Sri Lanka's Business Management School became Red Bull Campus Cricket tournament champions, beating University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh by 24 runs at the Galle International Stadium on Sunday.
ULAB though put up a strong fight in the mammoth 192-run chase, and were impressive during the only international college cricket tournament tournament.
They were dealt an early blow when opener Sabit Hossain fell with the score on five. Captain Hasanuzzaman and Avishek Mitra then added 88 runs for the second wicket.
The Sri Lankan university included two international players – Dasun Shanaka and Dhananjaya de Silva – but were made to sweat on way to their maiden title.
Hasanuzzaman played eye-catching strokes and survived two dropped chances, making 39 off 32 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. Mitra made 28 off 20 balls with six fours.
But they lost four more wickets adding just another 25 runs as they slipped into a collapse, and the asking run-rate became more challenging.
Maraj Niloy, who was heroic in his hitting in the semifinal against University of Punjab, smacked two sixes and a four in his 9-ball 20 but when he fell in the 18th over, ULAB faded away.
Koshan Jayawickrama took four wickets for the home side while Chamika Karunarathne picked up two wickets.
Earlier batting first, BMS ramped up their total to 191 for 9 in 20 overs. But the story could have been different after the hosts slipped to 108 for six at one stage. BMS No 8 Ranitha Liyanarachchi smashed 52 off 27 balls with six fours and two sixes, during which he added two vital partnerships with Thilaksha Sumanasiri and Madushan Ravichandrakumar.
Left-arm spinner Arifur Rahman took three wickets while Saiful Islam picked up two wickets.