Rangpur Riders have won the toss and decided to bowl first against Sylhet Strikers in the BPL match-7 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Babar Azam was included in the playing XI replacing Shakib al Hasan who is undergoing treatment for an eye problem in Singapore.

From the previous five meetings between the two sides, the Rangpur Riders have been dominant with four wins in contrast to Sylhet Strikers with one win.

Squad

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

Sylhet Strikers Playing XI: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali, Benny Howell, Ben Cutting, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nazmul Islam, Richard Ngarava, Dushan Hemantha.