Thanks to the rescheduled fixtures, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2016 is going really smooth. The rain Gods have finally taken a back seat and the tournament is going on with no more hurdles.
Seven matches have already been played so far with all seven teams having played two games so far. Rangpur Riders, boasting of star players like Pakistan veteran Shahid Afridi and current batsman Sharjeel Khan, lead the Bangladesh Premier League points table 2016 with two wins from two games.
Dhaka Dynamites are second in the table. Both teams clash on Super Saturday at the Sher-e-Punjab Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, in an effort to gain the bragging rights.
In the other game of the day, Chittagong Vikings take on Khulna Titans. Both teams have one win and one loss from their games, but the Chittagong franchisee are up the table owing to their better net run rate.
BPL 2016 points table so far
1. Rangpur Riders - four points from two games.
2. Dhaka Dynamites - two points from one game (Net run rate: +0.453).
4. Chittagong Vikings - two points from one game (Net run rate: -0.218).
6. Khulna Titans - two points from one game (Net run rate: -1.825).
Squads
Rangpur Riders: Soumya Sarkar, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Shahzad, Gidron Pope, Mohammad Mithun, Babar Azam, Shahid Afridi, Dasun Shanaka, Arafat Sunny, Richard Gleeson, Nasir Jamshed, Sachithra Senanayake, Rubel Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Ziaur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Gihan Rupasinghe, Elias Sunny, Pinak Ghosh, Muktar Ali, Mehrab Hossain, Shahbaz Chouhan
Dhaka Dynamites: Evin Lewis, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravi Bopara, Nasir Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Seekugge Prasanna, Wayne Parnell, Sanjamul Islam, Alauddin Babu, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mehedi Maruf, Usama Mir, Mohammad Shahid, Irfan Shukkur, Tanveer Haider
Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Nabi, Taskin Ahmed, Chaturanga de Silva, Grant Elliott, Imran Khan jnr, Abdur Razzak, Subashis Roy, Jahurul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Jeevan Mendis, Tymal Mills, Zakir Hasan, Saqlain Sajib, Shahidul Islam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Jubair Hossain
Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Nicholas Pooran, Riki Wessels, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Asghar, Benny Howell, Mosharraf Hossain, Lendl Simmons, Ben Laughlin, Shuvagata Hom, Ariful Haque, Abdul Majid, Alok Kapali, Andre Fletcher, Junaid Khan, Hasanuzzaman, Naeem Islam jnr, Noor Hossain Saddam, Taibur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Shafiul Islam
Schedule
Chittagong vs Khulna gets underway at 14:00 local time (08:00 GMT | 13:30 IST) on November 12.
Rangpur vs Dhaka gets underway at 19:00 local (13:00 GMT | 18:30 IST) on November 12.
Where to watch live
India: TV: Sony Six and Sony Six HD. Live Streaming: Sonyliv.
Bangladesh: TV: Channel Nine BD
Pakistan: TV: Geo Super
