Galle Titans won the match by Super Over. against Dambulla Aura.
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The 2nd Match of the Lanka Premier League 2023 was played today between Galle Titans vs Dambulla Aura at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In which the match was tied and Galle Titans won the match by Super Over.
Dambulla Aura won the toss and invited Galle Titans to bat first, Galle Titans batted first started the inning very well, Shevon Deniel and Lasith Croospulle came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 22 runs in first ball of the 4th over, Lasith Croospulle dismissed just for 3 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Shevon Daniel, the second wicket has dismissed for 72 runs in 8.3 over, Shevon Daniel dismissed after scoring 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 26 balls, next batsman Tim Seifert came to bat and played well with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the third wicket has dismissed for 95 runs in 12.2 over, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 34 balls, followed by Shakib Al Hasan came to bat and played well with Tim Seifert, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 123 runs in last ball of the 15th over, Tim Seifert dismissed for 14 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat, after few moments the fifth wicket has dismissed for 139 runs in 17.3 over, Shakib Al Hasan dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 14 balls, followed by Lahiru Samarakoon came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 7 runs in 4 balls with Dasun Shanaka, and Dasun Shanaka played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 42 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 21 balls. In this way, Galle Titans scored 180 runs for the loss of just 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 181 runs in front of Dambulla Aura.
Dambulla Aura bowlers Shahnawaz Dahani took 2 wickets for 37 runs in his spell, Binura Fernando 1 wicket for 32 runs in his spell, Dhananjaya de Silva 1 wicket for 38 runs in his spell, Praveen Jayawickrama was wicketless just for 25 runs in his spell, Hayden Kerr was wicketless for 35 runs in 3 overs, and Ravindu Fernando also wicketless for 12 runs in 1 over.
Dambulla Aura chasing 181 runs in the second inning they also scored the same 180 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Dambulla Aura started the inning not very well, lost 2 wickets just in 2 runs, after that Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Perera handled the inning. Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in fifth ball of the inning, Avishka Fernando dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls, next batsman Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 2 runs in 1.2 over, Kusal Mendis dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls, followed by Kusal Perera came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 76 runs with Dhananjaya de Silva, the third wicket has dismissed for 78 runs in 9.2 over, Kusal Perera dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaires in just 31 bals, next batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama came to bat and he good strike rotate with Dhananjaya de Silva, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 99 runs in 11.3 over, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 40 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaires in just 25 balls, next batsman Alex Ross came to bat, after a few moments the fifth wicket also dismissed for 103 runs in 12.2 over, Sadeera Samarawickrama dismissed just for 13 runs in 9 balls, followed by Ravindu Fernando came to bat and he good strike rotate with Alex Ross, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 14.2 over, Ravindu Fernando dismissed for 13 runs in just 8 balls, next batsman Hayden Kerr came to bat and playd well with Alex Ross, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 156 runs in last ball of the 18th over, Hayden Kerr dismissed after scoring 20 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 10 balls, followed by Binura Fernando came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls with Alex Ross, and Alex Ross played a very brilliant unbeaten inning of 39 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 28 balls. In this way, Dambulla Aura also scored 180 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, and the match was tied.
Galle Titans bowler Dasun Shanaka performed very brilliant bowling, took 3 wickets just for 27 runs in his spell, Kasun Rajitha 2 wickets for 35 runs in his spell, Shakib Al Hasan 1 wicket just for 25 runs in his spell, Vishwa Fernando 1 wicket for 20 runs in 2 overs, Tabraiz Shamsi was wicketless for 38 runs in his spell, Seekkuge Prasanna wicketless for 11 runs in 1 over, and Lasith Croospulle also wicketless for 20 runs in 1 over.
Super over Dambulla Aura batted first, Kusal Perera and Alex Ross came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 4 runs in 3rd ball, Kusal Perera dismissed for 4 runs in 3 balls, next batsman Hayden Kerr came to bat and he remained unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Alex Ross, and Alex Ross played an unbeaten inning of 4 runs in 2 balls. In this way, Dambulla Aura scored 9 runs in a super over and set a target of 10 runs for Galle Titans.
Galle Titans bowler Kasun Rajitha performed very brilliant bowling in the super over, took 1 wicket for 9 runs.
Galle Titans chasing 10 runs in the super over achieved the target in just 3 balls, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Shakib Al Hasan came to bat and took the match to victory in just 3 balls, Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 10 runs, and Shakib Al Hasan remains unbeaten without playing a ball. In this way, Galle Titans chased the target very easily in just 3 balls in the super over. and won the super over match.
Galle Titans all-rounder Dasun Shanaka was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 42 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 21 balls and also took 3 wickets just for 27 runs in his spell.
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