Comilla Victorians will play the opening match of the Bangladesh Premier League - BPL 2016 - against Chittagong Vikings on November 8.
The Mashrafe Mortaza-led Comilla Victorians are the defending BPL champions and they will play their first game of the 2016 edition against Tamim Iqbal-led Chittagong Vikings on Tuesday at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Financial Express BD reported.
Comilla Victorians vs Chittagong Vikings BPL T20 Live Streaming
The T20 game between Comilla Victorians and Chittagong Vikings starts at 2 p.m. local time ( 8 a.m. GMT or 3 a.m. ET or 12 a.m. PT) on November 8, 2016. The live streaming of this twenty over match can be watched here at ESPN ( USA), here at Channel Nine (Bangladesh), here at Geo Super ( Pakistan), here at Sony Liv ( India) and here at OSN Play ( Middle East and North Africa). The live scores and ball to ball commentaries are available here on CricInfo and here on Cricbuzz.
Match Preview
International T20 specialist and West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is playing in BPL T20 2016 for Chittagong Vikings. The presence of Gayle will certainly give an edge to Vikings over other teams in the tournament. On the other hand, Comilla Victorians will have West Indies skipper Jason Holder, Sri Lankan all rounder Thisara Perera and Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza among the big names. Both teams will like to start their BPL T20 2016 campaign on a winning note.
The Probable Squads
Comilla Victorians: Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdullah Al Mamun, Jason Holder, Imad Wasim, Imrul Kayes, Thisara Perera, Rovman Powell, Al-Amin, Ashar Zaidi, Sohail Tanvir, Nuwan Kulasekara, Shahzaib Hasan, Ahmed Shehzad, Nahidul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Khalid Latif, Liton Das, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Sharif, Nabil Samad and Rashid Khan.
Chittagong Vikings: Tamim Iqbal, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Dwayne Smith, Abdur Razzak, Anamul Haque, Grant Elliott, Imran Khan, Chaturanga de Silva, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Zakir Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Tymal Mills, Subashis Roy, Jahurul Islam, Jubair Hossain, Saqlain Sajib, Shahidul Islam and Jeevan Mendis.
