Bangladesh T20 League 2024

Final: COV vs FBA

Preview

Comilla Victorians will cross swords with Fortune Barishal for the Bangladesh T20 League 2024 final match. The game is set to be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday, March 1.

The highly anticipated clash between the sides will be a highlight of the 2022 final where COV clinched the title in a nail-biting thriller of just one run against FBA. 

Barishal will enter the ultimate battleground, trumping in three straight games including a significant victory over the title defenders’ Comilla Victorians. 

Barishal’s bowling fortress is hard to breach and had a huge impact in restricting the opponents to low-scoring totals. They will continue to keep their winning trend after beating COV in the recent encounter by successfully chasing 141 runs target with six wickets and two balls in hand.

The Victorians rebounded unexpectedly in Qualifier 1 with clinical performances from Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy scoring 83 and 64 runs respectively. A tough target of 186 runs was chased down in 18.3 overs with 6 wickets to spare. 

Based on the bowling prowess, both sides will be keen to gain control over the game by bowling first in the final match. 

Match Details

Match: COV vs FBA, Final, Bangladesh T20 League 2024

Date: Friday, March 01, 2024

Time: 06:00 PM

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Pitch and Weather Report

The Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka is not usually the best T20 pitch at short format cricket lovers can expect but it will surely provide a balance between the batters and the bowlers. The batters can count on their timings and the bowlers can use the stickiness of the surface. 

The weather in Dhaka is predicted to be sunny on Friday with a maximum temperature of 29 and a minimum of 18 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 5 kmph with a humidity of 38%.

COV vs FBA Squads

COV: Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Tamim Iqbal(c), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Kyle Mayers, David Miller, Mahmudullah, James Fuller, Mohammad Saifuddin, Obed McCoy, Taijul Islam, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamrul Islam, Yannic Cariah, Keshav Maharaj, Khaled Ahmed, Rakibul Hasan, Pritom Kumar, Prantik Nawrose Nabil

FBA: Sunil Narine, Litton Das(w/c), Towhid Hridoy, Johnson Charles, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Musfik Hasan, Enamul Haque, Matthew Forde, Mustafizur Rahman, Imrul Kayes, Rishad Hossain, Brooke Guest, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Anamul Haque Jnr

COV vs FBA Probable Playing XIs

COV: Sunil Narine, Johnson Charles, Litton Das (c & wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Musfik Hasan

FBA: Tamim Iqbal (c), Kyle Mayers, Soumya Sarkar, David Miller, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, James Fuller, Mohammad Saifuddin, Obed McCoy, Taijul Islam

Match Prediction

This is the second time these two sides will be competing in the Bangladesh T20 League Final. The Victorians are the most successful franchise with four feathers on their hat with an aim to get their hands on the fifth. On the other hand, Fortune Barishal, the three-time runners-up are expected to replicate a similar performance, like that in the group stage game against the Victorians and clinch their maiden trophy this season.

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