It was the brilliance of Mohammad Haris with the bat and Wanindu Hasaranga with the ball which has taken the B Love Kandy to Qualifier 2. What a stunning all-round showing from Kandy and the defending champions from the last 3 years has been dethroned. It was a pleasure bringing all the live coverage for this encounter. For now, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Rajarshi Das. Goodnight! Cheers!

Wanindu Hasaranga (B Love Kandy captain): You know, we all know that Jaffna are champions last three years. The players they got this year is great but our boys played very well. We haven't played Dushamantja today because he was injured. Udana also got injured. I believed in myself and had to step up as Mujeeb finished his overs early. Every day I try to stick to my basics and bowl wicket to wicket. Wrong un is my weapon and I back my strength. I think Isuru also out of the tournament I heard like that. We played too many back to back games. We can't play cricket like that. I hope next time, the schedule could be a bit better.

Thisara Perera, Jaffna Kings captain: It was a bad day. We thought we could chase at least 180, but the thing was that it was a bad day. I'm really proud of my team - we did three in a row. I don't think anyone can achieve this. Hopefully, we'll bounce back next year. An extra batter would have been a good option, but we didn't click as a batting unit. I have to thank my franchise owner, he had a lot of trust on us. Sadly, we leave today, hopefully we can bounce back. We don' have any memorable matches or memories this year. We did well as a team, but couldn't quite click on occasions. It happens in cricket, we all have to take wins and losses.

B-Love Kandy won by 61 runs

Mohammad Haris 79(49) | Wanindu Hasaranga 6/9(3.2)
Shoaib Malik 31(23) | Nuwan Thushara 4/40(4)


The target looked steep one but the Jaffna Kings took the confidence to the run chase after they bowled superbly in the final few overs. As it turned out, it didn't materialise the way Jaffna would have wanted. B Love Kandy were utterly dominant in all three departments of the game and the deserving team to go through to Qualifier 2. It was a sedate start from the opening duo of Chris Lynn and Charith Asalanka. 

The latter was dismissed cheaply by Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Lynn was joined by Gurbaz in the middle and the duo started finding the boundaries. Gurbaz in particular smashed a couple of sixes and a four as he blazed away to 19 before a terrible mix-up with Lynn cost him his wicket. Depsite a loud shout of No from Lynn, Gurbaz went for a non-existent single and had to pay the price. 

The introduction of Wanindu Hasaranga totally turned the game on its head with a couple of wickets of Dunith Wellalage and Chris Lynn in his very 1st over. It was the partnership of David Miller and Shoaib Malik that somewhat brought them back into the game with some delightful shots. 

A string of boundaries meant that the required rate was under 12 but the wicket of Miller turned out to be the final nail in the coffin. Malik was still out there but they all tapered off in the end. Nuwan Pradeep then got his wicket on one leg and it was Hasaranga who finished the match with back-to-back wickets.

What a lion-hearted performance from Wanindu Hasaranga as B Love Kanyd march towards Qualifier 2 and has given themselves a realistic chance of winning the tournament. It was a tough gig as a batting unit for the Jaffna Kings. It was Hasaranga madness as he finished with unreal figures of 6/9 as the Jaffna Kings were skittled out for 127 in the 18th over. 

17.2 Wanindu Hasaranga to Nuwan Thushara, OUT! It's all over! B-Love Kandy march on! Wanindu Hasaranga ends with six wickets to his name! Hasaranga kept this one on a good length outside off, bowled it slightly quicker, Thushara got down on one knee and looked to slog towards deep mid wicket, got a lot of height but not enough distance. Ashen Bandara stationed himself at deep mid wicket and pouched it safely!

Nuwan Thushara c (sub) Ashen Bandara b Wanindu Hasaranga 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)

That's a brilliant catch from Arachchige and Hasaranga gets his 5th. His first five wicket haul in the IPL.

17.1 Wanindu Hasaranga to Maheesh Theekshana, OUT! Five for Wanindu Hasaranga! With one of his bowlers potentially out of the match, the B-Love Kandy skipper has taken the mantle in some fashion! He kept this one on a length outside off, slowed it through the air, Theekshana ran down the wicket and looked to mow it towards the leg side, got a thick leading edge, the ball ballooned towards cover, Sahan Arachchige ran in, dived full-stretch, and took an absolute stunner to put the icing on the cake! The third umpire has a look at both the no ball and the legitimacy of the catch, both are good!

Maheesh Theekshana c Sahan Arachchige b Wanindu Hasaranga 15 (14b, 3x4, 0x6) 

Wanindu Hasaranga [3-0-9-4] is back into the attack.

Nuwan Pradeep was injured all through the over but still managed to keep it in the right areas and bagged the important wicket of Shoaib Malik. B Love Kandy just a couple of wickets away from victory. 

16.6 Nuwan Pradeep to Dilshan Madushanka, hard length delivery outside off stump, Madushanka had a waft at it but missed

Pradeep has got a wicket on one leg. Simple straightforward catch for Angelo Mathews and the Jaffna Kings are very much on the brink. 

16.5 Nuwan Pradeep to Shoaib Malik, OUT! Pradeep kept falling over in his delivery stride on almost each occasion in this over, and yet, he found a way to dismiss the Kings' last recognized batter! Slower ball, pitched on a back of length close to the tramline. Malik looked to give himself room and smash the ball over cover, was far too early on the shot, ended up spooning the ball towards cover, the man there leapt and took the catch!

Shoaib Maik c Angelo Mathews b Nuwan Pradeep 31 (23b, 3x4, 1x6) 

16.4 Nuwan Pradeep to Shoaib Malik, wide yorker, Malik squeezed this one straight to the man at cover

16.4 Nuwan Pradeep to Shoaib Malik, no ball! This was angled down leg, Malik looked to glance it towards deep backward square. He sends Theekshana back. Free hit coming up!

16.3 Nuwan Pradeep to Maheesh Theekshana, hard length delivery outside off, Theekshana looked to pull, but miscued it towards mid on. Just a single