Chris Gayle powers Dhaka Gladiators into finals

Dhaka Gladiators 197 for 9 

Gayle 114, Sajidul 3 for 23

Sylhet Royals 193 for 6 

Mushfiqur 86

Chris Gayle mechanical to his tenth T20 century  in Dhaka Gladiators' Race to the Final, but in spite of the huge target of 197 runs  the Sylhet Royals gave brave chase, and in the end fell just short of the 24 runs they required in the last  over. With five runs wanted off the final delivery, Elton Chigumbura swung Mashrafe Mortaza to deep midwicket, where Darren Stevens seized the catch to seal Gladiators' place  in the final of the BPL.

Royals skipper Mushfiqur Rahim had batted progressively for most of the chase. He had  put on 82 runs partnership  with Dwayne Smith he scored  41 runs, for the third wicket and put on  46 runs with Nazmul Hossain Milon.

The result validate Gladiators' last minute buy  Chris Gayle. He was smashed 114 runs from just  51 deliveries, striking 12 huge  sixes. His ninth six was the longest in the season  at 103 metres and it nearly reached the second layer of the stands behind long on. This  was the third century  of the tournament. 

Tillakaratne Dilshan was out dismissed  first ball of the innings to Sohag Gazi, before Mohammad Ashraful was caught at fine leg off Chigumbura. Shakib Al Hasan made  38 off 21 deliveries  with four sixes but he was cleaned up by debutant Sajidul Islam.

The result leads  the Royals will  face the winner of the knockout match between Chittagong Kings and Duronto Rajshahi.