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The 15th Match of the Lanka Premier League 2023 was played today between Jaffna Kings vs B-Love Kandy at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In which B - Love Kandy wins over Jaffna Kings by 8 runs.
B-Love Kandy batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very brilliantly, Mohammad Haris and Fakhar Zaman came to start the inning and gave strong start with a half-century partnership of 51 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 51 runs in 5.3 over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed for 22 runs with the help of 1 boundary in 1 six in just 17 balls, next batsman Dinesh Chandimal came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls as second wicket in first ball of the 7th over, the team score was 52 runs, next batsman Sahan Arachchige came to bat and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 5 balls as third wicket in 7.4 over, the team score was 63 runs, followed by Angelo Mathews came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 75 runs with Mohammad Haris, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 138 runs in 14.5 over, Mohammad Haris dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inpectful half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 10 boundaires in just 51 balls, next batsman Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat, after a few moments the fifth wicket also dismissed for 145 runs in first ball of the 17th over, Angelo Mathews dismissed for 22 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 18 balls, folllowed by Asif Ali came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Wanindu Hasaranga, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 167 runs in 18.5 over, Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed for 19 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 14 balls, next batsman Isuru Udana came to bat, meanwhile the 7th wicket also dismissed for 168 runs in first ball of the final over, Asif Ali dismissed just for 6 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Dushmantha Chameera came to bat, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 177 runs in fifth ball of the fianl over, Isuru Udana dismissed just for 9 runs in 6 balls, followed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Dushmantha Chameera, and Dushmantha Chameera remians unbeaten without playing a ball. In this way, B-Love Kandy scored just 178 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 179 runs in front of Jaffna Kings.
Jaffna Kings bowlers Nuwan Thushara took 3 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Dilshan Madushanka 2 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Dunith Wellalage 2 wickets for 43 runs in his spell, Maheesh Theekshana was wicketless for 34 runs in his spell, Shoaib Malik wicketless for 34 runs in 3 overs, and Thisara Perera also wicketless for 5 runs in 1 over.
Jaffna Kings chasing 179 runs in the second inning could manage just 170 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 8 runs. Jaffna Kings started the inning very poorly, Nishan Madushka and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs in last ball of the the 1st over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 1 run in 2 balls, next batsman Chris Lynn came to bat, after a few moments the second wicket also dismissed for 10 runs in first ball of the 3rd over, Nishan Madushka dismissed just for 8 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 7 balls as third wicket in first ball of the 5th over, the team score was just 16 runs, followed by Shoaib Malik came to bat and handled the inning with Chris Lynn, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 51 runs in 8.3 over, Chris Lynn dismissed after scoring 27 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boudaries in 26 balls, next batsman David Miller came to bat and handled the inning with Shoaib Malik, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 90 runs in 12.4 over, David Miller dimissed after scoring 24 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in just 16 balls, followed by Thisara Perera came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 60 runs with Shoaib Malik, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 150 runs in 17.5 over, Thisara Perera dismissed after scoring 36 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 20 balls, next batsman Dunith Wellalage came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 5 balls with Shoaib Malik, and Shoaib Malik played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in just 37 balls, but unluckly can't reach to the target by 8 runs. In this way, Jaffna Kings could manage just 170 runs for losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 9 runs.
B-Love Kandy bowlers Angelo Mathews took 3 wickets just for 10 runs in 3 overs, Nuwan Pradeep 2 wickets for 48 runs in his spell, Isuru Udana 1 wicket for 30 runs in his spell, Dushmantha Chameera was wicketless for 33 runs in his spell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was wicketless for 23 runs in 3 overs, and Wanindu Hasaranga also wicketless for 22 runs in 2 overs.
B-Love Kandy batsman Mohammad Haris was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick impactful half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 10 boundaires in just 51 balls.
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