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Gidron Pope - Rangpur RidersWe are not going to see anyone more powerful than this kid in this World Cup or the next one , was how Ian Bishop described Gidron Pope following his blistering knocks at the top of the order in West Indies title-winning run at the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year. The 19-year-old opener struck 232 runs in six innings at an average and strike rate of 38.66 and 107.90 respectively. He is also a livewire on the field, and can pitch in with right-arm offspin.Mohammad Shahzad - Rangpur RidersPlaced ninth on the ICC rankings in T20 internationals, Afghanistans Mohammad Shahzad owns the seventh-highest score and second-highest by an Associate player in T20 internationals. Shahzad is not just about brutal leg-side hoicks and the whippy helicopter shots. He is equally capable of lofting the ball in the V. With Sharjeel Khan not receiving a NOC from the PCB and asked to train for the New Zealand tour instead, Shahzad is expected to be Rangpurs key figure.Tymal Mills - Chittagong VikingsTymal Mills is among the most exciting T20 players in the world. He can bowl yorkers or bouncers at speeds north of 90mph. Ask Graeme Swann or Chris Gayle: A 94.5mph bouncer smacked Swanns arm and sent him to the hospital in 2013, while more recently at the NatWest T20 Blast, Mills yorked Gayle with a 93.3mph thunderbolt. He also has a deceptive slower ball, which will probably be more crucial on the sluggish surfaces in Bangladesh.Having prematurely retired from first-class cricket because of a congenital back condition, Mills hopes to establish himself as a potent force in T20s. He is set to play for Auckland in the Super Smash and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League later this season.Nicholas Pooran - Khulna TitansWicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran was all of 17 when he flayed a 24-ball 54 against Guyana Amazon Warriors that had in their ranks Sunil Narine, Veerasammy Permaul, James Franklin and Mohammed Hafeez, in CPL 2013. His breakthrough CPL season, however, arrived in 2016 when he made 217 runs in eight innings at a strike rate close to 200. He went on to make his T20 debut for West Indies in the UAE in September this year, but struggled against spin - or the lack of it - in conditions not conducive to big-hitting. The BPL now gives him a chance to improve his game on this front.Evin Lewis - Dhaka DynamitesAfter scoring his first T20 hundred - 101 not out off 65 balls - in the 2015-16 Bangladesh Premier League, Evin Lewis said: Chris Gayle is my favorite. I hit a lot of sixes, big sixes like him... its a dream for me to open with him, and hopefully that will happen. He then replaced his injured idol and struck a 49-ball century, the sixth-fastest in T20Is in Lauderhill in August this year. The knock was studded with nine sixes, including five in a Stuart Binny over.Liam Dawson - Rangpur Riders A last-minute addition to the Rangpur squad, England allrounder Liam Dawson struck in each of his first three overs on T20I debut against Sri Lanka in front of his home crowd in Southampton. His figures of 3 for 27 turned out to be the best by a England spinner on T20I debut. In addition to bowling left-arm spin, Dawson can bat anywhere in the line-up. A few sparkling performances in the BPL can help him catch up with Adil Rashid, Englands first-choice spinner, in limited-overs cricket. 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Play 60 will be repeated hundreds of times this week in College Station, but the Aggies can hang their hat on a few positives after another signature win to start the season.Texas A&M won its season-opener against 16th-ranked UCLA and coach Kevin Sumlin labeled the victory worthy of celebration.No. 20 Texas A&M has now defeated a ranked foe to start a campaign for the third straight year. The problems for Texas A&M of late have come after early October.Even so, there are plenty of things to give the Aggies hope heading into Saturdays matchup with Prairie View A&M.Texas A&M ran the ball and defended the run against UCLA. The Aggies built a 24-9 lead in the third quarter. And they kept their composure when the Bruins made a comeback to force overtime.With a notch in the win column, UCLAs fourth-quarter surge simply serves as ammunition for Sumlin this week.Were not sugar coating that with our guys, Sumlin said Tuesday. Weve got to be able to close out games, finish games. It also says that, yeah, we rotated guys in the front, but weve got to get more out of our back-up guys.Following the season-opening test and preceding the Aggies SEC opener at Auburn on September 17 will be another date at Ryan Field this week.The Panthers (1-0) hail from just 46 miles down the road from College Station in Prairie View, Texas. But this will be the first meeting in football between the two schools.Texas A&M coaches will be demanding close attention to detail and maintaining intensity after the fourth-quarter fall off against UCLA.It starts with us in games like this, things that weve got to get better, Sumlin said. One of those things, for whatever reason, is the focus.Quarterback Trevor Knight scored the 1-yard touchdown on fourth down to give the Aggies a win in the opener. But he did not put up impressive passinng numbers in his first start for the Aggies.ddddddddddddHe completed 22 of 42 passes for 239 yards, a TD and a pick. Knight said he needs to be sharper in every area and step forward in execution.Coaches typically wont allow that a loss is a good thing, but perhaps a narrow win over a ranked opponent can be just that.Film review underscored the positive play of the offensive line, which did not allow a sack against UCLA and looked more than ready to replace Mike Matthews and Germain Ifedi. Redshirt freshman Eric McCoy, who started the game at center for the Aggies, was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week.Last year we redshirted him but he traveled to every game, Sumlin said. He was Mike Matthews backup. He was told, and he knew, that if Mike Matthews went down, he was the next-best guy who can give us the best chance to win.The strong line play is good news in combination with the emergence of depth at running back.Trayveon Williams wasted no time in making an impact on the Aggies running game. The true freshman carried 15 times for 94 yards with a long run of 42 yards against UCLA. He had the most carries of any Texas A&M back, a trend that is likely to continue.One trend the Aggies dont want to continue is the fourth-quarter wobble that nearly set up UCLA for a comeback that would have changed the tune for Sumlins bunch this week.We played well for three quarters, and I think thats obvious, Texas A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis said. We didnt play the kind of football that we needed to play in the fourth quarter ... got to get that fixed. I think we showed a lot of people that we are capable of playing well, but weve got to be able to do it for 60 minutes. ' ' '