The 14th match of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Chattogram Challengers and Comilla Victorians on Monday, 16th January 2023 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Chattogram Challengers were just outstanding in their most recent match against Dhaka where they won the match with a handsome margin of eight wickets. They lost the toss and were asked to field first. The way how their bowling unit performed in that match was just outstanding. They leaked 158 runs in 20 overs. They used seven bowlers in the previous match and Nihaduzzaman was the most successful bowler from their side with two wickets to his account in three overs against 23 runs. Mehedi Hasan Rana also picked two wickets while he was charged for 25 runs in three overs.

Malinda Pushpakumara and the skipper, Shuvagata picked one wicket each while Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Ziaur Rahman, Al-Amin were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The way how the batting order of Chattogram Challengers performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They chased the target of 159 runs in 17.4 overs. Afif Hossain and Darwish Rasooli were just good in the previous match. Afif Hossain was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 69 runs to his name on 52 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one huge six. Darwish Rasooli also performed well and scored 56 runs. He faced 33 balls and smashed three boundaries and four huge sixes.

Comilla Victorians had lost three matches in a row and their most recent loss came against Fortune Barishal by a margin of 12 runs. They won the toss and decided to field first but their batting order totally failed to give the best performance and leaked 177 runs in 20 overs. Tanvir Islam was the only successful bowler from their side. He picked up four wickets in four overs while he was charged for 33 runs. Nayeem and Khushdil Shah picked one wicket each while Hasan Ali and Mustafizur, and Mosaddek Hossain failed to pick any wicket.

The batting order of Comilla Victorians once again failed to chase the target. They could manage to score 165 runs while chasing the target of 178 runs. Khushdil Shah was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 43 runs and remained not out. He faced 27 balls and smashed one boundary and four huge sixes. Litton Das also performed well with the bat and scored 32 runs on 26 balls with the help of one boundary and three huge sixes. The skipper, Imrul Kayes scored 28 runs while Mosaddek Hossain could manage to score 27 runs. Comilla Victorians have to make some changes in playing eleven and try the bench strength to open the account on the scoreboard. Mohammad Rizwan had joined this team and we are sure that he will play a main role to handle the batting order of the Victorians.

According to match prediction, Chattogram Challengers is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Chattogram Challengers a favorite team to win this match.

• Comilla Victorians are the worst-performing team in this tournament
• Comilla Victorians had lost three matches in a row
• Chattogram Challengers had performed well in this tournament
• Comilla Victorians are a strong team but did not perform well
• Chattogram Challengers are strong batting and bowling units

Chattogram Challengers is overall a strong team in this tournament, so the winning chances of today’s match for Chattogram Challengers have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Chattogram Challengers have a 54% chance to win this match
Comilla Victorians shave 46% chances to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the result of all matches of BPL as we had seen in the previous matches. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose the field first.

The 14th match of BPL season 2023 is going to be held at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. The pitch at the stadium is considered to be decent for batting but it will offer some help to the spinners like every other surface in the country. A score of around 190 should be considered par at the venue. The average first-inning score on this venue is 152 runs and the average second-inning score is 130 runs. This venue has the highest total recorded of 211 runs in 20 overs.

The weather forecast of Chattogram for this match is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full match to watch.

Captain: Mohammad Rizwan
Vice-Captain: Ziaur Rahman
Liton Das, Max O’Dowd, Khushdil Shah, Afif Hossain, M. Hossain, M Rahman, A Jayed, M Hasan-Rana, M Chowdhury

• Date: Monday, 15th January 2023
• Time: 12:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL / 06:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
• Location: Chattogram, Bangladesh
• Capacity: 20000
• Known as: Chattogram Divisional Stadium, Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong
• Ends: Isphani End, UCB End
• Time Zone: UTC +06:00
• Home to: Bangladesh, Chattogram Division

• Total matches: 20
• Matches won batting first: 10
• Matches won bowling first: 10
• Average 1st Inns scores: 145
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
• Highest total recorded: 196/5 (20 Ov) by RSA vs ENG
• Lowest total recorded: 39/10 (10.3 Ov) by NED vs SL
• The highest score chased: 190/4 (19.2 Ov) by ENG vs SL
• The lowest score defended: 141/5 (20 Ov) by NEP vs AFG

Usman Khan(w), Al-Amin, Afif Hossain, Darwish Rasooli, Max ODowd, Ziaur Rahman, Shuvagata Hom(c), Nihaduzzaman, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Malinda Pushpakumara, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Farhad Reza, Ashan Priyanjan, Unmukt Chand, Taijul Islam, Abu Jayed, Mehedi Maruf, Irfan Sukkur, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Tawfique Khan, Avishek Mitra, Khawaja Nafay.