The 16th match of the Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL T20 ) 2022 is scheduled to play  Khulna Tigers vs Fortune Barishal on  Monday, 31st January 2022 at The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.

Khulna Tigers were beaten by the same team, Fortune Barishal in their most recent match by the margin of 17 runs. They decided to field first after losing the toss. The performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked 141 runs in their inning of 20 overs. F Reza, Thisara Perera, and Kamrul Islam picked two wickets each while Mahedi Hasan, Sharifullah, and Prasanna picked one wicket each in the previous match.

Fortune Barishal had won their previous match due to the best and outstanding performance by their bowling unit. They were asked to bat first after losing the toss. The performance of their batting order was not good. They scored 141 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Chris Gayle was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 45 runs on 34 deliveries with the help of six boundaries and two huge sixes. Towhid Hridoy also performed well and scored 23 runs.

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

• Fortune Barishal had already beaten Khulna Tigers in this tournament
• The bowling unit of Fortune Barishal is strong and experienced
• Fortune Barishal have their batting order in good form
• Khulna Tigers have a strong bowling attack

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

Khulna Tigers have a 54% chance to win this match
Fortune Barishal 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 2022 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 the Chattogram for this match is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full match to watch.

Captain: Andre Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Chris Gayle
Mushfiqur Rahim, Najmul Hussain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Thisara Perera, Mahedi Hasan, Farhad Reza, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jake Lintott

Date: Monday, 31st Jan 2022
Time: 05:30 PM BD

Stadium: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Location: Chattogram, Bangladesh
Capacity: 20000
Ends: Isphani End, UCB End
Time Zone: UTC +06:00

Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Seekkuge Prasanna, Thisara Perera, Yasir Ali, Sikandar Raza, Jaker Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq, Khaled Ahmed, Tanzid Hasan, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Nabil Samad, Andre Fletcher, Soumya Sarkar, Rony Talukdar, Mahedi Hasan, Farhad Reza, Kamrul Islam, Sharifullah.