The winner of this match will finish the league phase of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at the top of the points table. Prior to this match, Victorians played 11 matches and won eight of them. On the other hand, Riders played 11 matches and won seven of them.
Victorians included young off-spinner Sanjit Saha in this match who displayed some imperious performance during his stint for Bangladesh U-19 team. The match will be marked as his T20 debut.
Riders also gave a T20 cap to Minhazul Abedin Afridi, a teenager leg-spinner, who drew the attention of the Riders’ management in the nets.
Comilla Victorians (Playing XI): TamimIqbal, AnamulHaque(w), ShamsurRahman, ImrulKayes(c), Liam Dawson, ThisaraPerera, ZiaurRahman, Abu Hider Rony, WaqarSalamkheil, SanjitSaha, WahabRiaz
Rangpur Riders (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers, Mohammad Mithun(w), Ravi Bopara, MehediMaruf, Nahidul Islam, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Shahidul Islam, Minhajul Abedin Afridi