Dhaka Capitals and Rangpur Riders meet at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday 17 January in the 27th match of the Bangladesh Premier League 2025-26, at a stage where playoff places are beginning to take shape.
Rangpur began strongly with three straight wins but have since lost three in a row. To change things they promoted Kyle Mayers to open, in place of Dawid Malan, for the last two games. Towhid Hridoy, who recently made an unbeaten 97 against Rajshahi Warriors, is his partner, and Khushdil Shah’s 44 helped them to 178 in that match. Mayers and Iftikhar Ahmed are the top-order batters who most need runs, and Nurul Hasan and Mahmudullah are expected to finish. Mustafizur Rahman leads the pace attack, with Nahid Rana, Nayeem Hasan and Sufiyan Muqeem also in the mix.
Dhaka have experienced bowlers in Taijul Islam and Imad Wasim and all-round options in Saif Hassan and Shamim Hossain, but their results have been unpredictable. Captain Mohammad Mithun has used his bowlers well, though the lower middle order has lacked strong finishes lately. Their middle and lower-order batters will need to contribute if they want to turn things around.
