Bangladesh, Jan. 12 -- The playoff stage of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 cricket will begin from Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

League leader Khulna Tigers will play number two Rajshahi Royals in the first qualifier at 6:30pm. Chattogram Challengers, who are in the third place, will face Dhaka Platoon in the eliminator at 1:30pm.

The winners of the first qualifier will directly play in the final, scheduled for January 17.

In case of a defeat in eliminator (Challengers vs Platoon), the losing team will end their BPL engagements while the winning team will advance to Qualifier 2 where they will meet the loser of the Qualifier 1 to play in the final.

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