Galle Gladiators Vs Dambulla Aura Match 2 31 July 2023

2nd T20 • R.Premadasa Stadium • Colombo

Dambulla Sixers

180/7 & 9/1 (1)

Galle Marvels

180/5 & 11/0 (0.2)

GM won by superover by 2 wickets

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Player of the Match Dasun Shanaka

42(21) & 0(0)

Galle Gladiators

Dambulla Aura

Dambulla Aura - Super Over

Galle Gladiators - Super Over

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Galle Gladiators

180/5 (20)

Batters

Shevon Daniel

126.92

lbw b Fernando

Lasith Croospulle

60.00

b Shahnawaz Dahani

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

141.18

c Shahnawaz Dahani b Silva

Tim Seifert

82.35

runout (Mendis / Fernando)

Shakib Al Hasan

164.29

b Shahnawaz Dahani

Dasun Shanaka

200.00

Not out

Lahiru Samarakoon

175.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9)

180/5

Did not Bat

Seekkuge Prasanna, Vishwa Fernando, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kasun Rajitha

Bowlers

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Binura Fernando

8.00

Shahnawaz Dahani

9.25

Dhananjaya de Silva

9.50

Hayden Kerr

11.67

Ravindu Suharshana Fernando

12.00

Praveen Jayawickrama

6.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Lasith Croospulle

b Shahnawaz Dahani

1-22

3.1

Shevon Daniel

lbw b Fernando

2-72

8.3

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

c Shahnawaz Dahani b Silva

3-95

12.2

Tim Seifert

runout (Mendis / Fernando)

4-123

14.6

Shakib Al Hasan

b Shahnawaz Dahani

5-139

17.3

Dambulla Aura

180/7 (20)

Batters

Avishka Fernando

25.00

b Rajitha

Kusal Mendis

33.33

b Fernando

Dhananjaya de Silva

138.71

b Shanaka

Kusal Perera

160.00

c Rajitha b Shanaka

Sadeera Samarawickrama

144.44

c Seifert b Al Hasan

Alex Ross

139.29

Not out

Ravindu Suharshana Fernando

162.50

c Seifert b Shanaka

Hayden Kerr

200.00

c Shamsi b Rajitha

Binura Fernando

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9)

180/7

Did not Bat

Shahnawaz Dahani, Praveen Jayawickrama

Bowlers

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Kasun Rajitha

8.75

Vishwa Fernando

10.00

Shakib Al Hasan

6.25

Lasith Croospulle

20.00

Tabraiz Shamsi

9.50

Dasun Shanaka

6.75

Seekkuge Prasanna

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Avishka Fernando

b Rajitha

1-2

0.5

Kusal Mendis

b Fernando

2-2

1.2

Kusal Perera

c Rajitha b Shanaka

3-78

9.2

Dhananjaya de Silva

b Shanaka

4-99

11.3

Sadeera Samarawickrama

c Seifert b Al Hasan

5-103

12.2

Ravindu Suharshana Fernando

c Seifert b Shanaka

6-120

14.2

Hayden Kerr

c Shamsi b Rajitha

7-156

17.6

Dambulla Aura

9/1 (1)

Batters

Kusal Perera

133.33

c (sub Sooriyabandara) b Rajitha

Alex Ross

200.00

Not out

Hayden Kerr

100.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(1 Ov, RR: 9)

9/1

Did not Bat

Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Binura Fernando, Shahnawaz Dahani, Praveen Jayawickrama, Ravindu Suharshana Fernando

Bowlers

EXT

Kasun Rajitha

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Perera

c (sub Sooriyabandara) b Rajitha

1-4

0.3

Galle Gladiators

11/0 (0.2)

Batters

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

500.00

Not out

Dasun Shanaka

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(0.2 Ov, RR: 33)

11/0

Did not Bat

Shevon Daniel, Lasith Croospulle, Tim Seifert, Shakib Al Hasan, Lahiru Samarakoon, Seekkuge Prasanna, Vishwa Fernando, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kasun Rajitha

Bowlers

EXT

Binura Fernando

0.2

33.00

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Jul, 03:00 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

2nd T20,

Lanka Premier League

Umpires

Chamara De Zoysa(Sri Lanka), Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka), Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Ravindra Kottahachchi(Sri Lanka)

Toss

Dambulla Sixers elected to bowl

4 1wd 6

Over 1

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Dasun Shanaka

42(21) & 0(0)

Commentary

So, that will be it from the first of two matches at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Do switch tabs and join us for the next LPL 2023 game starting in just a few minutes. For now, after this exhilarating match, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Dasun Shanaka [Galle Titans captain]: Really pleased to see the way we played today, all the departments clicked. We could've slightly better with the ball in the end, credit to the batters as well. We're looking forward for Richard Ngarva, hopefully we can cover the bowling part in later part of the tournament, batting is in good shape but we need to work on the bowling.

Kusal Mendis [Dambulla Aura captain]: Very good game for the fans, certain areas needed to work and learning is always there, can come back better in the next game. Last three overs we gave away too many, 30-35 too many and we didn't get off to a good start.

Dasun Shanaka is the Player of the Match!

Galle Titans win the Super Over by 2 wickets with 4 balls to spare and therefore, win the match!

Bhanuka Rajapaksa 48 (34) | Dasun Shanaka - 3/27 (4)
Dhananjaya de Silva 43 (31) | Shahnawaz Dahani - 2/37 (4)

Super Over: Dambulla Aura - 9/1 [Alex Ross 4* (2), Kasun Rajitha - 1/9] || Galle Titans - 10/0 [Bhanuka Rajapaksa 10* (2)]

What a match to start the day in Colombo! The run chase began shakily for Dambulla Aura as they lost both their openers cheaply. But then, a counter-attacking 3rd-wicket partnership between comeback man Kusal Perera and the in-form Dhananjaya de Silva brought things back in favour of the batting team.

The over of Lasith Croospulle turned out to be shocking one for Galle but the inspired bowling change by the captain to bring himself on paid dividends! Dasun Shanaka struck with 3 key wickets and gave away only 27 runs in his 4 overs.

Shakib Al Hasan was impressive too but the rest of the bowling should have done better, as the 7th-wicket partnership between uncapped Australians Alex Ross and Hayden Kerr took the game by the scruff of the neck and never let the chase get away from them.

In the end, it was down to Alex Ross in the last over to score 16 runs against Kasun Rajitha. And believe it or not, he scored 15! Off the last delivery, they could manage only 1 run when 2 runs were left to win.

That took the match to the Super Over and Rajitha made up for everything by giving away only 9 runs, taking the big wicket of Kusal Perera.

Galle Titans did not take much time in knocking those runs off as Bhanuka Rajapaksa finished it off with a four and a six, with a wide in between from Binura Fernando to help matters!

0.2 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, SIX! GAME, SET AND MATCH! Rajapaksa needed just 2 deliveries to seal the game, Dambulla Aura misses out on a fantastic win but Galle Titans proved to be the deserving winners of the contest. Was in the slot, Rajapaksa dispatched it all the way over long-on and seals the game in style.

Galle need 5 runs to win off 5 balls now.

0.2 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, WIDE! Tried to bowl wide of off-stump, Rajapaksa skips down the track and reaches for it and misses, it's called a wide.

0.1 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, FOUR! SHOT! Horrendous delivery first up from Binura. Low full toss and wide of off-stump, allows Rajapaksa to free his arms and he's clobbered it to deep extra-cover, goes one bounce into the ropes for a boundary.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka will come out to open for Galle Titans in the Super Over. Binura Fernando will bowl the most important over of the game, for Dambulla Aura. Alright, let's go!

Time for the chase!

Dambulla Aura score 9 runs off the Super Over. Galle Titans need 10 runs to win the match off 6 balls.

Alex Ross 4* (2) | Kusal Perera 4 (3)
Kasun Rajitha - 1/9

Excellent over from Rajitha to restrict the score to under 10 runs. The first four was an outside edge but he will be slightly disappointed with the four off the last ball. Alex Ross was not going to miss out on a full, wide one. Will those four runs prove to be the difference? We'll see!

overs

9 /1 score

runs

Alex Ross *

4 (2)

Hayden Kerr

1 (1)

Kasun Rajitha

1 /9

0.6 Kasun Rajitha to Alex Ross, FOUR TO FINISH THE SUPER OVER! Ross finds the middle of the bat and has almost cleared the ropes in the end, but that just might do for Dambulla. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Ross slams it to deep covers, goes one bounce into the ropes.

Last ball coming up!

0.5 Kasun Rajitha to Alex Ross, OH! Length delivery outside the off-stump, Ross long way across off-stump to ramp that one away but makes no connection.

0.4 Kasun Rajitha to Hayden Kerr, too full on the fourth stump, almost a yorker length. Kerr drilled it down to long-off for one and brings Ross on strike.

Hayden Kerr, RHB, is at the crease.

0.3 Kasun Rajitha to Kusal Perera, OUT! HOLES OUT AT LONG-OFF! Perera departs and now Dambulla have to be careful here, still three deliveries to go. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Perera smacked it down the ground, no timing on it and long-off holds on to a sitter.

Kusal Perera c (sub) Pasindu Sooriyabandara b Kasun Rajitha 4 (3b, 1x4, 0x6)

0.2 Kasun Rajitha to Kusal Perera, OH! Full and angled it way outside the off-stump, Perera shuffles long way across off-stump to drive but misses, through to the keeper.

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