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Toss Winner - Dhaka Capitals won the toss and choose to bat first
Khulna Tigers beat Dhaka Capitals by 6 wickets
The penultimate game of the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League sees the already eliminated Dhaka Capitals take on Khulna Tigers who must win to keep their hopes alive.
We are backing Khulna Tigers to win!
| Tournament: | Bangladesh Premier League, 2024-25 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 29.5°C|Sunny |
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After what has been a very exciting 40 games of the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League group stage, we are left with only two more fixtures ahead of the play-offs. There is a top three clash between the Chittagong Kings and leaders Fortune Barishal on Saturday evening but ahead of that comes this meeting between Dhaka Capitals and Khulna Tigers.
Both sides have struggled to find consistency across this campaign and ultimately, in spite of a strong finish to the group stage, that is what has cost the Capitals a place in the top four. It could also be the same reason why the Tigers end up finishing no higher than fifth, although they have given themselves an excellent chance of progressing after beating Rangpur Riders by 46 runs on Thursday.
No matter where they finish in the table, both teams will want to end this stage with a positive performance and we could well be in for an exciting clash in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon.
DHCP
77/1 in 6.3 11.85
73/10 in 15.3 4.71
145/2 in 16.0 9.06
139/10 in 19.3 7.13
KLT
188/5 in 19.1 9.81
187/5 in 20.0 9.35
117/4 in 19.1
BPL 2023
Dhaka Dominators won by 6 wkts
113/8 in 20.0
With a win required to keep themselves in the hunt for a top four position, Dhaka Capital produced an awful batting display in the first innings against Fortune Barishal and their fate was sealed. As a result, Thisara Perera's side are already eliminated from the competition and will be playing purely for pride at the Sher'e Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
The skipper, keeper-batter Litton Das and Ronsford Beaton at number nine were the only players to make double-figure scores in the team's total of 73 with Perera the lone six hitter in the side! The captain may promote himself up the order in this game as confidence will be low amongst the other batters.
With the ball, the experienced Mustafizur Rahman took the only wicket against Barishal but we expect spinner Mosaddek Hossain to bowl with control and to be a threat in this contest.
Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Riaz Hassan, JP Kotze, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Thisara Perera (c), Nazmul Islam, Ronsford Beaton, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Rana
Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Habibur Rahman, Thisara Perera, Sabbir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Farmanullah Safi, Rahmatullah Ali, Riaz Hassan
Sometimes the pressure of a must-win fixture brings the best out of a side and that was certainly the case for Khulna Tigers on Thursday when they produced a brilliant display with both bat and ball to defeat Rangpur Riders by 46 runs.
Leading the way was Mohammad Naim who hit a brilliant 111 not out from only 62 balls before taking three catches in the field and he will be looking to carry on where he left off when this game gets underway on Saturday afternoon.
The team management will be hoping the Tigers can produce the goods under pressure once more in this match and we can expect a positive intent from all of their batters. With the ball, Musfik Hasan got the most out of this pitch in the last game, taking 3/24 from his four overs, and we can expect Hasan Mahmud to once again bowl with plenty of control.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Mohammad Naim, Alex Ross, William Bosisito, Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk), Abu Hider, Afif Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Mahmud, Musfik Hasan
Mahidul Islam Ankon, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Nawaz, Ziaur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, William Bosisto, Musfik Hasan, Alex Ross
Humidity levels will be above 70% at the start of the game before dipping to around 50% by the second innings on a day where there will be plenty of sunshine with the temperature up in the mid-twenties.
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
Two PacedSpin Bowling
High Turn
Despite some low scores from a couple of teams in recent games, this pitch in Dhaka remains an excellent batting surface. Whoever bats first will be looking to post a score of 190+.
After four games in a row were won by the team fielding first, matches 39 and 40 both saw the team batting first come out on top. Therefore, we predict that both captains will want to bat first ahead of this fixture.