Challengers won the toss and sent Thunder to bat first. Thunder lost both of their openers inside the powerplay. Rony Talukdar fell prey to Mehedi Hasan Rana for two.
Shafiqullah Shafiq came in at number three but failed to impress with the bat as he fell for six off six balls. Shafiq was removed by Rubel Hossain while the opener Andre Fletcher was dismissed by Muktar Ali for 38.
Before posting 100 runs, Thunder lost five wickets. They were never looked to be comfortable in the middle against the quality bowling attack of the Challengers.
After Fletcher, captain Mosaddek Hossain was the highest runs for the Thunder hitting 30 off 22 balls with two fours.
Eventually, Thunder tumbled for 129 for eight in 20 overs.
Mehedi Hasan Rana bagged four wickets conceding 23 runs in four overs while Rubel Hossain scalped two wickets for the Challengers.