Fortune Barishal will take on Sylhet Strikers in the 35th game of the Bangladesh Premier League 2024. Both teams have played nine games apiece and interestingly, both the sides won five games and lost the remaining four.
However, Fortune Barishal have managed to scoop out healthy wins, which helped them have a huge impact on their Net Run Rate (+0.475) and are placed third on the table whereas Sylhet Strikers are fifth on the table with an NRR of -0.884.

Match Date, Time and Venue: The 35th match between Fortune Barishal and Sylhet Strikers will kick off at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on February 17 (Saturday). The match will begin at 1:00 pm IST.
Live Stream and Telecast: The live streaming of the match between Fortune Barishal and Sylhet Strikers will be available on the FanCode app and website. Unfortunately, there will be no live telecast of the BPL 2024 T20 cricket competition in India.
At the beginning of the tournament, it was not quite the start that the Tamim Iqbal-led team wanted but they did make considerable progress over time. They will be looking forward to winning the fifth game from their last six battles.
The skipper himself has been in decent touch with the bat whereas Soumya Sarkar has scored over 100 runs in the last two games and will certainly be the player to watch out for in the next game.
Mohammad Saifuddin is expected to make his presence count as a bowling all-rounder. Apart from him, Keshav Maharaj has the experience to turn things around in clutch moments of the game.
Sylhet Strikers failed to get the better of Fortune Barishal in the first meeting at home. Fortune Barishal won the away leg by 49 runs. Perhaps, Sylhet Strikers will be looking to avenge the home defeat to Fortune Barishal this time around.
Sylhet Strikers' form has been good as they have won both of their last two matches. They are eyeing for their fourth win from their last five games. They will rely on Harry Tector to deliver the goods with the bat.
Tector has chipped in with 40-plus scores in the last two games whereas Benny Howell is the bowler to watch out for the Strikers. he possesses a wealth of experience in T20 leagues as he has taken 212 wickets in this format.
Fortune Barishal squad: Ahmed Shehzad, Tamim Iqbal (c), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shoaib Malik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Akif Javed, Taijul Islam, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Imran, Kamrul Islam, Yannic Cariah, Fakhar Zaman, Ibrahim Zadran, Rakibul Hasan, Dunith Wellalage, Prantik Nawrose Nabil, Pritom Kumar, Mohammad Saifuddin, Keshav Maharaj, Khaled Ahmed, Obed McCoy
Sylhet Strikers squad: Mohammad Mithun (c & wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Harry Tector, Samit Patel, Ariful Haque, Ryan Burl, Nayeem Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shamsur Rahman, Nazmul Islam, Salman Hossain, Yasir Ali, George Scrimshaw, Shafiqul Islam, Jawad Mohammad, Benny Howell, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Sunzamul Islam
Fortune Barishal (Playing XI): Ahmed Shehzad, Tamim Iqbal (c), Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shoaib Malik, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Keshav Maharaj, Khaled Ahmed, Obed McCoy
Sylhet Strikers (Playing XI): Harry Tector, Samit Patel, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Mohammad Mithun (c) (wk), Ryan Burl, Ariful Haque, Benny Howell, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Sunzamul Islam