BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN | Playing 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Preview & Live Streaming

Rangpur Riders' Babar Azam and Azmatullah Omarzai during BPL 2024 season (BCB)

Table-toppers Khulna Tigers and Rangpur Riders will collide in match number nine of the ongoing BPL 2024 season on January 26. The much-awaited match-up also marks the Phase 2 of the competition, which will see a week’s worth of matches being hosted by Sylhet.

BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN: Team Previews

Khulna Tigers

Khulna Tigers pulled off emphatic run-chases against Chattogram Challengers and Fortune Barishal in successive games to register two wins out of their first two BPL 2024 fixtures. After defeating the Challengers by four wickets and with 10 balls to spare at Mirpur, Anamul Haque and co. trounced Fortune Barishal with two overs intact at the same venue. As of now, the Tigers are occupying the top slot on the BPL 2024 points table.

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Rangpur Riders

The Rangpur Riders unit is currently placed at number three on the seven-team BPL 2024 standings. After going down to Fortune Barishal by five wickets in a final-over thriller at Mirpur, they defeated cellar-dwellers Sylhet Strikers by four wickets and with 10 balls to spare on January 23. The Riders’ ensemble features a number of overseas star-attractions, including Babar Azam, Brandon King and Mohammad Nabi.

BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN: Match Details & Live Streaming

BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN: Sylhet Pitch Report

The conditions at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium often provides considerable assistance for batters, with something on offer for the spinners as well. One can expect both teams to unleash some of their leading spinners within the opening powerplay itself, in a bid to subdue an all-out assault from the opposition’s top-order. The average first innings total at the venue across all T20s has emerged in the range of early 160s.

BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN: Probable Playing 11

Khulna Tigers: Anamul Haque (c), Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wk), Afif Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Habibur Rahman Sohan, Faheem Ashraf, Nahidul Islam, Mukidul Islam, Nasum Ahmed and Oshane Thomas.

Rangpur Riders: Brandon King, Rony Talukdar, Babar Azam, Nurul Hasan (c & wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Hasan Murad and Ripon Mondol.

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BPL 2024 Match 9, KHT vs RAN: Winner Prediction

Table toppers Khulna Tigers, owing to their BPL 2024 form and superior head-to-head record off late, will start out as favourites to defeat Rangpur Riders and register their third win in succession this tournament.

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