Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field first in their mouth-watering clash against Fortune Barishal at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Rangpur are in search of their sixth straight win in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after winning their first five games in a row.

They are currently the tabble toppers with 10 points from their 5 matches with a NRR of 2.006.

Fortune Barishal are second in the table with 6 points from their 4 matches. Their only loss came against Rangpur Riders in the Dhaka phase earlier.

Rangpur Riders (Playing XI): Alex Hales, Tawfique Khan, Saif Hassan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Nurul Hasan(w/c), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Kamrul Islam, Nahid Rana, Akif Javed
Fortune Barishal (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal(c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Kyle Mayers, Towhid Hridoy, Jahandad Khan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Rishad Hossain, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Tanvir Islam