengal franchise is leading the last five times.

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

Rangpur Riders: Nurul Hasan (captain), Mohammad Naeem, Rahmatullah Gurbaz, Roni Talukder, Shamim Hossain, Azmatullah Omarzai, Tom Cadmore, Rakibul Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Ripon Mandal and Naveen-ul-Haq.

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.

Everyone from Rangpur played in a marmukhi manner even though they came down to chase a few runs at the Mirpur Sher Bangla Stadium. Mohammad Naeem scored 20 runs off 12 balls and was dismissed by Nihaduzzaman. Rony Talukder, however, played in a slightly defensive manner. He scored 28 runs off 27 balls. Then Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sohan, and Cadmore returned in Naeem’s pose. When Gurbaz returned to the pavilion scoring 46 runs off 30 balls, Sohan and Cadmore combined to secure the win.

Sohan scored 15 off 13 balls and Cadmore scored 20 runs off 15 balls. As a result of this victory, Rangpur has 16 points after 11 matches. Sylhet Strikers are at the top of the table with 18 points in 12 matches. Comilla Victorians, who are behind in run rate, are third in the table with 16 points. Fortune Barisal is fourth with 14 points. Earlier Chittagong started stumbling after winning the toss and going to bat. They lost 5 wickets within 59 runs. Afif Hossain scored the maximum 15 runs among the five. Among the rest, Max O’Dowd scored 11, Mehdi Maruf 4, Curtis Kampfer 2, and Usman Khan 2.

After losing 5 wickets, Taufiq Khan and acting captain Ziaur Rahman tried to catch up. The pair of Tawfiq-Ziaur broke the team’s head of 97 runs. At this time Taufiq caught Gurbaz off Rakibul Hasan for 28 runs. Ziaur also left after a while because of Ripon Mandal. The team’s maximum 33 runs came from his bat. After that, Chittagong got the capital to fight at least with the bat of Mritunjoy Chowdhury and Vijayakanth. Mrityunjoy scored 17 runs and Vijayakanth scored 11 runs. Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf took 2 wickets for Rangpur costing only 14 runs. Rakibul also took the same number of wickets, he scored 26 runs in 4 overs. Of the rest, Omarzai, Hasan Mahmood, and Ripon got one wicket each.

Rangpur Riders just blew away the top team Sylhet strikers of the tournament. Shoaib Malik and Nurul Hasan Sohan gave the finishing touch on the stage made by Rony Talukdar-Nayeem Sheikh. Rangpur Riders won by a huge margin of 8 wickets. That too with 12 balls in hand. This is Rangpur’s fifth consecutive win in the current edition.

Nayeem Sheikh and Rony Talukdar, the two openers of Rangpur Riders, started the storm in the run chase at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla. Rony Talukdar was the one who was aggressive between the two. Fifty took only 27 balls. One hundred runs came in the opening pair in just 9.3 overs. At that time, Rony Talukdar stopped Mushfiqur Rahim’s palm from Mohammad Irfan’s ball. His innings of 66 runs in 35 balls with 8 fours and

Nayeem Sheikh also moved to Fifty. His innings were stopped by Rezaur Rahman for 45 runs in 32 balls with 6 fours. After that, Rangpur captain Nurul Hasan Sohan and Shoaib Malik were moving well. In this pair, Rangpur reached the port of victory by 8 wickets with 12 balls in hand. Shoaib Malik remained unbeaten on 4 off 24 balls and 41* off one over boundary and Sohan remained unbeaten on 17 off 17 balls.

Earlier, Sylhet Strikers scored 170 runs for 2 wickets after losing the toss. In the beginning, However, Sylhet was under pressure from Rangpur’s bowling cannon. In particular, Nazmul Hossain was playing calmly and slowly. Only 26 runs came in the Powerplay. Hasan Mahmud bowled Shanto, who scored 15 runs off 22 balls, in the 9th over and broke the opening pair for 43 runs. Zakir Hasan could not score more than 7 runs today.

After that, Sylhet captain Mushfiqur Rahim made a great partnership with Touhid Hridoy in today’s match. Towhid Hridoy’s Mushfiqur also picked up the fifty off 30 balls. The pair exceeded one hundred. Rangpur’s bowlers could not break this pair anymore. Towhid Hridoy remained unbeaten on 55 off 55 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes and Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on 55 off 35 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. 111 runs came in their unbroken partnership. Sylhet Strikers scored 170 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs.

In the 34th match of the ninth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Rangpur Riders vs Dhaka Dominators will face each other on Friday evening. Rangpur will then face Sylhet, Chittagong, and Comilla.

Nasir Hossain’s Dhaka Dominators, Tamim Iqbal’s Khulna Tigers, and Chittagong Challengers are looking at these four matches in Rangpur.
If Rangpur wins Friday evening’s match, they will secure a playoff spot along with Sylhet Strikers, Fortune Barisal, and Comilla Victorians.

And if they lose, Dhaka, Chittagong, and Khulna will have the chance to play in the playoffs as the fourth team. Rangpur Riders are staying for this spot.

Khulna Tigers is the sixth team with 2 wins in 9 matches and 4 points. Chittagong Challengers are in seventh position behind net run rate with 4 points in equal matches. Dhaka Dominators have played one more match and collected 6 points from 3 wins. All these three teams have a chance to play in the playoffs as the fourth team.

In that case, Rangpur will have to lose all the matches. And the rest have to win all their matches to keep their chances alive.
But Rangpur can change all the equations. Among the remaining teams in the race for the playoffs, Rangpur Riders already have 10 points. They still have four matches left.

Rangpur will qualify for the playoffs if they win one match. Because none of the remaining teams are likely to get 12 points. As a result, if Rangpur wins on Friday, the matches of the remaining three teams will become unimportant. Then the teams in the top four will fight to retain the best position.