2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final

The 2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Dhaka Dynamites and the Rajshahi Kings on 9 December 2016 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh.[2][3] It ended as the Dynamites defeated the Kings by 56 runs.[4][5]

2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final
Event2016 Bangladesh Premier League
Dhaka Dynamites Rajshahi Kings
159/9 103
20 overs 17.4 overs
Dhaka Dynamites won by 56 runs
Date9 December 2016
VenueSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Player of the match Kumar Sangakkara (Dhaka Dynamites)
Umpires Khalid Mahmood
Mahfuzur Rahman
Attendance25,000[1]
← 2015
2017 →

The Dynamites, captained by Shakib Al Hasan, topped the group stage table, whereas the Kings, led by Darren Sammy, stood at the fourth position. Dynamites beat Khulna Titans in the Qualifier 1 and went to final. Kings defeated Chittagong Vikings and Khulna Titans respectively in Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of semi-finals and went to final. 2016 BPL Live broadcast on Channel9.

Winning the toss, Kings' captain Sammy elected to field first. The Dynamites scored 159 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 9 wickets. They made 23 runs in the opening partnership. Evin Lewis top scored for the Dynamites with 45 runs. Kings' bowler Farhad Reza took 3 wickets for 28 runs. The Kings failed to build a good opening partnership. After scoring 60, they started losing wickets and couldn't hold on. The Dynamites won the match and their 1st title by a wide margin of 56 runs. Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the match.[4] This is the 3rd title for a Dhaka franchise in BPL.

Khulna Titans' skipper Mahmudullah was made the player of the tournament since he scored the second most runs and defended less than 7 runs in the last over of the 2nd innings more than one instance.

Route to final
Main article: 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League

With 16 points from 12 matches (winning 8 and losing 4) Dhaka Dynamites topped the group and qualified for Qualifier 1. There they beat Khulna Titans by 54 runs and qualified for the final. From 12 mathes Rajshahi Kings won 6 matches and lost 6 matches hence with 12 points finished fourth on Net run rate and qualified for the Eliminator. Where they beat Chittagong Vikings by 3 wickets and qualified for the Qualifier 2. In that stage they beat Khulna Titans by 7 wickets and played the final.

Group Stage
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Dhaka Dynamites (C) 12840016+0.912
Rajshahi Kings (R) 12660012+0.208

Play-off
Preliminary Final
  9 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
6 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
1 Dhaka Dynamites 140/8 (20 overs)
2 Khulna Titans 86 (16.2 overs) 1 Dhaka Dynamites 159/9 (20 overs)
Dhaka Dynamites won by 54 runs  4 Rajshahi Kings 103 (17.4 overs)
Dhaka Dynamites won by 56 runs 
7 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
2 Khulna Titans 125/9 (20 overs)
4 Rajshahi Kings 129/3 (19.2 overs)
Rajshahi Kings won by 7 wickets 
6 December 2016 — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
3 Chittagong Vikings 142/8 (20 overs)
4 Rajshahi Kings 143/7 (18.3 overs)
Rajshahi Kings won by 3 wickets 

Eliminator
6 December 2016
13:00
Scorecard
Chittagong Vikings
142/8 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Kings
143/7 (18.3 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (46)
Kesrick Williams 4/11 (4 overs)
Darren Sammy 55 (27)
Saqlain Sajib 2/24 (4 overs)
Rajshahi won by 3 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Player of the match: Darren Sammy (Rajshahi Kings)
  • Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rajshahi Kings advanced to Qualifier 2 and Chittagong Vikings are eliminated

Qualifier 1
6 December 2016
17:45 (D/N)
Scorecard
Dhaka Dynamites
140/8 (20 overs)
v
Khulna Titans
86 (16.2 overs)
Andre Russell 46 (25)
Junaid Khan 4/24 (4 overs)
Andre Fletcher 28 (22)
Dwayne Bravo 3/10 (2.2 overs)
Dhaka won by 54 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Dhaka Dynamites)
  • Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dhaka Dynamites advanced to Final and Khulna Titans goes to Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2
7 December 2016
17:45 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khulna Titans
125/9 (20 overs)
v
Rajshahi Kings
129/3 (19.2 overs)
Ariful Haque 32 (29)
Samit Patel 3/19 (4 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 43* (52)
Mahmudullah 1/10 (1.2 overs)
Rajshahi won by 7 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Player of the match: Samit Patel (Rajshahi Kings)
  • Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajshahi Kings advanced to the Final and Khulna Titans were eliminated

References
  1. "Glimpse of Final". Daily Prothom Alo. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. "Revised itinerary released for Bangladesh Premier League 4". The Daily Star. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. "2016 BPL Fixture". Daily Prothom Alo. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. "ঢাকা ডায়নামাইটসের বিপিএল জয়". Daily Prothom Alo. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. "Dynamites crowned BPL kings". The Daily Star. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.