Dhaka Metro beat Barishal Division in the sixth round of the National Cricket League, the biggest first-class cricket event in the country, to become the champions of tier two and to move to tier one.

Chattogram Division beat Dhaka Division in their last match of tier one but was relegated to tier two as they ended the league as the No. 4 team of tier one.

In the next season of the league, Chattogram will play in tier two and Dhaka Metro in tier one.

Earlier, Rangpur Division beat Sylhet in Bogura to win this year's NCL title. It was the second NCL title for them. They last won an NCL title in the 2014-2015 season.

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While Rangpur became the champions with 38 points from four wins in six matches, Sylhet became the runners-up with 21 points from two wins and two draws. Dhaka Division ended the league with 19 points and earned the third position in tier one.

Dhaka Metro earned 38 points in tier two and marched to tier one. Rajshahi Division and Khulna Division ended the league as second and third in tier two with 22 and 20 points. Barishal ended the league with only 19 points.

Zakir Hasan of Sylhet Division became the top run scorer of this year's NCL with 442 runs under his belt. Jahurul Islam (395) of Rajshahi, Tawfiq Khan (389) of Sylhet, Salman Hossain (389) of Barishal and Abdul Mazid (363) of Dhaka Division were right behind Zakir in the standings.

Sumon Khan of Dhaka Division topped the list of bowlers with 33 wickets to his name. He also had two five-fors in this league.

Rahid Rana of Rajshahi Division was only the other bowler who scalped 30 or more wickets this year. He had 32 wickets with three five-fors.

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Nabil Samad of Dhaka Division and Hasan Murad of Chattogram bagged 28 wickets each. Nabil had three five-fors, and Hasan recorded four five-fors – the highest this year.

Salauddin Shakil of Dhaka Division was the fifth-best bowler of this year's NCL with 27 wickets.