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Rangpur Riders have reached the final of the inaugural Global Super League, beating Lahore Qalandars by 23 runs in the last group-stage match at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Thursday.聽

The T20 franchise from Bangladesh will take on Victoria in the final that is scheduled to begin at 5:00 AM today.


After suffering two defeats in their first two matches, Rangpur secured the final berth by winning their last two games.

Rangpur scored 85-1 from their allocated nine overs after rain halted the play several times.

USA鈥檚 Steven Taylor top-scored with 32 runs off 27, while Soumya Sarker contributed 22 runs off 13 deliveries, and Saif Hasan added 27 runs off 14.

After the DLS method was imposed, Lahore鈥檚 revised target was set at 111 runs from nine overs, but they could only manage 87-7. Off-spinner Mahedi took three wickets for 11 runs, while Zak Chappell claimed two wickets for 17 runs.