Team Dhananjaya De Silva defeated Team Dasun Shanaka in a rain-interrupted 50 over intra-squad match held today (29th) at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.
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The two teams were led by national white-ball skipper Dasun Shanaka (Team Dasun) and his deputy Dhananjaya De Silva (Team Dhananjaya).
Team Dhananjaya – 1. Avishka Fernando 2. Minod Bhanuka 3. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 4. Dhananjaya De Silva 5. Wanindu Hasaranga 6. Chamika Karunaratne 7. Ramesh Mendis 8. Binura Fernando 9. Pulina Tharanga 10. Lahiru Kumara 11. Praveen Jayawickrama
Team Dasun – 1. Dinesh Chandimal 2. Pathum Nissanka 3. Kamindu Mendis 4. Charith Asalanka 5. Ashen Bandara 6. Dasun Shanaka 7. Lahiru Madushanka 8. Akila Dananjaya 9. Dushmantha Chameera 10. Maheesh Theekshana 11. Nuwan Pradeep
Having won the toss, Dhananjaya De Silva chose to bat first but couldn’t impress with the bat as they were stuttering at 147 for 6 in 28.1 overs before the heavens opened up at R. Premadasa Stadium.
The right-hander Wanindu Hasaranga was the top scorer for Team Dhananjaya as he made an unbeaten 68 runs off 59 balls. The right-arm fast-medium bowler Lahiru Madushanka bowled a terrific spell with the ball picking up 3 wickets for 9 runs in 4 overs.
Due to the persistent rain at Colombo, the match was revised for a 30-over game. As a result, Team Dasun was set a target of 165 runs in 30 overs.
Though the target seems easy on paper, Team Dasun struggled with the bat from ball one as speedster Lahiru Kumara ripped through the batting lineup taking 4 scalps for 12 runs. The middle-order batsman Ashen Bandara stroked 40 runs off 46 balls while hard-hitting all-rounder Lahiru Madushanka made 36 runs off 41 balls.
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Team Dasun ended up getting 128 runs in 27 overs as rain interrupted once more handing the victory for Team Dhananjaya.
Brief Scores
Team Dhananjaya – 147/6 (28.1) W Hasaranga 68*, M Bhanuka 21, B Rajapaksa 14, C Karunaratne 14, L Madushanka 3/09, A Dananjaya 2/46, M Theekshana 1/29
Team Dasun – 128/9 (27) A Bandara 40, L Madushanka 36, A Dananjaya 16*, L Kumara 4/12, P Tharanga 2/24, B Fernando 1/11, R Mendis 1/13, P Jayawickrama 1/26
Result – Team Dhananjaya won (DLS Method)
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