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The 12th Match of the Lanka Premier League 2023 was played between B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. In which B - Love Kandy defeated Galle Titans by a big margin of 89 runs.
Galle Titans won the toss and invited B - Love Kandyto bat first, B - Love Kandy batted first start the inning very well, Mohammad Haris and Fakhar Zaman came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 26 runs in 3.4 over, Mohammd Haris dismissed for 17 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in just 14 balls, next batsman Dinesh Chandimal came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant partnership of 49 runs with Fakhar Zaman, the second wicket has dismissed for 75 runs in last ball of the 9th over, Dinesh Chandimal dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 17 balls, followed by Angelo Mathews came to bat and played well with Fakhar Zaman, the third wicket has dismissed for 103 runs in first ball of the 13th over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaires in just 35 balls, next batsman Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 87 runs with Angelo Mathews, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 190 runs in 18.3 over, Angelo Mathews dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 40 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaires in just 23 balls, next batsman Asif Ali came to bat and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls as fifth wicket in second ball of the fianl over, followed by Isuru Udana came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 2 balls with Wanindu Hasaranga, and Wanindu Hasaranga played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaires in 27 balls. In this way, B-Love Kandy scored 203 runs for losing just 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a strong target of 204 runs in front of Galle Titans.
Galle Titans bowlers Lahiru Samarakoon took 2 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Richard Ngarava 1 wicket for 31 runs in his spell, Tabraiz Shamsi 1 wicket for 46 runs in his spell, Kasun Rajitha 1 wicket for 42 runs in his spell, Shakib Al Hasan was wicketless for 31 runs in 3 overs, and Dasun Shanaka also wicketless for 20 runs in 1 over.
Galle Titans chasing 204 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just in 114 runs in the fourth ball of the 17th over and lost the match by 89 runs. Galle Titans started the inning not very well, Lasith Croospulle and Shevon Daniel came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 20 runs in 1.4 over, Shevon Daniel dismissed without score in just 2 balls, next batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat and he dismissed just for 5 runs in 8 balls as second wicket in 3.3 over, the team score was 26 runs, next batsman Tim Seifert came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just in 1 run in 5 balls as third wicket in 4.2 over, the team score was 27 runs, followed by Shakib Al Hasan came to bat and played well for a while with Lasith Croospulle, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 45 runs in 6.3 over, Lasith Croospulle dismissed after scoring 27 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 17 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls as fifth wicket in 7.3 over, the team score was 45 runs, next batsman Ashan Priyanjan came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket wicket also dismissed for 47 runs in first ball of the 9th over, Shakib Al Hasan dismissed for 11 runs in 12 balls, followed by Lahiru Samarakoon came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 56 runs with Ashan Priyanjan, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 109 runs in 15.4 over, Lahiru Samarakoon dismissed after scoring 36 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 1 boundary in just 25 balls, next batsman Kasun Rajitha came to bat, meanwhile the 8th wicket also dismissed for 111 runs in last ball of the 16th over, Ashan Priyanjan dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 2 bondaries in just 23 balls, next batsman Tabraiz Shamsi came to bat and he dismissed without scoring in just 2 balls as 9th wicket in 16.3 over, the team score was 114 runs, followed by Richard Ngarava came to bat and he also dismissed without scoring as in just 1 ball as 10th and final wicket in 16.4 over, the team score was 114 runs, and Kasun Rajitha he remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all out just for 114 runs and lost the match by a big margin of 89 runs.
B-Love Kandy bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga took 4 wickets just for 17 runs in 3.4 overs, Nuwan Pradeep took 3 wickets just for 21 runs in 3 overs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 wickets just 26 runs in his spell, Dushmantha Chameera 1 wicket for 17 runs in 3 overs, Isuru Udana was wicketless for 18 runs in 2 overs, Angelo Mathews wicketless for 11 runs in 1 over.
West Indies all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, playing a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaires in 27 balls, and also took 4 wickets just for 17 runs in 3.4 overs.
