Rangpur Riders defeated Victoria and become champion.
Rangpur Riders made history. The Bangladeshi franchise was crowned champions in the first edition of the Global Super League. Rangpur defeated Victoria by 56 runs in the final stage.
Batting first at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Saturday morning, Bangladesh time, Rangpur scored 178 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the end of the stipulated overs under the leadership of Soumya Sarkar. Victoria was bundled out for 122 runs in 18.1 overs.
Rangpur, who came out to bat after winning the toss, made a great start. Two openers Steven Taylor and Soumya scored 124 runs in 14 overs. Which is a record in the history of Rangpur’s first wicket. The previous record was 102 runs, by Zahurul Islam and Soumya. Karima Gore broke this pair. She dismissed Taylor, who scored 68 off 49 balls with 4 fours and a pair of sixes.
Rangpur then defeated Saif Hasan and Wayne Madsen. However, Soumya remained steadfast on the wicket. The left-hander, who finally batted, remained unbeaten on 86 runs off 54 balls, including 7 fours and 5 sixes.
In reply, Victoria managed to cross 100 runs against the Rangpur bowlers. Joe Clarke scored the highest score of 40 runs off 22 balls for the team. However, no one else could shine like that and they lost by a big margin.
Harmeet Singh took the highest wickets for Rangpur, 3. Mehedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain and Saif Hasan took two wickets each.
Soumya Sarkar was also named the player of the match for his 188 runs throughout the season.
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