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. Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs, to win the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh.
Route to final
League stage
+League stage progression Team League matches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Comilla Victorians Dhaka Dynamites colspan="2" colspan="2" 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
Eliminator
Qualifiers Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
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.
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