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Chittagong Vikings vs Rajshahi Kings BPL 2016 Eliminator: Match Preview, Prediction and Probable XIs

By Som Patidar | Dec 05, 2016 07:22 AM EST
Vikings' Chris Gayle has failed so far in this season of BPL.
(Photo : Getty Images/ Gareth Copley ) Vikings' Chris Gayle has failed so far in this season of BPL.

Chittagong Vikings to play Rajshahi Kings in the eliminator match of the BPL 2016 on December 06, 2016.

The first match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2016 Playoff will be played between Tamim Iqbal's Vikings and Darren Sammy-led Kings at historic Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

BPL 2016 Play-off Matches Live Streaming and Online Commentaries

Chittagong Vikings vs Rajshahi Kings eliminator match starts at 1 p.m. local time ( 7 a.m. GMT/2 a.m. ET) on December 06, 2016. Viewers can catch the live action here at Channel Nine (Bangladesh), here at Geo Super ( Pakistan), here at ESPN ( USA), here at OSN Play ( Middle East and North Africa) and here at Sony Liv ( India). The live commentary and scores of the BPL 2016 are available here on Cricbuzz and here on CricInfo website. 

Match Preview and Prediction

Kings, which finished the preliminary round of premier league with twelve points from same numbers of matches, advanced to playoff after defending champions Comilla Victorians thrashed Rangpur Riders by eight runs on Sunday. Riders and Victorians have finished the fourth BPL season in fifth and sixth place. Vikings, on the other hand, among the first two teams to seal a spot in the final four.

The winner of eliminator game will take on loser of qualifier 1 at the same venue on Wednesday. Table topper Dhaka Dynamites will face second placed Khulna Titans in the qualifier 1 on Tuesday evening. The winner of qualifier 1, on the other hand, will directly enter into the final match of fourth season of Bangladesh Premier League.

Probable XIs

Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal, Chris Gayle, Anamul Haque, Shoaib Malik, Jahurul Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Saqlain Sajib, Imran Khan, Subashis Roy and Taskin Ahmed.

Rajshahi Kings: Darren Sammy, Mehedi Hasan, Kesrick Williams, Nazmul Islam, Farhad Reza, Atif, Samit Patel, James Franklin, Sabbir Rahman, Mominul Haque and Nurul Hasan.

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