Galle Gladiators Vs Dambulla Aura Match 2 31 July 2023

2nd T20 • Colombo

180/7 & 9/1 (1)

180/5 & 11/0 (0.2)

GM won by superover by 2 wickets

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Expert Team 1

K Mendis

D Shanaka

Expert Team 2

S Al Hasan

B Rajapaksa

Venue Details

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

153Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

128Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 4

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

148

Average Score

149

193/5

Highest Score

210/4

109/3

Lowest Score

89/10

4 1wd 6

Over 1

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Dasun Shanaka

42(21) & 0(0)

3/27

Commentary

So, that will be it from the first of two matches at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Do switch tabs and join us for the next LPL 2023 game starting in just a few minutes. For now, after this exhilarating match, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Dasun Shanaka [Galle Titans captain]: Really pleased to see the way we played today, all the departments clicked. We could've slightly better with the ball in the end, credit to the batters as well. We're looking forward for Richard Ngarva, hopefully we can cover the bowling part in later part of the tournament, batting is in good shape but we need to work on the bowling.

Kusal Mendis [Dambulla Aura captain]: Very good game for the fans, certain areas needed to work and learning is always there, can come back better in the next game. Last three overs we gave away too many, 30-35 too many and we didn't get off to a good start.

Dasun Shanaka is the Player of the Match!

Galle Titans win the Super Over by 2 wickets with 4 balls to spare and therefore, win the match!

Bhanuka Rajapaksa 48 (34) | Dasun Shanaka - 3/27 (4)
Dhananjaya de Silva 43 (31) | Shahnawaz Dahani - 2/37 (4)

Super Over: Dambulla Aura - 9/1 [Alex Ross 4* (2), Kasun Rajitha - 1/9] || Galle Titans - 10/0 [Bhanuka Rajapaksa 10* (2)]

What a match to start the day in Colombo! The run chase began shakily for Dambulla Aura as they lost both their openers cheaply. But then, a counter-attacking 3rd-wicket partnership between comeback man Kusal Perera and the in-form Dhananjaya de Silva brought things back in favour of the batting team.

The over of Lasith Croospulle turned out to be shocking one for Galle but the inspired bowling change by the captain to bring himself on paid dividends! Dasun Shanaka struck with 3 key wickets and gave away only 27 runs in his 4 overs.

Shakib Al Hasan was impressive too but the rest of the bowling should have done better, as the 7th-wicket partnership between uncapped Australians Alex Ross and Hayden Kerr took the game by the scruff of the neck and never let the chase get away from them.

In the end, it was down to Alex Ross in the last over to score 16 runs against Kasun Rajitha. And believe it or not, he scored 15! Off the last delivery, they could manage only 1 run when 2 runs were left to win.

That took the match to the Super Over and Rajitha made up for everything by giving away only 9 runs, taking the big wicket of Kusal Perera.

Galle Titans did not take much time in knocking those runs off as Bhanuka Rajapaksa finished it off with a four and a six, with a wide in between from Binura Fernando to help matters!

0.2 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, SIX! GAME, SET AND MATCH! Rajapaksa needed just 2 deliveries to seal the game, Dambulla Aura misses out on a fantastic win but Galle Titans proved to be the deserving winners of the contest. Was in the slot, Rajapaksa dispatched it all the way over long-on and seals the game in style.

Galle need 5 runs to win off 5 balls now.

0.2 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, WIDE! Tried to bowl wide of off-stump, Rajapaksa skips down the track and reaches for it and misses, it's called a wide.

0.1 Binura Fernando to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, FOUR! SHOT! Horrendous delivery first up from Binura. Low full toss and wide of off-stump, allows Rajapaksa to free his arms and he's clobbered it to deep extra-cover, goes one bounce into the ropes for a boundary.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka will come out to open for Galle Titans in the Super Over. Binura Fernando will bowl the most important over of the game, for Dambulla Aura. Alright, let's go!