KNT vs RRR 15th Match Prediction

KNT vs RRR Team Previews

Khulna Tigers

The Khulna Tigers outfit would never have expected to get a start like this to their season. After being at the receiving end of three consecutive defeats, the Tigers are lying in second last position in the points table at the moment. The real woes for the Khulna Tigers lie at the top of the order. Their openers have scored 2,5, and 11 in the three outings they had before falling victim to the opponent's bowling attack. Their openers failed to provide a good start in all their three games and so their batting appears to be fragile at the moment.

Thus far in the season, the Khulna Tigers team has experimented with as many as 3 players namely Tamim Iqbal, Sharjeel Khan, and Habibur Rahman Sohan. However, none of these players managed to provide the required impetus to the Khulna innings that they were hoping for. Habibur Rahman Sohan and Sharjeet Khan could manage just 10 and 24 runs respectively this season. Even the established pro, Tamim Iqbal could manage just a single-digit score in his couple of appearances. He scored a 40 in the other game.

In their last 5 head-to-head meetings against Rangpur Riders, the Khulna Tigers' scores for the first wicket went like 2, 23, 24, 5, and 90 runs. One of the batters that are doing a fine job for Khulna Tigers is Yasir Ali. In his 10 games, he has scored 193 runs with an average of 27.57 and a strike rate of 133.10. Azam Khan has also been doing a great job for Khulna Tigers scoring 161 runs from 3 games at an average of 80.50 and a strike rate of 173.11. Mohammad Saifuddin has picked up 4 wickets in the competition with a strike rate of 18.00.

Rangpur Rangers

The Rangpur Riders team is currently positioned in the 3rd slot with 2 wins and 1 loss from their 3 games in the points table. They have 4 points to their credit and have a net run rate of +0.501. Their opposition in this game is Khulna Tigers who are in a difficult situation at the moment. The Tigers are yet to open their account in the points tally and have a terrible net run rate of -0.345. The Rangpur Riders have a much better net run rate at the moment than compared to Khulna Tigers.

These two sides met each other once before in the competition and Rangpur riders came out trumps in that match as they won the encounter by 4 wickets over the Riders outfit with 3 balls to spare. The Rangpur Riders team leads the points tally and the head-to-head against the Khulna Tigers 3-2. Overall, these two sides have played ten games against each other and the Rangpur Riders have managed to win seven of them. Rony Talukdar and Shoaib Malik are in good form this year. They scored 108 and 131 runs respectively in the competition.

The leading wicket-taker for Rangpur Riders this season has been Rubiul Haque. He has picked up 7 scalps this season. If you consider the recent form it weighs in favor of Rangpur Riders heavily. Mohammad Naim has scored 253 runs from his last 10 games with an average of 28.11 and a strike rate of 105.41. Robiul Haque has been the most successful bowler for Rangpur Rangers this year with 7 wickets at a strike rate of 9.42. Shoaib Malik has scored 168 runs from 5 games with an average of 42.00 and a strike rate of 129.23.