INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hambantota Bangla Tigers beat favorites Jaffna Titans by 26 runs in Thursday&s Lanka 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&s skipper 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.
