DHAKA: Comilla Victorians won title of Bangladesh Premier League season-3 beating Barisal Bulls by 3-wicket at Mirpur on Tuesday night.

Alok Kapali played a spectacular innings of 39 not out to give Comilla Victorians the BPL title off the last ball of the final. The valiant Barisal Bulls were beaten by three wickets in the end, but it could so easily have been their trophy heading into the final overs of the match. The heartbreak was greatest for Mahmudullah whose all-round performance was sensational - 48 runs, two wickets, a brilliant catch and cool captaincy.

Comilla Victorians 157 for 7 (Kayes 53, Kapali 39, Mahmudullah 2-23) beat Barisal Bulls 156 for 4 (Mahmudullah 48, Nafees 44*) by three wickets.

But it was Kapali, regarded as a has-been for the last three years, who made 39 off 28 balls with five fours, four of those off the last eight balls of the game. He struck two fours in the last over, and ran the winning run off the last ball in front a packed Shere Bangla National Stadium in one of the most brilliant finishes seen in a final on Bangladesh soil. Imrul Kayes' 53 had earlier set Comilla up but the chase was almost derailed when their key player Ashar Zaidi was run out at a crucial stage.
 
BDST: 2310 HRS, DEC 15, 2015
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