Rangpur Riders to bat first in final of BPL-5
Published : 12 Dec 2017, 17:55
Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field against Rangpur Riders in the BPL 2017 final on Tuesday.
After a ‘two-day’ qualifier, Rangpur Riders brace for the might of defending champions Dhaka Dynamites.
Rangpur are unchanged while Dhaka have made one change. They dropped Mohammad Saddam in favour of Khaled Ahmed, who had played three matches in this season.
Rangpur have some T20 heavyweights of their own, which means the spectators could be in for a cracking contest.
Dhaka’s Evin Lewis will play against his West Indies and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots team-mate Chris Gayle. Another WIndies bigshot Kieron Pollard will take on Brendon McCullum. Bangladesh’s Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan is facing ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza. There will duels between Shahid Afridi v Ravi Bopara; Sunil Narine v Sohag Gazi; and Abu Hider v Rubel Hossain.
Dhaka Dynamites: 1 Mehedi Maruf, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Joe Denly, 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Jahurul Islam (wk), 10 Abu Hider, 11 Khaled Ahmed
Rangpur Riders: 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Brendon McCullum, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Mashrafe Mortaza, 6 Mohammad Mithun, 7 Nahidul Islam, 8 Sohag Gazi, 9 Rubel Hossain, 10 Nazmul Islam, 11 Isuru Udana
Source: ntvbd