Rangpur Riders crowned 2017 BPL champions

Rangpur Riders, under the captaincy of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, beat Dhaka Dynamites by 57 runs on Tuesday to be crowned 2017 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) champions at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.

Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Rangpur scored a huge total of 206 for 1 from their allotted 20 overs.

In reply, Dhaka were all out for 149 runs.

Rangpur Riders: 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Brendon McCullum, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Mashrafe Mortaza, 6 Mohammad Mithun, 7 Nahidul Islam, 8 Sohag Gazi, 9 Rubel Hossain, 10 Nazmul Islam, 11 Isuru Udana

Dhaka Dynamites: 1 Mehedi Maruf, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Joe Denly, 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Jahurul Islam (wk), 10 Abu Hider, 11 Khaled Ahmed