Galle Gladiators beats Jaffna Kings by a big margin of 54 runs in 1st match of the LPL.
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The 1st Match of the Lanka Premier League 2021 was played yesterday between Galle Gladiators and Jaffna Kings at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, In which Galle Gladiators beats Jaffna Kings by a big margin of 54 runs.
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elect to filed first, Galle Gladiators batted first, started the not very well, Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 8 runs, Danushka Gunathilaka dismissed just for 8 runs in 4 balls, next batsman Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, and handled the inning with Kusal Mendis, the second wicket has gone for 40 runs in 4.5 over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 12 balls, next bastaman Ben Dunk came to bat, meanwhile Mohammad Hafeez also dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 18 balls as third wicket in third ball of the 6th over, followed by Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant inning with Ben Dunk, the fourth wicket has gone for 93 runs in second ball of the 12th over, Ben Dunk dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Samit Patel came to bat, and handled the inning with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the fifth wicket has gone for 133 runs in second ball of the 17th over, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 56 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 31 balls, followed by Lahiru Madushanka came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Samit Patel for a while, the sixth wicket has gone for 163 runs in fourth ball of the last over, Samit Patel dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 31 balls, next batsman Isuru Udana came to bat, and he was dismissed without scoring in the last ball of the inning as the 7th wicket, and Lahiru Madushanka remains unbeaten for 5 runs. In this way, Galle Gladiators batted first after losing the toss, scored 164 runs for losing 7 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 165 runs in front of Jaffna Kings.
Jaffna Kings bowlers Jayden Seales took 3 wickets for 23 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets for 30 runs, Suranga Lakmal and Mahesh Theekshana got 1-1 wicket.
Jaffna Kings chasing 165 runs in the second inning, the entire team all-out after scoring just 110 runs in the fourth ball of the 19th over, and lost the match by 54 runs. Jaffna Kings started the inning not very well, Wahab Riaz scored 27 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 20 balls, Upul Tharanga 17 runs in 13 balls, Shammu Ashan 15 runs in 19 balls, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 11 runs in 16 balls, Suranga Lakmal 10 runs in 10 balls, Tom Kohler-Cadmore 10 runs in 12 balls, Thisara Perera 11 runs in 12 balls, Mahesh Theekshana 2 runs, Avishka Fernando 1 run, Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed without scoring, and Jayden Seales remains unbeaten without scoring, In this way, Jaffna Kings chasing 165 runs in the second inning, wickets keep falling one after another and end of the result the entire team dismissed just for 110 runs in the fourth ball of the 19th over and lost the match by a big margin for 54 runs.
Galle Gladiators bowlers performed very brilliantly, Samit Patel took 3 wickets just for 21 runs, Mohammad Hafeez took 2 wickets for 11 runs, Pulina Tharanga took 2 wickets just for 13 runs, Nuwan Thushara, Noor Ahmad and Lahiru Madushanka got 1-1 wicket.
Galle Gladiators's all-rounder Samit Patel was selected as the best player of the match, he performed brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, he played a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 31 balls and took 3 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell.
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