Defending champion of the Inkk Mobile Battle of Giants, Ba only has a squad of 20 players for the BOG as a number of top players have been ruled out.
Marika Madigi and Peni Finau are out because of ill-discipline, top strikers Maciu Dunadamu is away in New Zealand while Osea Vakatalesau is still injured.
Ronald Lawrence and Malakai Kanihewe have been ruled out because of injury.
But, there is a good news for the Men in Black fans as Abbu Zahid who was said to be leaving the team to play in New Zealand is back in the country and will play for Ba.
Ba will play Nadi at 7.30pm this Friday at Govind Park in its first match. In other matches, Labasa will face Rewa at 1pm, Nadroga will take on Suva at 3pm and Lautoka will play Navua at 5.30pm.
You can catch the live commentaries of the Labasa-Rewa and Nadoga-Suva matches on our sister station, Radio Sargam.
