Jaffna Kings wins over Colombo Strikers by 21 runs.

Colombo Strikers won the toss and elect to field first, Jaffna Kings batted first, started the inning very well, Nishan Madushka and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 27 runs in 2.5 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a quick inning of 21 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 11 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat and played well with Nishan Madushka, the second wicket has dismissed for 42 runs in 5.2 over, Nishan Madushka dismissed for 12 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Towhid Hridoy came to bat and handled the inning with Charith Asalanka, the third wicket has denied for 66 runs in 8.4 over, Charith Asalanka dismissed for 12 runs in 14 balls, followed by Priyamal Perera came to bat and played well with Towhid Hridoy, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 107 runs in last ball of the 13th over, Priyamal Perera dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 16 balls, next batsman Dunith Wellalage came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Towhid Hridoy, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 157 runs in 18.3 over, Towhid Hridoy dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in just 39 balls, followed by Thisara Perera came to bat and handled the inning with Dunith Wellalage, Dunith Wellalage played an unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 2 boundires in 23 balls, and Thisara Perera also played an unbeaten inning of 14 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in just 7 balls. In this way, Jaffna Kings scored 173 runs for the loss of just 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 174 runs in front of Colombo Strikers.

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Colombo Strikers bowlers Matheesha Pathirana got 1 wicket for 32 runs in his spell, Lakshan Sandakan 1 wicket for 34 runs in his spell, Chamika Karunaratne 1 wicket for 36 runs in his spell, Naseem Shah 1 wicket for 30 runs in 3 overs, Mohammad Nawaz was wicketless for 24 runs in his spell, and Ramesh Mendis was also wicketless for 10 runs in 1 over.

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Colombo Strikers chasing 174 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 152 runs in the fourth ball of the final over and lost the match by 21 runs. Colombo Strikers started the inning not very well, Niroshan Dickwella and Babar Azam came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 33 runs in 3.4 over, Babar Azam dismissed just for 7 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Pathum Nissanka came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 2 balls as second wicket in 4.3 over, the team score was 40 runs, next batsman Nuwanidu Fernando came to bat and played well with Niroshan Dickwella, the third wicket has dismissed for 78 runs in 8.5 over, Nuwanidu Fernando dismissed for 17 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 14 balls, followed by Mohammad Nawaz came to bat, after few moments the fourth wicket also dismissed for 87 runs in 10.3 over, Niroshan Dickwella dismissed dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 58 runs with the help of 1 six and 9 boundaires in just 34 balls, next batsman Yashodha Lanka came to bat, meanwhile the fifth wicket also dismissed for 87 runs in first ball of the 12th over, Mohammad Nawaz dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls, followed by Chamika Karunaratne came to bat and played well with Yashodha Lanka, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 121 runs in 15.5 over, Chamika Karunaratne dismissed after playing a quick inning of 23 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 15 balls, next batsman Ramesh Mendis came to bat, after a few moments the seventh wicket also dismissed for 128 runs in 16.3 over, Yashodha Lanka run-out for 11 runs in 16 balls, next batsman Naseem Shah came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just in 3 balls without scoring as eighth wicket in last ball of the 17th over, the team score was just 128 runs, followed by Lakshan Sandakan came to bat, the ningth wicket has dismissed for 143 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Ramesh Mendis dismissed for 17 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 10 balls, followed by Matheesha Pathirana came to bat and he dismissed for 8 runs in 8 balls as 10th and last wicket in 19.4 over, the team score was 152 runs, and Lakshan Sandakan was 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 152 runs in 19.4 overs and lost the match by 21 runs.

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Jaffna Kings bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Hardus Viljoen took 3 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Dilshan Madushanka 2 wickets just for 18 runs in 2.4 overs, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2 wickets just for 17 runs in his spell, Thisara Perera 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs, Maheesh Theekshana was wicketless for 39 runs in his spell, Charith Asalanka was wicketless for 6 runs in 1 over, and Dunith Wellalage also wicketless for 8 runs in 1 over.

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Jaffna Kings bowler Vijayakanth Viyaskanth was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliantly and took 2 wickets just for 17 runs in his spell.
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