The 9th Match of the Lanka Premier League 2023 was played yesterday bitween B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. In which B - Love Kandy beats Jaffna Kings by 8 wickets.
B-Love Kandy won the toss and have opted to field first, Jaffna Kings batted first, started the inning very poorly, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Charith Asalanka came to start the inning, the first wicket dismissed just for 2 runs in fifth ball of the inning, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed without scoring in 5 ballls, next batsman Towhid Hridoy came to bat, the second wicket also dismissed very quickly just for 7 runs in first ball of the 3rd over, Charith Asalanka dismissed just for 5 runs in 6 balls, next batsman David Miller came to bat and played well for a while with Towhid Hridoy, the third wicket has dismissed for 34 runs in last ball of the 7th over, Towhid Hridoy dismissed after scoring 19 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 22 balls, followed by Priyamal Perera came to bat and played well with David Miller, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 58 runs in 11.2 over, David Miller dismissed after scoring 21 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 22 balls, next batsman Thisara Perera came to bat, after a moments the fifth wicket also dismissed for 72 runs in first ball of the 14th over, Priyamal Perera dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of of 1 six and 1 boundary in 22 balls, next batsman Dunith Wellalage came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wikcet also dismissed for 75 runs in 13.5 over, Thisara Perera dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls, next batsman Vijayakanth Viyaskanth came to bat and he dismissed just in 1 ball without scoring in last ball of the 14th over as sixth wicket, the team score was 75 runs, followed by Maheesh Theekshana came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly without score in just 4 balls as 8th wicket in last ball of the 15th over, the team score was 78 runs. next batsman Nuwan Thushara came to bat after a few moments he also dismissed just in 1 ball without a score as the 9th wicket in the first ball of the 17th over, the team score was 86 runs, followed by Nandre Burger came to bat and he remained unbeaten for 6 runs in 7 balls with Dunith Wellalage, and Dunith Wellalage played an unbeaten inning of 38 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 27 balls. In this way, Jaffna Kings scored just 117 runs after losing just 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a small target of 118 runs in front of B-Love Kandy.
B-Love Kandy bowler Wanindu Hasaranga performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 9 runs in his spell, Nuwan Pradeep 3 wickets for 36 runs in his spell, Angelo Mathews 2 wickets just for 8 runs in 2 overs, Isuru Udana 1 wicket for 17 runs in 2 overs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was wicketless just for 23 runs in his spell, and Dushmantha Chameera also wicketless just for 23 runs in his spell.
B-Love Kandy chasing 118 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in last ball of the 13th over, Fakhar Zaman and Dinesh Chandimal came to start the inning and gave good start, the first wicket has dismissed for 31 runs in first ball of the 7th over, Dinesh Chandimal dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in just 16 balls, followed by Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 71 runs with Fakhar Zaman, the second wicket has dismissed for 102 runs in first ball of the 13th over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 39 balls, next batsman Sahan Arachchige came to bat and remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Wanindu Hasaranga, and Wanindu Hasaranga played a very brilliant quick unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 52 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 22 balls. In this way, B-Love Kandy chased the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in just 13 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Jaffna Kings bowlers Maheesh Theekshana got 1 wicket for 35 runs in his spell, Nandre Burger 1 wicket for 17 runs in 2 overs, Thisara Perera was wicketless for 23 runs in 3 overs, Nuwan Thushara wicketless for 12 runs in 2 overs, Dunith Wellalage wicketless for 17 runs in 1 over, and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth also wicketless for 13 runs in 1 over.
B-Love Kandy all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, played a very brilliant quick unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 52 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 22 balls, and also took 3 wickets just for 9 runs in his spell.
