Hambantota Bangla Tigers beat favorites Jaffna Titans by 26 runs in Thursday'sLanka T10 Super League final at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.The Tigers produced a fine all-round performance to beat the Titans, who had won all their matches in the lead up to the final.Player of the match and player of the series was Titan'sskipper Dasun Shanaka.Hambantota Bangla Tigers, put into bat first, posted 133 for seven from their allotted 10 overs through some useful contributions from their top order batsmen.The openers Mohammad Shahzad and Kusal Perera added 35 runs from 2.4 overs before they suffered a middle order collapse and reached 59 for three at the halfway stage of the innings.However, skipper Dasun Shanaka and Shevon Daniel revived the innings with a fourth-wicket partnership of 44 runs in three overs.Shanaka made 21 with two sixes and two boundaries while Daniel struck 26 with one six and three boundaries before Kennar Lewis and Dhananjaya Lakshan added the finishing touches.Chasing 133 runs for victory, Jaffna Titans lost wickets at regular intervals and they eventually finished at 107 for six despite a fighting unbeaten half century from middle order batsman Tom Abell.
Richard Gleeson wrecked the Hambantota Bangla Tigers& innings with excellent figures of three wickets for 21 while Shanaka captured two wickets for four runs.The post Bangla Tigers lift Lanka T10 Super League title first appeared on Ariana News.