-Vinay Kumar
Jaffna Kings created history in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). He has registered the biggest win of this recent season.
Sri Lanka all-rounder Chaturanga D’Silva and spinner Mahesh Theekshana played a key role in Jaffna Kings’ big win against Dambulla Giants.
In this very exciting match, Chaturanga de Silva and Mahesh Thekshana took 7 wickets for only 37 runs. India’s legendary tennis player Sania Mirza’s husband and Pakistan cricket team’s swashbuckling batsman Shoaib Malik are also included in the Jaffna Kings team.
It is worth noting that in this latest season of LPL, he has scored runs at an average of 100.00 in 5 matches played so far. He also tried his hand at bowling and has also got 2 wickets in his account. In the match against Dambulla Giants (Dambulla Giants vs Jaffna Kings LPL, 2021), he also took one wicket for 14 runs in 2 overs.
This is the fifth consecutive win of Jaffna Kings (Jaffna Kings LPL, 2021) in this latest season of ‘Lanka Premier League 2021’. He is currently at the top of the points table of LPL. Jaffna Kings have played 6 matches so far and have 10 points in their account.
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On the other hand ‘Dambulla Giants’ are second in the points table with 7 points from 6 matches. This defeat to Jaffna Kings is their second defeat in this recent season.
Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, R. In this match played at Premadasa Stadium Colombo, Jaffna Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the team of Dambulla Giants was all out after scoring just 69 runs in 14.1 overs. For Jaffna Kings, Sri Lankan all-rounder Chaturanga de Silva took 4 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.
Team’s spin bowler Mahesh Thekshana took 3 wickets for 21 runs in the bowling of 4 overs. Philip Salt scored 23 runs off 22 balls from Dambulla Giants’ taraf. 14 runs from 14 balls came off the bat of Tharindu Ratnayake. Except these two players, no player of the team could touch the double digit figure.
Jaffna Kings, who came to the ground to chase the target, made 71 runs for 3 wickets in 9.2 overs with the help of Avishka Fernando and Wanindu Hasaranga hoisted the flag of their team’s victory in this match. Fernando scored 22 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 brilliant fours and 1 brilliant six and remained not out. Hasaranga played a fine innings of 37 runs in 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Imran Tahir took 2 wickets for 21 runs in the bowling of 4 overs for Dambulla Giants. Jaffna Kings won the match easily with 6 overs and 4 balls to spare.
It is worth noting that he broke his own record in the matter of winning the most balls remaining. Prior to this stage, Jaffna Kings won the match against Dambulla Giants in the match played on December 7 with 45 balls to spare.