Galle Titans vs Jaffna Kings || Post Match Analysis || LPL-2023 🏏
Sri Lanka's franchise based cricket tournament Lanka Premier League 2023 (LPL) has started. A total of five teams are fighting each other for the title in this year's EPL. Many matches have already been held where fans have got a chance to watch several exciting matches. This Lankan Premier League which started from July 30 will continue till August 20. The Sri Lankan Premier League 2023 season will end with the Megha final match on August 20!
Galle Titans and Jaffna Kings met yesterday in the seventh match of the Lankan Premier League. Jaffna Kings are the champions of the last LPL season. They entered the field yesterday in their third match in the fight to retain the title. Jaffna Kings had a good win in their first match but could not continue their performance in the second match. The team won the first match by 21 runs. But after that Jaffna Kings had to lose the match by eight wickets. The team had no choice but to win against Galle Titans to stay in a good position in the points table.
On the other hand, before this match, Galle Titans played in two matches of the Lankan Premier League. Where Galle has won both of the two matches. The good performance of every player in the team is the main reason for their victory. Galle players performed well in all three departments, batting, bowling and fielding. Especially the team's foreign all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's performance with bat and ball was commendable.
However, the team could not maintain their performance in the third match. In this match their performance was disappointing in all 3 departments. In the match between Galle Titans vs Jaffna Kings, Galle Titans captain Shanaka won the toss and decided to bat. Like the first two matches, he wanted to score good runs on the scoreboard by batting first. But the batters of Galle Titans completely failed in this match.
After the opening partnership of 28 runs, the collaspe of the batting began. The hero of the previous match Tim Saifard and Shakib were completely unsuccessful with the bat in this match Shakib's team Galle Titans managed to score only 117 runs at the end of the 20 over.
In response to 118 runs given by Galle Titans, Jaffna Kings lost their first wicket for 17 runs. Then there was no looking back for the group. Afghanistan star Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Bangladeshi youngster Tawhid Ridoy's batting rush made Jaffna Kings reach the target in just 12.4 balls. Gurbaz departed after scoring 54 runs off 39 balls but Tawhid Ridoy remained unbeaten on 44 runs off 23 balls. This Bangladeshi player ended the match by hitting two sixes in the last two balls. As a result, Jaffna Kings won by eight wickets.
As a result of this victory, the current champions are at number one in the points table with 4 points from 3 matches with two wins and one loss. Galle Titans are at the 2nd position in the points table with equal number of points behind in net run rate.
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