Sixers invite Riders to bat in Warner’s ‘last’ match

AB de Villiers playing for Rangpur Riders in the match against Sylhet SIxers. Prothom Alo File Photo
AB de Villiers playing for Rangpur Riders in the match against Sylhet SIxers. Prothom Alo File Photo

Sylhet Sixers skipper David Warner won the toss and chose to bowl first against Rangpur Riders in the twenty first match of the sixth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sylhet International Stadium on Saturday.

This is going to be the last match for Warner in the Sylhet-leg of the BPL as he will return to Australia due to an injury.

Riders’ South African recruit AB de Villiers has joined the team and will play in the match.

Sixers had beaten Rangpur by 27 runs in their last outing just three days ago.

Teams:

Sylhet Sixers: Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Afif Hossain, David Warner (capt), Nicholas Pooran, Jaker Ali (wk), Alok Kapali, Taskin Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohammad Irfan

Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Alex Hales, AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Nazmul Hasan, Nahidul Islam, Farhad Reza, Shafiul Islam, Sohag Gazi