Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Rangpur Riders will get an opportunity to defend their Global Super League (GSL) trophy in July. The organisers confirmed on Monday that the second edition of the tournament will run from July 8 to 18 this year. All 11 matches of the tournament will take place at the iconic Guyana National Stadium, Providence, as five elite T20 teams from around the world compete for the coveted GSL trophy.

Rangpur Riders won the inaugural event last year by defeating Cricket Victoria in the final.

However, they failed to keep up the spree in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), where they got eliminated from the final race after tasting a nine-wicket defeat to Khulna Tigers in the Eliminator game.

Rangpur began BPL with a bang by winn...