Lanka Premier League 2021: Bhanuka Rajapaksa fifty leads Galle Gladiator to big win over Jaffna Kings
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Bhanuka Rajapaksa struck 3 sixes and 6 boundaries in a total of 164 for 7 off 20 overs on which the Gladiators bowlers ran through the Jaffna Kings for 110 in 18.2 overs.
Skipper Bhanuka Rajapaksa led by example clobbering a brilliant 31-ball 56 in Galle Gladiator’s triumphant 54-run flying start to the Sri Lanka Cricket Lanka Premier League 2021 second edition curtain raiser over Jaffna Kings under lights at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday (December 5).
He struck 3 sixes and 6 boundaries in a total of 164 for 7 off 20 overs on which the Gladiators bowlers ran through the Jaffna Kings for 110 in 18.2 overs.
If the left-handed mauler of the ball was the trump card batter of the momentous tournament opener, Samit Patel with whom he set a ball rolling 40-run fifth-wicket partnership, capped it with an all-round ‘Player of the Match’ performance rounded by his 3 for 21 in decimating the Kings.
