Cricket Highlights, 09 Aug: LPL 2023 (Match 12) – B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans

B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans (Match 12) – Highlights

Shakib Al Hasan featured Galle Titans made a flying start winning their first two matches in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023. But with consecutive defeats in the next three matches, they are now at the bottom of the points table.

Galle Titans lost by a big margin against B-Love Kandy on Tuesday (August 8). After losing the toss and batting first, B-Love Kandy collected a big score of 203 runs after losing 5 wickets at the end of the scheduled 20 overs. In reply, Galle Titans’ innings collapsed coming down to chase the target for just 114 runs in 16.4 overs.

Galle Titans lost 6 wickets within the team’s 47 runs as they went down to chase the target. Opener Lasith Croospulle scored 27 runs off 17 balls, but Shevon Daniel, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tim Seifert, Dasun Shanaka, and Shakib Al Hasan could not accompany him to make some healthy runs.

Shevon was out for none, Rajapaksa for 5, Seifert and Shanaka for 1, and Shakib for 11. Ashan Priyanjan and Lahiru Samarakoon took the helm of the team in the seventh wicket. Priyanjan got out with 25 off 23 balls and Samarakoon made 36 off 25 balls. Thanks to both of them, Galle Titans were able to cross the score of 100 runs in the end.

Wanindu Hasaranga and Nuwan Pradeep’s combined attack with the ball collapsed the batting line-up of the Galle Titans. Hasaranga snapped up 4 wickets for 17 runs and Pradeep scalped 3 wickets for 21 runs. Besides, Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 2 wickets and Dushmantha Chameera took 1 wicket.

Earlier In the batting, all B-Love Kandy batters performed well except opener Mohammad Haris. Haris scored 17 runs off 14 balls. After that, Fakhar Zaman and Dinesh Chandimal put together a great partnership of 49 runs off 26 balls for the 2nd wicket. Chandimal got out with 25 runs off 17 balls in the last ball of the 9th over of the innings.

But Fakhar scored 45 runs off 35 balls hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. Then experienced Angelo Mathews and skipper Hasaranga took the lead of the team. These two made a stormy partnership of 87 runs off 38 balls. As a result, the team continued to build up a big score.

Hasaranga raised a storm with the bat before crushing the Galle Titans with the ball. He played a devastating innings of 64 runs off 27 balls smashing 9 fours and 2 sixes. Besides, Mathews returned to the pavilion scoring 40 runs off 23 balls, with 3 fours and 2 sixes.

Tiger all-rounder Shakib was wicketless for Galle Titans. He conceded 31 runs in 3 overs. The rest of the bowlers on the team were also quite expensive. Tabraiz Shamsi bowled 4 overs and got 1 wicket but spent 46 runs. Kasun Rajitha gave away 42 runs to take 1 wicket. Lahiru Samarakoon bowled relatively well. His victim was 2 wickets at the cost of 31 runs.

Meanwhile, Galle Titans tasted three losses in a row. Galle Titans, who topped the points table after winning their first two matches of the tournament, lost their next three matches and dropped to the bottom. On the other hand, B-Love Kandy lost the first two matches but won the last three matches. On the contrary, they are at the top of the points table.

B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans Scoreboard

B-Love Kandy – 203/5 (20.0)

Galle Titans – 114/10 (16.4)

Result – B-Love Kandy won by 89 runs

Player of the match – Wanindu Hasaranga

B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans Playing Xis