Sylhet Strikers has played 9 matches so far in the Bangladesh Premier League 2023, winning 7 and losing 2. With 14 points, they take the bottom top in the points table. Khulna Tigers has played 7 matches so far, winning 2 and losing 5. With 4 points, KT is placed in the 5th spot.

In their earlier encounter in the BPL tournament 2022, Khulna Tigers defeated Sylhet Strikers by 15 runs. Batting first in the match, Khulna Tigers posted a total of 182-3 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Sylhet Strikers couldn’t reach the target and lost the match.

Sylhet Strikers defeated Chatrogram Challengers in their previous game of the BPL T20. In the match, CC batted first and piled up 174-6 runs. Mehedi Maruf slammed 52 runs while Shuvagata Hom had 54 runs for the Chatrogram team. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth took 2 wickets for Khulna in this match.

For Sylhet Strikers, the chase was quite easy. With Najmul Hossain Shanto’s 60 and Ryan Burl’s 41, SS reached the target in the 18th over itself with 3 wickets in their kitty. Najmul Hossain Shanto was awarded man of the match. Sylhet Strikers team won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) in the match.

Khulna Tigers suffered a loss against Comilla Victorians in their previous game of the BPL 2023. In the match, Comilla Victorians batted first and piled up 165-2. In reply, Khulna Tigers failed to reach the score and lost the match. Andy Balbirnie slammed 38 runs while Shai Hope had 33 runs for the Khulna team.

For Comilla Victorians, Mohammad Rizwan and Litton Das hit 54 and 50 respectively. Mohammad Rizwan was awarded man of the match. Naseem Shah picked 2 wickets for the Comilla team. Comilla Victorians won by 4 runs in the match.