As the 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL) approaches, cricket enthusiasts worldwide eagerly anticipate the thrilling matchups between some of the most competitive teams in T20 cricket. Among them, the clash between Galle Marvels and Jaffna Kings on the 2nd of July 2024, promises to be a highlight, drawing attention from fans and bettors alike. With both teams boasting a rich history in the tournament, the upcoming encounter is poised to be a spectacle worth watching.
LPL 2024 Team Analysis: Galle Marvels
Galle Marvels, formerly known as Galle Titans, have been a formidable force in the LPL, showcasing exceptional talent and skill on the field. Led by experienced campaigners and bolstered by emerging talents, Galle Marvels have consistently been in contention for the title. However, the previous season saw them facing a formidable challenge from Jaffna Kings, resulting in a defeat by 8 wickets.
Despite the setback, Galle Marvels have regrouped and strengthened their squad for the upcoming season. With a mix of seasoned internationals and promising local talents, they aim to reclaim their dominance in the tournament. Players like Shanaka, Shakib Al Hasan, and Akila Dananjaya bring invaluable experience to the team, providing leadership and stability in crucial moments. Additionally, the inclusion of young prospects adds depth to their lineup, offering versatility and energy on the field.
LPL 2024 Team Analysis: Jaffna Kings
On the other hand, Jaffna Kings entered the tournament as defending champions, buoyed by their stellar performance in the previous season. Led by a dynamic leadership group and backed by a talented roster, Jaffna Kings have set the benchmark for excellence in the LPL. Their comprehensive victory over Galle Marvels in the previous encounter showcased their dominance and tactical acumen.
With players like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Towhid Hridoy, and David Miller in their ranks, Jaffna Kings boast a formidable batting lineup capable of dismantling any bowling attack. Moreover, their bowling unit, led by seasoned campaigners like Tabraiz Shamsi and Akila Dananjaya, provides ample support and consistency in crucial situations. As they aim to defend their title, Jaffna Kings will rely on their collective strength and unwavering determination to overcome the challenges posed by their opponents.
LPL 2024 Match Prediction
Considering the past performances and the current form of both teams, the upcoming clash between Galle Marvels and Jaffna Kings is expected to be closely contested. While Galle Marvels will be eager to avenge their previous defeat and make a strong statement early in the tournament, Jaffna Kings will be keen on continuing their winning momentum and asserting their dominance once again.
However, cricket is a game where fortune can shift like the wind, and anything can happen on the field. Factors such as pitch conditions, weather, and individual player performances can significantly influence the outcome of the match. Therefore, while Jaffna Kings might have the edge based on their recent form and championship-winning experience, Galle Marvels cannot be underestimated, and they are more than capable of staging an upset.
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BJvip888- Fortune Barishal signs Afghanistan star Ibrahim Zadran
In anticipation of the forthcoming BPL season, Fortune Barishal has began squad preparation a little sooner. Tamim Iqbal was just added to the roster.
Fortune Ibrahim Zadran has joined Barishal’s squad for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) campaign. Through a Facebook post, Barishal officially announced the hiring of Ibrahim. In the upcoming BPL season, this Afghanistan opener will don Barishal’s jersey.
Fortune Barishal have began the team’s preparation a little earlier in anticipation of the forthcoming BPL season. Tamim Iqbal was just added to the roster. Additionally, Fakhar Zaman, Pakistan’s opener, will play in Barishal’s uniform. Ibrahim Zadran, a different opener, has been added to the lineup this time.
Ibrahim has been in charge of managing Afghanistan’s opening for a very long time. This opener has already represented Afghanistan in all three forms since making his international cricket debut in 2019. In 24 innings of international T20 play, Ibrahim scored 530 runs. His strike rate is 102.71, average is 26.50, and he has two fiftys.
Afghanistan’s cricket squad is captained by cricketer Ibrahim Zadran. Ibrahim Zadran was born on December 12, 2001, making him 22 years old as of 2023. Ibrahim Zadran is a right-handed batter from Khost.
Ibrahim Zadran has played 5 matches in his Test career so far, during which time he has amassed 362 runs at an average of 36. In his Test career, Ibrahim Zadran has struck 42 fours and 4 sixes. At the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh, on June 20, 2023, he played his most recent Test match against Bangladesh, recording 6 runs off 17 balls.
Ibrahim Zadran has played 14 matches in his ODI career so far, during which time he has scored 748 runs at an average of 62. In his ODI career, Ibrahim Zadran has hit 76 fours and 10 sixes. In one of his most recent ODI games, he scored one run off six balls in Chittagong, Bangladesh’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, in July 2023.
To date in his T20 career, Ibrahim Zadran has played 24 games and amassed 530 runs at an average of 27. In his T20 career, Ibrahim Zadran has hit 41 fours and 13 sixes. Ibrahim Zadran scored 22 runs off of 27 balls for his team in their most recent T20 match against Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet, Bangladesh, which took place in July 2023.
With a total of 432 points, Ibrahim Zadran is presently ranked 73rd in the ICC Test batting rankings. With a total of 657 points, he is now ranked 16th in the ICC ODI batting rankings. With a total of 517 points, Ibrahim Zadran holds the 43rd spot in the ICC T20 batting rankings.
The following BPL season is anticipated to begin in January 2024, while the time has not yet been set in stone. The BPL will be set up following the country’s upcoming national elections, the tournament’s governing body said in a statement. In the middle of February, the final of the biggest T20 tournament in the nation will take place.
IT’S hard to pinpoint the moment when Manchester City morphed into elite football’s version of the Marvel movie franchise, but their omnipresence feels just about complete.
Pep Guardiola’s jazzy artists have gone heavy metal, but in a streamlined, Mad Max kind of way. They now come with spikes and battering rams. Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland can move in a straight line and cut through anyone. City were always technically ahead, but now they boast physical control, too.
And how do we feel about this? The eternal quest for perfection has universal appeal and should be embraced by all, theoretically. What’s not to like?
Certainly in the early years of Guardiola’s era, it was great fun, rather like the initial flourish of the Marvel movies. De Bruyne was Captain America, endearing, formidable, devoted to the cause and willing to take one for the team, despite his elevated status. Ilkay Gundogan was a bit of a Winter Soldier and Jack Grealish’s story arc now has a redemptive feel to it, the cheeky scoundrel embracing his Iron Man-like playboy persona, before learning the true value of sacrifice.
And as City’s Treble challenge gets upgraded from possible to probable – in light of their 4-1 win over Arsenal – a crescendo feels imminent. They have their Thor in Haaland, a celestial being not of this earth, and are assembling for the endgame, a pinnacle beyond all others since Manchester United’s Treble in 1999.
For the white-ball games, the Irish will bank on the experience of Balbirnie and Campher, who played for Khulna Titans and Chattogram Challengers.
“It was really beneficial for me,” Balbirnie said of his stint with Khulna Titans.
“I was there to see first-hand a couple of their players, some of the grounds and conditions we’re going to come up against in the next week or two.”
Ireland have been recent giant-killers in T20 cricket. At last year’s T20 World Cup, they knocked out two-time champions West Indies and beat eventual champions England in a group match.
Bangladesh will be a tough proposition, however, having this week whitewashed England in a T20 series.
The Bangladesh Premier League is at its business end of proceedings as teams at the bottom half of the table face do-or-die situations in order to make the top four, while teams at the top half look to consolidate their positions eyeing the Qualifiers.
With such contrasting realities, Nasir Hossain’s Dhaka Dominators, who are languishing at the bottom with two wins out of eight matches, will take on one of the most likely candidates to take hold of the Qualifier positions, Shakib Al Hasan-led Fortune Barishal.
Dhaka got their campaign off to a wonderful start with a six-wicket win over Khulna Tigers but since then had to endure a horrific run of results as they lost the next six matches.
However, they have shown signs of life with another win over Khulna in their latest encounter but will have to play out of their skin in order to upset a marauding Barishal.
Captain Nasir has been Dhaka’s top performer with both bat and ball and had help from speedster Taskin Ahmed but underwhelming efforts from their batters and a lacklustre display from their foreign recruits have somewhat put a rope on their potential progression.
On the other end of the table, Shakib has led from the front, this time predominantly with the bat and match-winning performances from their foreign inclusions have boosted their strength and made them one of the frontrunners in the tournament so far.
When: 1:30 pm, January 30, Monday
Where: Sylhet international cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Reverse fixture: Fortune Barishal won by 13 runs
Probable XI Dhaka Dominators: Soumya Sarker, Mizanur Rahman, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Nasir Hossain (c), Muktar Ali, Ariful Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Amir Hamza, Al-Amin Hossain, Salman Irshad
Fortune Barishal: Anamul Haque (wk), Saif Hassan, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mahmudullah Riyad, Chaturanga de Silva, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Hossain, Karim Janat, Mohammad Wasim Jr
Daraz, the country’s leading online marketplace has kicked off a great start of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL ’23) live streaming on its mobile application.
Daraz is always working on a number of innovative projects to provide the best possible user experience on the platform. Exclusive live streaming of BPL matches was another outstanding initiative that the company took to reach cricket-loving population in Bangladesh.
Comilla Victorians arranged a helicopter to ensure the availability of player Muhammad Rizwan for their game at the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023.
It was Fortune Barishal skipper Shakib Al Hasan who said that bowlers have not quite turned up at the ninth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), especially during night fixtures where pitches offered big scores.
As a format, the T20 mindset and culture is still in its primary period. The lack of T20s in the domestic circuit, except the BPL, has been brought up as a key reason for why it is more difficult to bring up players ready for the format.
The batters have found some rhythm and a few bowlers have shown their mettle so far, but as the Chattogram phase begins on Friday – with Chattogram Challengers taking on Fortune Barishal in the day’s opening fixture – the onus will be on the bowlers to respond in kind on wickets where runs are expected.
Barishal’s Ebadot Hossain talked about the same need for improvement. Although he referred to the quicks, spinners need to get on their game too.
“Chattogram’s wickets are always batting-friendly. The fast bowlers need to improve their skill and bowl intelligently. Given that wickets are friendly for batters, the pacers with more skill will do better compared to others,” Ebadot said while talking to reporters at Chattogram yesterday.
The national team pacer was not just talking about BPL success. He himself was at the receiving end of a bitter end to Bangladesh’s Asia Cup campaign last year, when he bagged crucial wickets but Sri Lanka targeted him at the death and took him for runs to seize the game away from the Tigers. With ICC wickets providing sporting surfaces at the very least, it is the need of the hour to get accustomed to bowling on batting-friendly surfaces.India recently scored over 400 runs in the third ODI in Chattogram but the Bangladesh bowlers can take valuable lessons from the experience.
Sylhet Strikers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the leading wicket-taker with seven wickets in this BPL alongside Al Amin Hossain. Mashrafe has brought his experience and new-ball bowling skills and has not been hit for too many runs. Al Amin though suffered, conceding an economy rate of over nine. Sylhet’s other pace duo Rejaur Rahman Raja and Mohammad Amir are second on the list with six wickets. The freedom to express themselves has not only allowed batters but also the bowlers of Sylhet to shine.
“Raja bagged four wickets in the first game of the Dhaka phase. Everyone said that although the wicket was good, Raja bowled well. Wickets got better and better after that in Dhaka. Chattogram is always good, so if we can do well on these surfaces, it will help in the upcoming World Cup,” said Ebadot.
When batters were able to show superiority, bowlers were not often on the mark. The yorkers have not come through while slower deliveries have been picked off when the surface has not held up slightly.
“You have to be accurate with your yorkers and slowers,” he reminded, with death-bowling still a headache for the national side.
Ebadot said he has been working with his Bangladesh teammate and Comilla Victorians pacer Mustafizur Rahman to develop his cutters.
“My strength is to bowl fast and I have the yorker going for me. Along with that I am working on cutters and their accuracy. Mustafizur is good at cutters and I was learning from him. He changed the grip of my slower bouncers and it helped me,” he said.
Working as a unit always works for pacers. Ebadot has Khaled Ahmed in his side. If the pacers can get their execution right in these BPL tracks, it will be the best thing for the national team.
Pakistan Super League (PSL) products Azam Khan and Usman Khan were on fire on Monday, as both batters scored century in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
In the match between Khulna Tigers and Chattogram Challengers, Azam Khan’s side batted first.
Quetta Gladiators’ Twitter handle congratulated their players, including Naseem Shah who took fifer in ODI against New Zealand, for amazing performances throughout the day.
