The 2019 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between Comilla Victorians and Dhaka Dynamites on 8 February 2019 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh.[1][2][3] It ended as Comilla Victorians defeating Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs.[4][5]
| Event | 2018 Bangladesh Premier League | ||||||||
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| Comilla Victorians won by 17 runs | |||||||||
| Date | 8 February 2019 | ||||||||
| Venue | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||
| Player of the match |  Tamim Iqbal (Comilla Victorians) | ||||||||
| Umpires |  Ranmore Martinesz Alex Wharf | ||||||||
| Attendance | 24,000+ | ||||||||
← 2017 2020 → | |||||||||
Route to final
editLeague stage
editPlay-offs
edit| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 8 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Rangpur Riders | 165/5 (20 overs) | 2 |  Comilla Victorians | 199/3 (20 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Comilla Victorians | 166/2 (18.5 overs) | 6 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 4 |  Dhaka Dynamites | 182/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 1 | Rangpur Riders | 142 (19.4 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 4 | Dhaka Dynamites | 147/5 (16.4 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Chittagong Vikings | 135/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Dhaka Dynamites | 136/4 (16.4 overs) | |||||||||||
Eliminator
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- Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifiers
edit- Qualifier 1
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- Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
- Qualifier 2
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- Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
Final
editBackground
editThe match has been played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The top two teams Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians faced each other in the Qualifier 1[6] and Comilla Victorians entered directly to final winning the Qualifier 1 while the Rangpur Riders got another chance to make their position in final going through Qualifier 2, played between the former and the winner of the Eliminator, Dhaka Dynamites who defeated Chittagong Vikings in the Eliminator.[7] But Dhaka made it to final defeating Rangpur in the Qualifier 2.[8][9]
Report
editDhaka winning the toss decided to field first and their decision seemed to have worked when the picked up Evin Lewis so cheaply but Tamim Iqbal then made a partnership of 89 runs with Anamul Haque and in the process he picked up his fifty in 39 balls. Both Anamul Haque and Shamshur Rahman fell in a quick succession while the latter got out on a Golden duck. Further no damage was done for Comilla, Tamim Iqbal along with the skipper Imrul Kayes made a 100 run partnership for the 4th wicket, in the process Tamim scored his first-ever century in BPL and it was also his highest individual score in T20 cricket along with that first time any Bangladeshi batsman scored a century in a T20 cricket final.[3][4][5]
In the chase Dhaka lost the wicket of Sunil Narine in the second ball of the innings as he got run out without facing any delivery (Platinum Duck). Upul Tharanga and Rony Talukdar made 102 run partnership for the 2nd wicket. After the fall of Tharanga and Talukdars's wicket no batsman could stand up with the bat and wicket kept falling on regular succession and in their full over quota Dhaka could only manage 182 runs losing 9 wickets and subsequently lost the match by 17 runs. As a result Comilla hold their second BPL title.
Summary
editTamim Iqbal was elected Man of the Match for his match winning century (141*) which was highest individual score in T20 cricket.[3] While Shakib Al Hasan was elected Player of the Tournament for his all-round performance. Rilee Rossouw of Rangpur Riders was the most run getter in the tournament while Shakib Al Hasan, the skipper of Dhaka Dynamites was the most wicket taker.[4]
References
edit- ^ Mohammad Isam. "Dynamites, Victorians bank on allrounders in BPL final". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh Premier League to start from Jan 6". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 26 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Mohammad Isam. "'I feel I am still dreaming' - Tamim Iqbal after BPL final heroics". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Mohammad Isam. "Tamim Iqbal's 141* leads Comilla Victorians to second BPL title". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b "A BPL final, finally, for Tamim Iqbal". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Evin Lewis' unbeaten 71 vaults Comilla Victorians into final". Peter Della Penna. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "All-round Narine, Tharanga knock out Vikings". 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Rubel Hossain and Andre Russell propel Dhaka Dynamites into BPL final". Mohammad Isam. 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Fantastic four to the fore on Dynamites' big night". Mohammad Isam. 6 February 2019.