Chittagong Vikings vs Comilla Victorians Prediction

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Robbie Frylinck’s injury is a huge blow for the Chittagong Vikings. The star of their earlier form, he missed the defeat to Rajshahi Kings after being injured against Rangpur. Cameron Delport returned in his place and is likely to continue but that means a different dynamic to the Vikings’ line-up. Nayeem Hasan also came back in last time out, replacing Sunzamul Islam.

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While the Vikings’ form has faded, Yasir Ali has come good in the last two games. He hit 78 in the defeat to Rangpur Riders and 58 from 38 balls against Rajshahi Kings last time out.

That included a useful partnership with Mohammad Shahzad, who scored 49 from 22 balls – another bright start without yet making a big score for the Afghani opener. He has 94 runs in his last three innings, while he scored 46 last time they played the Comilla Victorians.

Captain Mushfiqur Rahim is second only to Rilee Rossouw in the run-scoring charts, meanwhile. He has hit three half-centuries – including his high score of 75 the last time these two teams played – and has 321 runs from nine innings.

With the ball, in Robbie Frylinck’s absence, Khaled Ahmed took 2-32 last time out to move to the top of their bowling charts with 13 wickets – showing better control against Rajshahi than he had against Rangpur Riders.

Abu Jayed also has 13 for the tournament after following up his 2-35 against the Riders with an excellent 1-24 against Rajshahi Kings. What they need now is one of the other bowlers to start backing them up in the middle overs.

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Chittagong Vikings’ five-match winning run has ended since the fixtures moved to their ‘home’ pitch – they have lost two from two in Chittagong.

The winning streak was notable for Robbie Frylinck’s performances, including the Super Over win against Khulna Titans – after he hit two sixes in the final over to snatch a tie – that started the run.

Victory in the previous game against Comilla Victorians followed – Mushfiqur Rahim scoring 75 from 41 balls as the Vikings chased 185 to win by four wickets with two balls to spare.

When they faced the Titans again, it was half-centuries from Yasir Ali and Mushfiqur Rahim that led the way, in a score of 214/4 on their way to a 26-run win. Frylinck then hit three sixes in thefinal over, after taking 2-19 to restrict Dhaka Dynamites to 139/9, as the Vikings’ winning streak stretched to four games with a three-wicket win.

After downing Dhaka, they then moved ahead of them in the points table as Mushfiqur continued his good batting form with an unbeaten 64 from 46 balls to help chase 158 against Rajshahi Kings, in a six-wicket win.

The form has stalled since, however. Set 240 to beat Rangpur Riders, Yasir Ali hit 78 from 48 balls but the Vikings finished well short on 167/8. They then finished seven runs short of Rajshahi Kings’ 198/5 last time out, despite another quickfire half-century from Yasir Ali – closing on 191/8.