Chittagong Vikings vs Rajshahi Kings Prediction

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Robbie Frylinck returned to the team with a match-winning performance against Dhaka Dynamites, replacing Najbullah Zadran in the starting line-up in the only change between the Vikings’ last two wins. The team that beat Dhaka looks to be the Vikings’ best balanced one, with Dasun Shanaka having stepped in for the last two games following the conclusion of Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand. Changes have generally been kept to a minimum.

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Robbie Frylinck’s all-round form is firing the Chittagong Vikings to success at the moment. The South African all-rounder has been a revelation so far, contributing in all five games he has played. He has 11 wickets in that time for starters, including 2-19 last time out against the Dynamites and seven wickets for 40 runs across the first two matches. He has also hit some vital runs, top-scoring with 44 not out against Sylhet Sixers. He also scored 23 against Khulna Titans, including two sixes in the final over to force a tie before batting and bowling the Vikings to victory in the Super Over, and last time out his unbeaten 25 including three sixes in the final over to seal victory against the Dynamites.

Elsewhere, Mushfiqur Rahim hit a patient 22 last time out, meaning he has now passed 200 runs for the tournament – including half-centuries in the Vikings’ previous two games. Cameron Delport starred with bat and ball, meanwhile – he took 3-25 to move to five wickets in his last two games, and then hammered 30 from 12 balls at the top of the innings.

Mohammad Shahzad fell short but his ability is no secret any more. He shone in the Afghanistan Premier League and had scored 46 and 33 in his previous two innings.

Backing Frylinck (and now Delport) with the ball, meanwhile, are the likes of Abu Jayed – who moved to nine wickets after 2-26 in four overs, including a maiden.

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Chittagong Vikings have emerged as serious rivals to Dhaka Dynamites after beating them in their most recent game. Robbie Frylinck starred with bat and ball (2-19 and 25* including three sixes in the final over, as they reached 145/7 to win by three wickets) to continue the theme of his and the Vikings’ tournament so far.

He started with 4-14 to bowl defending champions Rangpur Riders out for 98 on the way to a three-wicket win in the opening game, and then took 3-26 and scored 44* in a six-run defeat to the Sylhet Sixers. The Vikings have not lost since. Frylinck hit two sixes in the final over to force a tie chasing 152 to beat Khulna Titans, and then bowled and batted as the Vikings won the Super Over. He also hit the match-winning six against Comilla Victorians – with two balls to spare – after Mushfiqur Rahim’s 75 from 41 balls had powered the chase of 185 in a four-wicket win.
Rahim hit another half-century, as did Yasir Ali (54) and nearly Mohammad Shahzad (46), in the huge total of 214/4 in their only game in Sylhet, on their way to a 26-run win, before the Vikings beat league leaders Dhaka Dynamites.

Cameron Delport (3-25), Frylinck (2-19) and Abu Jayed (2-26) helped restrict the Dynamites to 139/9 before Delport hammered 30 to set up a successful chase. They looked to have left themselves a little too much to do after some sluggish middle overs, but Frylinck hit an unbeaten 25 from ten balls – including those three sixes – in a three-wicket win, with one ball to spare.