Rajshahi had opted to bowl the game and it looked like the right decision as Dhaka reached 22 for 0 after four overs. But then Tanzid took 21 off a Sunzamul Islam and Dhaka never looked back. At the end of that fifth over, Litton was 10 off 9, but he got going in the next over, the last of the Powerplay, hitting SM Meherob for 4, 6, 4 off consecutive deliveries.
Litton brought up his fifty in the ninth over, with a no-ball six. At the end of ten overs, Dhaka were 115 for 0 and they went on. Tanzid also brought up his fifty with a six, off Ryan Burl to end the 11th over. Litton continued the pair’s pattern of reaching their milestones with a boundary, reaching his hundred in the 16th over with a four off Shafiul Islam. Tanzid completed the set in the final over, taking four first balls to bring up his hundred, before hitting Shafiul. for six more and then for 108 off 64 balls (six fours, eight sixes, strike percentage 168.75).
By then, Dhaka already held the record for the highest total in the BPL, and the wicket barely slowed them down with Sabbir Rahman and Litton hitting one more six each to close the innings on a dazzling 254 for 1.
In reply, Rajshahi wilted quickly, slumping to 34 for 5 before an unbeaten 47 from Ryan Burl held off the inevitable. They were eventually bowled out for 105 in the 16th over, falling short of their target of 150 runs.
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