Chattogram Challengers qualify for the BPL 2024 playoffs after a win against Khulna Tigers
The BPL 2024 league stage has almost completed with only two games left. And the three teams are already locked for the BPL 2024 playoffs. The latest addition to this qualification list is Chattogram Challengers. They had things in their hand for the qualification scenario and they won their last league stage match against Khulna Tigers to confirm the Bangladesh Premier League BPL 2024 playoffs. We will talk about the journey of Chattogram Challengers to the playoffs in detail. So let’s dive into it quickly.
Chattogram Challengers confirmed for the BPL 2024 playoffs
The franchise doesn’t need other results in their favor for the BPL 2024 playoffs qualifications. With 7 wins in 12 games, they sealed the top 4 spot in the tournament.
In the last league stage match against Khulna Tigers, they won quite convincingly by 65 runs. After winning the toss, Chattogram Challengers opted to bat first. But they lost one of their openers, Muhammad Waseem early in the inning. But the other opener, Tanzid Hasan and Shykat Ali added 56 runs for the 2nd wicket.
Tanzid continued to dominate the opposition bowlers along with Tom Bruce and added 110 runs for the 3rd wicket. The former went on to score an outstanding hundred and the latter also played an important cameo of 36* off 23 balls. Chattogram Challengers scored 192 runs in the first inning.
Khulna has no answers to Chattogram bowlers
When Khulna came out to chase this big target, they continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. A collective bowling effort from Chattogram means Khulna didn’t even come closer to the target. They bundled out for just 127 runs. The only real partnership in the 2nd inning was between captain Anamul Haque and Shai Hope of 54 runs for the 2nd wicket.
With that win, Chattogram Challengers confirmed their place in the BPL 2024 playoffs. They can’t go to the top 2 spots now so that means they have to win two games (Eliminator and Qualifier 2) to reach the final.
Chattogram’s road to the top 4
They started their campaign with a win against Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets. But they lost their 2nd game against the Khulna Tigers before winning the next three games against Durdanto Dhaka, Fortune Barishal, and Sylhet Strikers.
They lost their next game against Comilla Victorians but won a close-fought next game against Fortune Barishal by 16 runs. It was a good start to the tournament for Chattogram Challengers as they won 5 games out of the first 7.
A slight slump came In their campaign when they lost three back-to-back games against Rangpur Riders (two times) and Comilla Victorians. But they get back to winning ways and win their last two games to reach the top 4. They won a close encounter against Durdanto Dhaka by 10 runs and then won convincingly against Khulna Tigers by 65 runs.
Who will be the 4th team in the BPL 2024 playoffs?
Mathematically, two teams, Fortune Barishal and Khulna Tigers are still in the hunt for that 4th spot. But Fortune has more chances to seal that spot. If they win their last league stage match against Comilla Victorians today, they will be confirmed for the final four in the BPL 2024.
Even if they lose the game, they can still qualify for the playoffs as Khulna needs to win its last game against Sylhet by a huge margin. Khulna is far behind Fortune in terms of net run rate (NRR). Fortune, with 6 wins in 11 games has an NRR of +0.434, and Khulna, with 5 wins in 11 games has an NRR of -0.400. So if Khulna has to be in the top 4, they would hope that Fortune will lose its last game and then themselves win big against Sylhet to seal that 4th spot. That’s why, Fortune Barishal has more chances to seal that remaining slot in the BPL 2024 playoffs. A big task ahead for Khulna. Let’s see if they can make it or not. Time will tell.
What about the other teams in the tournament?
Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians have sealed the top 2 spots in the BPL 2024 playoffs. That means they will play the first qualifier and get two chances to reach the final. On the other hand, Sylhet Strikers and Durdanto Dhaka are already out of contention this season. The only thing Sylhet can do is to finish the tournament on a high in their last league game against Khulna.
Conclusion
So this is the update regarding Chattogram Challengers’ qualification in the BPL 2024 playoffs. Let’s see how they can do in the rest of the tournament. What do you think? Can they win the BPL title this year? If not, who will win the title? Comment your predictions below.
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FAQs:-
(1) Who has scored the most runs for Chattogram Challengers in the BPL 2024 so far?
Tanzid Hasan has scored the most runs, not just for Chattogram but in the whole tournament so far. He has scored 382 runs in 11 innings with an average of 34.73 and a strike rate of 136.43.
(2) Who took the most wickets for Chattogram so far in the tournament?
Bilal Khan, with 14 wickets, has taken the most wickets for Chattogram in the tournament so far.
(3) Has Chattogram won any BPL titles yet?
No. They haven’t won any BPL titles yet. Their best was when they reached the final in 2013 (named as Chittagong Kings at that time). But they lost the final against Dhaka Gladiators (now Durdanto Dhaka) by 43 runs.
