GG vs CS Full Scorecard, Lanka Premier League

12th Match, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Galle Gladiators

193/5 (20)

Colombo Stars

197/8 (20)

CS won by 2 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Ravi Bopara

31(12)

0/11

Galle Gladiators Inns

193/5 (20)

Colombo Stars Inns

197/8 (20)

Batters

Niroshan Dickwella

33.33

b N Thushara

Dinesh Chandimal

190.91

c L Sandakan b W Riaz

Charith Asalanka

121.05

c Asad Shafiq b Anwar Ali

Angelo Mathews

58.33

c Anwar Ali b N Thushara

Dominic Drakes

0.00

runout (K Mendis / O Fernando)

Benny Howell

244.44

c Anwar Ali b N Thushara

Ravi Bopara *

258.33

Not out

Seekkuge Prasanna

233.33

c Asad Shafiq b Anwar Ali

Muditha Lakshan

0.00

c L Sandakan b Anwar Ali

Kasun Rajitha

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 6, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.85)

197/8

Did not bat

Naveen-ul-Haq

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

7.25

15.25

11.00

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

Score

Over

Niroshan Dickwella

b N Thushara

1-3

1.2

Dinesh Chandimal

c L Sandakan b W Riaz

2-95

10.6

Charith Asalanka

c Asad Shafiq b Anwar Ali

3-121

13.5

Dominic Drakes

runout (K Mendis / O Fernando)

4-121

14.1

Benny Howell

c Anwar Ali b N Thushara

5-144

15.5

Angelo Mathews

c Anwar Ali b N Thushara

6-154

17.2

Seekkuge Prasanna

c Asad Shafiq b Anwar Ali

7-192

19.2

Muditha Lakshan

c L Sandakan b Anwar Ali

8-192

19.4

Player of the Match Ravi Bopara

31(12)

0/11

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this encounter of LPL. Keep following Sportskeeda for more matches. Don't forget to tune into Sportskeeda football in about an hours time with the Fifa World Cup semi-final slated to get under way between Argentina and Croatia. But for this segment, this is adios from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) and my fellow commentator Pradeep. Cheers !!!!

Angelo Mathews, Colombo Stars captain: Yeah I mean it was a bit of a challenge for us playing four days in a row. We had to regroup and the boys responded very well. In the field, we have away 20-25 tuns more but we batted very well. It's a bit draining as well. It gets extremely hard to grip the ball once the dew sets in. The batters were brilliant. Chandimal has been batting brilliantly, since I came down the order we had a chance to put Chandinal up the order which has worked for us. Ravi was brilliant and so was Seekkuge towards the end.

Ravi Bopara is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: The platform was set, there was only one way to go. We were always in the game. Wahab had an off day, it happens to everyone but he's one of the great bowlers at the death still.

Colombo Stars beat Galle Gladiators by 2 wickets (on the final delivery of the match)

Dinesh Chandimal 63(33), Charith Asalanka 46(38) | Naveen Ul Haq 2/33

Kusal Mendis 72(49), Asad Shafiq 58(33) | Nuwan Thushara 3/29, Anwar Ali 3/44

The Colombo Stars needed to get off to a steady start if they had to get close to the target. However, they were pegged early with the wicket of Niroshan Dickwella as Thushara swung one back into the left-hander to dislodge his stumps. From there on, the onus was taken by experienced campaigner Dinesh Chandimal to get his side back on track.

In the company of Charith Asalanka, Chandimal gained in confidence and started finding the boundaries on a consistent basis which kept the required rate under check. Chandimal was the aggressor in the partnership and took on the Gladiators' bowlers with disdain. He scored a whirlwind 63 off just 33 deliveries before perishing to Wahab Riaz.

The 92-run partnership between Asalanka and Chandimal laid the foundation for the Colombo Stars but the required rate was quite steep when Angelo Mathews joined Asalanka in the middle. Asalanka was sedate in the middle overs but with Chandimal’s departure, he took the onus on himself to do the bulk of the scoring.

Just when he started hitting the ball well, he chanced his arms once too many and was holed out at sweeper cover. Benny Howell was sent up the order and he didn’t disappoint. He turned the game with an impactful knock of 22 off just 9 deliveries which shifted the momentum towards the Colombo Stars.

Nuwan Thushara bowled his heart out and changed his pace very well. He got the prized wicket of Angelo Mathews in his final over. Just when things were going pear-shaped for the Colombo Stars, Ravi Bopara turned it on for them in the penultimate over.

He smashed Wahab Riaz for 22 runs to bring the equation down to 8 required off the final over. Sekkuuge Prasanna then smashed a six of the very first ball to make things pretty easy. However, his dismissal again produced a twist and the Colombo Stars eventually managed to scrape through on the final delivery of the match.

Earlier, it was Angelo Mathews who won the toss and put the Galle Gladiators in. Courtesy of brilliant knocks by Kusal Mendis and Asad Shafiq, the Gladiators scored a more than competitive 193 in their allotted 20 overs. While Mendis scored 72 off 49 deliveries, Shafiq scored a brilliant 33 ball 58.

That's game set and match. The Colombo Stars almost made a mess of the run-chase in the final over but the experience of Ravi Bopara takes them through in the end.

overs

197 /8 score

runs

Ravi Bopara *

31 (12)

Naveen-ul-Haq

1 (1)

Anwar Ali

3 /44

19.6 Anwar Ali to Ravi Bopara, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! COLOMBO STARS ARE HOME! What a thriller this turned out to be, Ravi Bopara sealing the game with a boundary, he was ice cool at the death. Back of a length into Bopara, presses and hoicks it over mid-wicket, runs away and picks out the ropes as Stars notch up their second win!

19.5 Anwar Ali to Kasun Rajitha, short into Rajitha, on the backfoot he turned it into the on-side for a quick single, that was smart from Rajitha, something that the last two batters should've done. SCORES ARE LEVEL NOW!

Kasun Rajitha, RHB comes out to the crease.

Another twist in the tale. Muditha Lakshan goes and now the equation comes down to 2 required off the last 2 deliveries.

19.4 Anwar Ali to Muditha Lakshan, OUT! UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! What is happening? Lakshan goes for the glory shot too and has top edged it straight up, fielder from deep backward square-leg comes from deep and settles under it, pouches a good catch. Umpire is checking for the height if it's a no-ball and confirms it's a legal delivery!

Muditha Lakshan c Lakshan Sandakan b Anwar Ali 0 (2b 4x0 6x0)

19.3 Anwar Ali to Muditha Lakshan, bangs in the short delivery on the wide of off-stump, Lakshan on his toes reaches to cut but misses, two dot balls.

Muditha Lakshan, RHB comes out to the crease.

Is there still a further twist left in the tale?

19.2 Anwar Ali to Seekkuge Prasanna, OUT! PICKS OUT DEEP MID-WICKET AND GONE! Went for the glory shot and perishes. Short into Prasanna, pulled that one away but just doesn't have enough elevation as it's picked out the man at deep mid-wicket.

Seekkuge Prasanna c Asad Shafiq b Anwar Ali 14 (6b 4x0 6x2)

19.1 Anwar Ali to Seekkuge Prasanna, SIX! SENSATIONAL PRASANNA! Pivotal blow of the game, full and in the slot, Prasanna has DISPATCHED it over long-off fence for a maximum, what a shot that.

Anwar Ali to bowl the final over.

That over has turned the game upside down. What sublime hitting from Ravi Bopara. He picked the slower deliveries and used the pace whenever he was offered some. Wahab Riaz conceding the most runs in this edition of the LPL. 22 runs coming off that and it could well be game, set and match. Just 8 runs needed off the final over.

overs

186 /6 score

runs

Ravi Bopara *

27 (11)

Seekkuge Prasanna

8 (4)

Wahab Riaz

1 /61

18.6 Wahab Riaz to Ravi Bopara, SIX! KABOOM! Ravi Bopara has put his team right in front now. Picks the slower one to perfection and latched on to it. Down on one knee, has DEPOSITED it over deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. Need just 8 off the last over!