Khulna hold nerve in tight game to move top of the table

Toss Rangpur Riders chose to bowl v Khulna Titans
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Rangpur Riders captain Mashrafe Mortaza chose to bowl first against Khulna Titans in the first match hosted by Chittagong this season.

For Rangpur, Fazle Mahmud and Nahidul Islam replaced Shahriar Nafees and Ziaur Rahman. Khulna, on the other hand, made three changes, picking West Indians Nicholas Pooran and Jofra Archer and Tanvir Islam in place of Chadwick Walton, Seekugge Prasanna and Shafiul Islam.

Both sides came into this game after close wins in the previous round, and would look to extend their streak of wins.

Rangpur Riders XI: 1 Chris Gayle 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Mohammad Mithun (wk), 4 Fazle Mahmud, 5 Ravi Bopara, 6 Thisara Perera, 7 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 8 Nahidul Islam, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Sohag Gazi, 11 Rubel Hossain

Khulna Titans XI: 1 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 2 Rilee Rossouw, 3 Mahmudullah (capt), 4 Afif Hossain, 5 Carlos Brathwaite, 6 Nazmul Hossain Shanto, 7 Ariful Haque, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Tanvir Islam, 10 Junaid Khan, 11 Abu Jayed

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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