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Sylhet Strikers vs Rangpur Riders Predictions - Iftikhar Ahmed to power Strikers to fourth win on the bounce

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Iftikhar Ahmed averages 63.85 at a strike-rate of 147.52 in the BPL.
Rony Talukdar top-scored with 41 in the opener against Rangpur.
Rangpur Riders have won all three BPL matches this season.

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Iftikhar Ahmed cuts to third man against England. (credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Sylhet Strikers vs Rangpur Riders Predictions

The Riders have won their opening three matches by convincing margins and are top of the BPL table. The Strikers have lost one from one and look like they will struggle to make the playoffs.

Rangpur Riders’ Iftikhar Ahmed has scored 49 & 47* in his 2 BPL innings this season.
Rangpur Riders’ Saif Hassan has scored 40 & 62* in his last 3 innings.
Sylhet Strikers’ Rony Talukdar has scored 39, 33 & 41 in his last 5 innings.
Sylhet Strikers’ Jaker Ali has scored 62*, 27, 21, 72* & 24 in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

The Riders have won four of their last five clashes against the Strikers, including the last three on the bounce.

Sylhet Strikers Form

The Strikers have played just one match to date in this season’s BPL, losing to Rangpur by 34 runs on the last day of 2024.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib (2/27) and Al-Amin Hossain (2/31) had the Riders in all sorts of trouble at 69/4 in the 12th over, but they recovered to post 155/6 off their 20 overs.

Rony Talukdar (41) kept the Strikers ship steady, but a constant stream of wickets and little batting support saw them stumble their way to 121/9 off their 20 overs.

Sylhet Strikers Team News

The Strikers will be looking for a strong batting performance to back up their bowlers, who displayed good form in their opener.

Rangpur Riders Form

After winning their opening two matches, the Riders made a huge statement of intent by beating defending champions Fortune Barishal by eight wickets in their last match.

Akif Javed (1/13, econ 3.90), Nahid Rana (2/32) and Khushdil Shah (3/18, econ 4.50) starred with the ball as Barishal were bowled out for 124 in the 19th over.

After losing two early wickets, Alex Hales (49* off 41 balls) and Saif Hassan (62* off 46) rode their side to victory with five overs to spare. Both batters struck three sixes.

Rangpur Riders Team News

Rangpur Riders are enjoying excellent form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.

Verdict

Sylhet Strikers v Rangpur Riders

I am backing Rangpur Riders to win. I am also backing Iftikhar Ahmed to top score for Rangpur Riders.

Rony Talukdar is a good bet to top score for the Sylhet Strikers.

Rangpur Riders win

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