2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final

The 2020 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket played between Khulna Tigers Rajshahi Royals on 17 January 2020[1] at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, a special edition of professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh.[2] Rajshahi Royals won the match by 21 runs as they won their first ever BPL title.

2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final
Event2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
Rajshahi Royals Khulna Tigers
170/4 149/8
20 overs 20 overs
Rajshahi Royals won by 21 runs
Date17 January 2020
VenueSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Player of the match Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals)
Umpires David Millns
Gazi Sohel
Attendance27,725
← 2019

Route to final
Main article: 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League

League stage
League matches
Team 123456789101112
Khulna Tigers 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16
Rajshahi Royals 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 14 16
Won Lost
Note: The points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points to see the summary for the match.

Playoffs
All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00)
Preliminary Final
  17 January 2020 — Dhaka
13 January 2020 — Dhaka
1 Khulna Tigers 158/3 (20 overs)
2 Rajshahi Royals 131 (20 overs) 1 Khulna Tigers 149/8 (20 overs)
Khulna Tigers won by 27 runs  2 Rajshahi Royals 170/4 (20 overs)
Rajshahi Royals won by 21 runs 
15 January 2020 — Dhaka
2 Rajshahi Royals 165/8 (19.2 overs)
3 Chattogram Challengers 164/9 (20 overs)
Rajshahi Royals won by 2 wickets 
13 January 2020 — Dhaka
3 Chattogram Challengers 147/3 (17.4 overs)
4 Dhaka Platoon 144/8 (20 overs)
Chattogram Challengers won by 7 wickets 

Eliminator
13 January 2020
13:20
Scorecard
Dhaka Platoon
144/8 (20 overs)
v
Chattogram Challengers
147/3 (17.4 overs)
Shadab Khan 64* (41)
Rayad Emrit 3/23 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 38 (49)
Shadab Khan 2/32 (2.4 overs)
Chattogram Challengers won by 7 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Rayad Emrit (Chattogram Challengers)
  • Chattogram Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifiers
Qualifier 1
13 January 2020
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khulna Tigers
158/3 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Royals
131 (20 overs)
Nazmul Hossain Shanto 78* (57)
Mohammad Irfan 2/13 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 80 (50)
Mohammad Amir 6/17 (4 overs)
Khulna Tigers won by 27 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Khulna Tigers)
Qualifier 2
15 January 2020
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chattogram Challengers
164/9 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Royals
165/8 (19.2 overs)
Chris Gayle 60 (24)
Mohammad Nawaz 2/13 (4 overs)
Andre Russell 54* (22)
Rubel Hossain 2/32 (4 overs)
Rajshahi Royals won by 2 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Rajshahi Royals)
  • Rajshahi Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Background

In the Eliminator Chattogram Challengers defeated Dhaka Platoon by 7 wickets, and reached to Qualifier 2. As a result of this match BPL going to witness a new champion under a new captain.[4]

In the Qualifier 1 top ranked Khulna Tigers, batting first could only manage a sub-per 158 runs courtesy of Nazmul Hossain Shanto's 78*, in reply Rajshahi Royals lost five wickets in powerplay and kept losing wickets in regular interval on the other hand Shoaib Malik who scored 80 runs could not find any support from other end, while Tiger's Mohammad Amir picking up 6-fer, recorded the best bowling figures in BPL history (6/17). At the end, Royals fell short of 27 runs before being all out the in last ball of their innings and Khulna sealed their spot in the BPL final for the first time.[5]

In the Qualifier 2, Chattogram Challengers, the winner of Eliminator, being asked to bat first by Rajshahi Royals, loser of the Qualifier 1, could manage a per-total of 164 losing 9 wickets with the help of Chris Gayle's quickfire 60 off 24 balls and two 30+ contributions by Mahmudullah and Asela Gunaratne while no other batsman could manage double-digit runs. In reply, Royals were again in trouble losing 3 wickets in powerplay and kept losing wickets in regular interval. At the end of the 15th over they could manage only 89 runs while the still need 76 runs in last 5 overs. But Andre Russell held his nerves and scored a quickfire 54* runs of 22 balls to bring the win for his team by 2 wickets with 4 balls to spare and Rajshahi sealed their berth in the Final for the second time.[6][7]

Rajshahi Royals innings

Khulna Tiger winning the toss, sent Rajshahi Royals to bat first. Opener Afif Hossain got out cheaply but Liton Das along with Irfan Sukkur made a fifty-plus partnership while the latter scored 52 off 35 balls before being out though two quick wickets of Shoaib Malik and Sukkur did not bother much to the Royal. At the end, Mohammad Nawaz's quickfire 41 off 20 and skipper Andre Russell's 27 off 16 balls give the Royals a respectable total of 170 runs losing 4 wickets.[8]

Khulna Tigers innings

In reply, Nazmul Hossain Shanto got out on the second ball of the innings and both the opener got out so cheaply. Shamsur Rahman and Rilee Rossouw tried to recover from the situation with a 74 runs partnership for the third wicket while the former scored 52 off 43 balls. After the fall of Rossouw, Royals kept on losing wickets on regular interval. Tigers skipper Mushfiqur Rahim could only manage 21 off 15 balls before being bowled by his counterparts. Their tail-enders also failed as Tigers could manage 149 runs losing 8 wickets in their 20 overs resulting in Rajshahi Royals winning by 21 runs.[9]

Summary

Andre Russell, skipper of Rajshahi Royals received the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance as he scored 27 off 16 balls and chipped in with 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs. Russell also received the Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances as he gathered 225 runs in 12 innings with an average of 56.25 and picked up 14 wickets in 12 innings as well as leading his side for their maiden BPL title.[10][11][12]

References
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  2. "BPL 2019-20: Final, Khulna Tigers vs Rajshahi Royals". CricTracker. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. "Khulna sail into final on Amir's masterclass". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. "মাশরাফিদের বিদায়ে নতুন চ্যাম্পিয়ন পাচ্ছে বিপিএল". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. "Shanto's fifty, Amir's six-for puts Khulna Tigers in BPL final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. "Andre Russell magic puts Rajshahi Royals in BPL final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  7. "রাসেলের ঝড়ে ফাইনালে রাজশাহী". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  8. "নওয়াজ-রাসেলে জমল ফাইনাল". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  9. Isam, Mohammad. "Mohammad Nawaz and Andre Russell fire Rajshahi Royals to BPL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. "বিপিএলের রাজা রাজশাহী". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  11. "Andre Russell's Rajashi Royals clinch maiden BPL trophy". The Indian Express. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  12. "'This tournament is more fun': Andre Russell prefers BPL over BBL". Hindustan Times. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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