Galle Gladiators wins over Kandy Warriors by 4 wickets in the 5th Match of the LPL 2021.

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The 5th Match of the Lanka Premier League 2021 was played yesterday between Kandy Warriors vs Galle Gladiators at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, In which Galle Gladiators beats Kandy Warriors by 4 wickets.

Kandy Warriors batted first after winning the toss, start the inning not very well, Kennar Lewis and Ahmed Shehzad came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly in without score in the second ball of the inning, Kennar Lewis was dismissed without scoring, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat, and he dismissed just for 6 runs in 10 balls as the second wicket in the first ball of the 3rd over, the team score was 16 runs, next batsman Kamindu Mendis came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 83 runs with Ahmed Shehzad, the third wicket has gone for 99 runs in the third ball of the 13th over, Kamindu Mendis dismissed after playing a brilliant innig of 32 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 25 balls, followed by Angelo Perera came to bat and played well for a while with Ahmed Shehzad, the fourth wicket has gone for 113 runs in the first ball of the 17th over, Angelo Perera was dismissed after scoring 10 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Rovman Powell came to bat, and he dismissed just for 1 run 4 balls as the fifth wicket in the last ball of the 17th over, the team score was 115 runs, next batsman TM Sampath came to bat, meanwhile Ahmed Shehzad also dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 56 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in 51 balls as the sixth wicket in 17.4 over, the team score was 118 runs, followed by Ishan Jayaratne came to bat, and remains unbeaten for 9 runs in 8 balls with TM Sampath, and TM Sampath played a brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 19 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 9 balls. In this way, Kandy Warriors batted first after winning the toss, scored 143 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 144 runs for Galle Gladiators.

Galle Gladiators bowlers performed very brilliantly, Samit Patel took 3 wickets just for 13 runs, Dhananjaya Lakshan took 2 wickets just for 11 runs, and Noor Ahmad got 1 wicket.

Galle Gladiators chasing 144 runs in the second inning, they achieved the target very easily by losing just 6 wickets in the second ball of the last over and won the match by 4 wickets. Galle Gladiators start the inning very brilliantly, Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with half-century partnership of 62 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 62 runs in third ball of the 8th over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, and played well with Danushka Gunathilaka, the second wicket has gone for 83 runs in 11.4 over, Danushka Gunathilaka dismissed after playing a brilllant inning of 45 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 33 balls, next batsman Ben Dunk came to bat, and he dismissed just for 3 runs in 5 balls as third wicket in 12.5 over, the team score was 88 runs, next bastsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat, meanwhile Mohammad Hafeez also dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 21 balls as fourth wicket in third ball of the 14th over, the team score was 88 runs, followed by Samit Patel came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Bhanuka Rajapaksa for a while, the fifth wicket has gone for 111 runs in 15.5 over, Samit Patel dismissed just for 4 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Lahiru Madushanka came to bat, after few moments the sixth wicket has also gone for 118 runs in 17.4 over, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 13 balls, followed by Dhananjaya Lakshan came to bat, handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Lahiru Madushanka, Dhananjaya Lakshan played a brilliant quick unbeaten victory inning of 10 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in just 4 balls, and Lahiru Madushanka also played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 13 balls. In this way, Galle Gladiators chasing 144 runs in the second inning, they achieved the target very easily loss of just 6 wickets in 19.2 overs, and won the match by 4 wickets.

Kandy Warriors bowlers Sachindu Colombage took 3 wickets just for 20 runs, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis and Rovman Powell got 1-1 wicket.

Galle Gladiators all-rounder Dhananjaya Lakshan was selected as the best player of the match, he performed brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, he played a very brilliant unbeaten quick victory inning of 10 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in just 4 balls and took 2 wickets just for 11 runs.
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