The 17th match of the Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL T20 ) 2022 is scheduled to play  Khulna Tigers vs Sylhet Sunrisers on  Thursday, 3rd February 2022 at The Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Khulna Tigers had lost their previous match against Fortune Barishal by the margin of six runs. They lost the toss and were asked to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked 145 runs and send the full team of Fortune Barishal back to the pavilion in 18.5 overs. Khaled Ahmed was the highest wicket-taker from their side but he leaked plenty of runs. He picked three wickets in his four overs bowled out while he was charged for 41 runs. Kamrul Islam and F Reza picked two wickets each while Thisara Perera had one wicket to his name.

Sylhet Sunrisers were beaten by Chattogram Challengers in their most recent match by the margin of 16 runs. They won the toss and decided to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was very poor. They leaked 202 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Taskin Ahmed, Gazi, Muktar Ali, Ravi Bopara, and the skipper, Mosaddek Hossain picked one wicket each while Alauddin Babu and Sunzamul Islam were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

According to match prediction, Khulna Tigers is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Khulna Tigers a favorite team to win this match.

• Both teams had failed to perform well in this tournament so far
• The bowling unit of Sylhet Sunrisers is strong and experienced
• Sylhet Sunrisers have their batting order in good form
• Khulna Tigers have a strong bowling attack

Khulna Tigers is overall a strong team in this tournament, so the winning chances of today’s match for Khulna Tigers have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Khulna Tigers have a 52% chance to win this match
Sylhet Sunrisers shave 48% chances to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the result of all matches of BPL as we had seen in the previous matches. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose the field first.

The 17th match of BPL season 2022 is going to be held at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. The pitch at the stadium is considered to be decent for batting but it will offer some help to the spinners like every other surface in the country. A score of around 190 should be considered par at the venue. The average first inning score on this venue is 152 runs and the average second inning score is 130 runs. This venue has the highest total recorded of 211 runs in 20 overs.

The weather forecast of Dhaka for this match is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full match to watch.

Captain: T Perera
Vice-Captain: M Rahim
A Haque, A Fletcher, L Simmons, C Ingram, Y Ali Chowdhury, S Prasanna, T Ahmed, K Islam-Rabbi, S Islam

Date: Thursday, 3rd February 2022
Time: 06:30 AM GMT / 12:30 PM BD

Stadium: Shere Bangla National Stadium
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Opened: 2006
Capacity: 25,000
Ends: Ispahani End, Aqua Paints End
Time Zone: UTC +06:00
Other Sports: it is home to Football
Floodlights: Yes

Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Yasir Ali, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Farhad Reza, Sharifullah, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Nabil Samad, Sikandar Raza, Jaker Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq, Tanzid Hasan, Andre Fletcher, Soumya Sarkar, Rony Talukdar, Mahedi Hasan, Kamrul Islam, Khaled Ahmed.