Bangladesh Premier League, 2019 | Rangpur Riders vs Comilla Victorians, 6th Match | RNR vs COV Who Will Win
The fifth match of the Bangladesh Premier League 2019 will be contested between Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.
The defending champions Rangpur Riders did not had a great start to their title defence as they lost to Chittagong Vikings in their opening game of the season by 3 wickets in a low-scoring affair where a total of 199 runs were scored in 39.1 overs.
But they fought back hard to register their first win of the season in the following game against Khulna Titans by 8 runs. They banked on a scintillating batting effort from Rilee Rossouw who got 76 to his name from 52 deliveries whereas in the bowling department it was a combined effort from the likes of Mashrafe Mortaza, Shafiul Islam, Farhad Reza who scalped 5 wickets between them.
Comilla Victorians, on the other hand, were victorious in their opening game against Sylhet Sixers by 4 wickets. Batting first, Sixers got 127 runs as none of their batsmen got going apart from Nicholas Pooran who got 41 from 26 deliveries which included 5 fours and 2 maximums.
Victorians took 19.5 overs to chase the target down with 4 wickets in their kitty. Tamim Iqbal’s 35 and some late blitz from veteran Shahid Afridi who got 39 off 25 deliveries got them home.
Read on for COV vs RNR Team News & COV vs RNR Playing 11
Venue:- Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Match Timing:- Tuesday, January 08, 2019, 04:50 PM IST
Rangpur Riders
Comilla Victorians
Here’s how both teams’ might line-up:-
Comilla Victorians
Anamul Haque, Steven Smith, Tamim Iqbal, Shoaib Malik, Evin Lewis, Shahid Afridi, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Shahid, Abu Hider.
Rangpur Riders
Mohammad Mithun, Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw, M Maruf, Ravi Bopara, Benny Howell, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza, M N Islam, Shafiul Islam, Shoaib Gazi.
Rangpur Riders
Comilla Victorians
Disclaimer- This RNR vs COV Dream11 prediction is based on news sourced from various sources. We suggest you pick your playing 11 from the squad listed above basis RNR vs COV Team News.