After winning the toss in the Global Super League T20 2025 final, the home side, Guyana Amazon Warriors opted to bat first, leaving the Rangpur Riders no choice but bowling first for the first time in the tournament as a new challenge for them. And it was a ‘challenge’ in every sense of the word. Rangpur Riders brought early success, as their best bowler in the tournament so far removed Evin Lewis for 5 off just 9 deliveries. The big hitter Johnson Charles was batting with intent from the start, but it was Azmatullah Omarzai’s over to end the powerplay that really made him shift gears as he hit four fours consecutively, taking Guyana to 50/1 after 6 overs. The Afghan sensation Rahmanullah Gurbaz joined the party with his fours and sixes soon. Johnson Charles reached his half century off 34 deliveries, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz took only 30 deliveries to do so. Within 14 overs, captain Nurul Hasan Sohan had to use seven of his bowlers including Soumya Sarkar, although the partnership rocketed to a 100 off 64 balls. An exhausted Johnson Charles to walk away retired out on 67 off 48 balls. Gurbaz quickly followed him scoring 66 from 38 deliveries while attempting to hit more. Just when captain Nurul was looking like getting things in a bit of control, Romario Shepherd came in to destroy all his plans.
The all-rounder scored 28* off just 9 deliveries hitting Khaled Ahmed for 18 runs in his last 4 deliveries.
Guyana Amazon Warriors reached 196/4, which is the highest team total in Global Super League history so far.