And this is it. The final of the Bangladesh Premier League is upon as Dhaka win the toss and elect to bowl first. The pitch, according to Athar Ali Khan, is a belter without any cracks in it - it is sure to assist the batsmen if Athar is to be believed. 

As the Rangpur openers came down to bat, a lot of eyes were on the unbeaten centurion of last game, Johnson Charles. However, he failed as he made only 3 runs from 8 balls before getting out caught and bowled  at the hands of Shakib al-Hasan. 

The electrifying duo of Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum are on the crease as the former has taken charge in his gaylestorm style. Shakib al-Hasan dropped his catch - did he just drop the trophy? - and then Baz is dropped as well!

The duo then went on to bat for the rest of innings, achieving a 200-run partnership. In this process, Gayle got his 5th BPL century and second of this edition. He smacked a record 18 sixes to reach a mammoth 146 from 69 balls while McCullum supported him brilliantly with a well-made 51 from 43. 

As the second innings started, Mashrafe, the skipper of the Rangpur Riders, got his team their cherished breakthrough on the very third ball, while Sohag Gazi, following his leader's path, picked up two wickets, the second being caught by Mashrafe himself. After being hit for an over-boundary, Gazi bowled a low full toss which tempted the batsman, Evin Lewis, to slog it and Mortaza came running underneath the ball and grabbed it in style.

Rubel Hossain took the fourth wicket for his side as he dismissed Kieron Pollard. Nazmul Islam then took the wicket of Shakib al-Hasan and Mosaddek Hossain soon followed. Afridi then came and went and in the middle, missed a century by only 92 runs. The rest of the team soon followed as Dhaka got bundled out for 143 with Jahurul trying his best till the end and scoring 50.

Among the bowlers, Sohag Gazi, Nazmul Islam and Isuru Udana took two wickets each to help Rangpur's cause. With this BPL win, this is the first time that Rangpur have won the tournament - and the fourth time that Mashrafe has lifted the trophy as captain. 

Chris Gayle gets the man of the match award for his brilliant 146 not out.