# 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League final

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. It ended as Comilla Victorians defeating Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs.

## Route to final
### League stage

League stage progression :
| Team | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches | League matches |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Comilla Victorians | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Dhaka Dynamites | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Won | Won | Lost | 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.

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 4 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 4 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | | | | 8 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 8 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 | 6 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 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 February 2019 — Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 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

* 4 February 2019 13:30 Scorecard
| Chittagong Vikings 135/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 136/4 (16.4 overs) |
| Mosaddek Hossain Saikat 40 (35) Sunil Narine 4/15 (4 overs) | | Upul Tharanga 51 (43) Khaled Ahmed 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.

### Qualifiers
#### Qualifier 1

* 4 February 2019 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rangpur Riders 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 166/2 (18.5 overs) |
| Benny Howell 53* (28) Sanjit Saha 1/14 (4 overs) | | Evin Lewis 71* (53) Shafiul Islam 1/21 (3 overs) |
* Comilla won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Evin Lewis (Comilla Victorians)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Qualifier 2

* 6 February 2019 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rangpur Riders 142 (19.4 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 147/5 (16.4 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 49 (43) Rubel Hossain 4/23 (3.4 overs) | | Andre Russell 40* (19) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Rubel Hossain (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.

## Background

The match was played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The top two teams, Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians faced each other in the Qualifier 1, with Comilla progressing directly to final after winning the match. Rangpur played the Qualifier 2 and the winner of the Eliminator, Dhaka Dynamites who has defeated Chittagong Vikings. Dhaka progressed to the final after defeating Rangpur.

## Final

Dhaka won the toss and decided to field. After dismissing Evin Lewis cheaply, Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque put on 89 runs in a partnership. Both Anamul and Shamshur Rahman were out in quick succession but Tamim and captain Imrul Kayes put on a 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket, with Tamim scoring his first BPL century.
In the chase, Dhaka lost the wicket of Sunil Narine to the second ball of the innings. Upul Tharanga and Rony Talukdar put on 102 runs for the second wicket, but after the pair were dismissed no other batters could establish effective partnerships and the team finished on 182 runs, losing the match by 17 runs. As a result, Comilla took their second BPL title.
Tamim Iqbal was chosen as Player of the Match for his match winning score of 141 not out. While Shakib Al Hasan was chosen Player of the Tournament for his all-round performance. Rilee Rossouw of Rangpur Riders was the highest run scorer in the tournament, while Shakib took the most wickets.