2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League final
Final match of the BPL 2025–26
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The 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League final played on 23 January 2026 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Chattogram Royals and Rajshahi Warriors featured in the final. The final match played at 18:00 local time.[1]
| Event | 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League | ||||||
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| Rajshahi Warriors won by 63 runs | |||||||
| Date | 23 January 2026 | ||||||
| Venue | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||
| Player of the match | Tanzid Hasan Tamim (Rajshahi Warriors) | ||||||
| Umpires | Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) | ||||||
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Pre-match ceremony
The Zirconium Diamond coated trophy of 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League was brought to the stadium through helicopter. Besides, other cultural programs were arranged.[2][3]
Road to the final
Summary
- Chattogram Royals
After the change of teams for the new season of BPL, Chattogram Royals started their season with big controversy as their ownership was changed just at the day before the start of the season. Triangle Sports, who previously was the owner this team, resigned from being owner leaving the team ownerless. Then Bangladesh Cricket Board took charge and changed all coaches of the team.[4][5] Despite this huge controversy, this team managed to start their season with a win over Noakhali Express and also finished the season on a high being at the 2nd position in the points table. Then at the Qualifier 1 defeating Rajshahi Warriors by 6 wickets, they reached the final.[6]
- Rajshahi Warriors
Rajshahi Warriors were one of the teams who played the opening match of this season of BPL. They started their season strongly defeating Sylhet Titans in that match. At the end of the league stage they were at the top of the points table with the maximum 16 points among all. But unfortunately they got defeated by Chattogram Royals at the Qualifier 1. But making sure to defeat Sylhet Titans in the Qualifier 2 they reached the final.[7]
Win-loss table
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Q1 | El | Q2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattogram Royals | Noakhali 65 runs |
Rangpur 7 wickets |
Dhaka 10 wickets |
Sylhet 9 wickets |
Rangpur 5 wickets |
Sylhet 14 runs |
Rajshahi 2 wickets |
Noakhali 5 wickets |
Rajshahi 3 wickets |
Dhaka 42 runs |
Rajshahi 6 wickets |
N/a | |
| Rajshahi Warriors | Sylhet 8 wickets |
Dhaka 5 wickets |
Noakhali 6 wickets |
Rangpur Super Over |
Noakhali 4 wickets |
Chattogram 2 wickets |
Rangpur 7 wickets |
Dhaka 7 wickets |
Sylhet 5 runs |
Chattogram 3 wickets |
Chattogram 7 wickets |
N/a | Sylhet 12 runs |
| Team's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |
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Bracket
| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 20 January — Dhaka | 23 January — Dhaka | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rajshahi Warriors | 133 (20 overs) | Q1W | Chattogram Royals | 111 (17.5 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Chattogram Royals | 134/4 (19.3 overs) | 21 January — Dhaka | Q2W | Rajshahi Warriors | 174/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Rajshahi Warriors | 165/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Sylhet Titans | 153/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 20 January — Dhaka | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rangpur Riders | 111/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sylhet Titans | 112/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Final
- Match[8]
Rajshahi Warriors 174/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Chattogram Royals 111 (17.5 overs) |
- Chattogram Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Umpires
- On-field umpires : Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
- TV umpire : Tanvir Ahmed (Ban)
- Reserve umpire : Morshed Ali Khan (Ban)
- Match referee : Simon Taufel (Aus)
Scorecard
Source:ESPNcricinfo
- Toss: Chattogram Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- 1st innings
| Rajshahi Warriors batting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Sahibzada Farhan | c Aamir b Mukidul | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Tanzid Hasan | c Aamir b Mukidul | 100 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 161.29 | |
| Kane Williamson | c Naim b Shoriful | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 160.00 | |
| James Neesham* | not out | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 116.67 | |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto (c) | c&b Shoriful | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 157.14 | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim † | DNB | ||||||
| SM Meherob | DNB | ||||||
| Abdul Gaffar Saqlain | DNB | ||||||
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | DNB | ||||||
| Binura Fernando | DNB | ||||||
| Hasan Murad | DNB | ||||||
| Extras 2 (w 2) Total 174/4 (20) |
11 | 9 | 8.70 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Sahibzada Farhan, 10.2 ov), 2-130 (Kane Williamson, 15.4 ov), 3-163 (Tanzid Hasan, 18.5 ov), 4-174 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 19.6 ov)
| Chattogram Royals bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Shoriful Islam | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Mukidul Islam | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanvir Islam | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahedi Hasan (c) | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirza Tahir Baig | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Aamir Jamal | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10.75 | 2 | 0 |
- 2nd innings
| Chattogram Royals batting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mirza Tahir Baig | st †Mushfiqur b Murad | 39 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 108.33 | |
| Mohammad Naim | b Fernando | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| Mahmudul Hasan Joy | c Tanzid b Fernando | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Hassan Nawaz | c Meherob b Murad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 157.14 | |
| Zahiduzzaman † | c Meherob b Neesham | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 84.61 | |
| Mahedi Hasan (c) | c Tanzim b Murad | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Asif Ali | c Williamson b Fernando | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 131.25 | |
| Aamir Jamal | b Neesham | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 | |
| Shoriful Islam | c Meherob b Fernando | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Tanvir Islam* | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Mukidul Islam | c Tanzid b Saqlain | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |
| Extras 6 (b 2, nb 1, w 3) Total 111 (17.5) |
6 | 5 | 6.22 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mohammad Naim, 2.3 ov), 2-18 (Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 2.5 ov), 3-39 (Hasan Nawaz, 5.4 ov), 4-64 (Zahiduzzaman, 9.3 ov), 5-72 (Mahedi Hasan, 11.3 ov), 6-92 (Mirza Baig, 13.6 ov), 7-109 (Aamer Jamal, 15.2 ov), 8-109 (Asif Ali, 16.1 ov), 9-110 (Shoriful Islam, 16.5 ov), 10-111 (Mukidul Islam, 17.5 ov)
| Rajshahi Warriors bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Binura Fernando | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 |
| James Neesham | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12.33 | 2 | 0 |
| Abdul Gaffar Saqlain | 3.5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.26 | 0 | 1 |
| Hasan Murad | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- (c) : Captain
- † : Wicket keeper
- * : Not out