CS vs DA Highlights: Kasun Rajitha’s 5/22 guide Colombo Stars to a big win over Dambulla Aura in LPL 2022

CS vs DA Highlights: Lanka Premier League 2022: Colombo Stars beat Dambulla Aura by 9 wickets in the second match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday in the Lanka Premier League 2022. Batting first, the Dambulla Aura were bowled out for 89. Kasun Rajitha’s 5/22 helped Colombo Stars restrict Dambulla Aura to a low score. Follow LPL 2022 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN

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CS vs DA Highlights: Kasun Rajitha’s 5/22 guide Colombo Stars to a big win over Dambulla Aura in LPL 2022 – Watch Highlights

For Colombo Stars, Niroshan Dickwella and Dinesh Chandimal opened the innings. Niroshan’s stay at the crease was not for long as he was dismissed for a duck by Pramod Madushan. Dinesh Chandimal and Charith Asalanka put up a partnership of 90 runs as they reached the target with 9 overs to spare.

Dinesh Chandimal remained unbeaten on 31 from 32 balls, which included 3 boundaries, while Charith Asalanka remained not out on 58 from 36 balls. His innings was laced with 5 boundaries and 4 sixes. For Dambulla Aura, Pramod Madushan was the pick of the bowler as took 1/3 in 2 overs.

Earlier, after winning the toss, Colombo Stars elected to bowl first. For Dambulla Aura, Lasith Croospulle and Shevon Daniel opened the innings. However, Colombo Stars bowlers were on the mark from the first delivery. Kasun Rajitha dismissed Croospulle for a duck, while Shevon Daniel was also dismissed for a duck by Rajitha.

The team was struggling at 4/16 in 2.3 overs. Captain Dasun Shanaka scored 20 runs from 11 balls, including 1 boundary and 2 sixes. For Colombo Stars, Kasun Rajitha scalped 5/22 from his allotted 4 overs, while Suranga Lakmal and Karim Janat picked 1 wicket each, and Jeffrey Vandersay took 2/10 from his 4 overs.

CS vs DA Highlights: Kasun Rajitha’s 5/22 guide Colombo Stars to a big win over Dambulla Aura in LPL 2022 – Watch Highlights

Dambulla batting scorecard

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Lasith Croospulle	b K Rajitha	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shevon Daniel	lbw b K Rajitha	0	3	0	0	0.00
Jordan Cox (WK)	c S Lakmal b K Rajitha	16	9	3	0	177.78
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	c D Chandimal b S Lakmal	4	4	1	0	100.00
Tom Abell	b K Rajitha	0	2	0	0	0.00
Dasun Shanaka (C)	c Benny Howell b JF Vandersay	20	11	1	2	181.82
Noor Ahmad	c ND Paranavithana b JF Vandersay	2	4	0	0	50.00
Chaturanga de Silva	runout (N Dickwella / Benny Howell)	11	11	1	0	100.00
Paul van Meekeren	c RS Bopara b K Rajitha	0	6	0	0	0.00
Pramod Madushan	Not out	23	26	3	0	88.46
Lahiru Kumara	b Karim Janat	1	6	0	0	16.67
Extra	12 (b 0, w 8, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	89/10 (13.5)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Kasun Rajitha	4	22	5	5.50
Suranga Lakmal	3	33	1	11.00
Jeffrey Vandersay	4	10	2	2.50
Karim Janat	2.5	20	1	7.06

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Lasith Croospulle	1-0	0.1
Shevon Daniel	2-6	0.5
B Rajapaksa	3-11	1.5
TB Abell	4-16	2.3
Jordan Cox	5-51	4.4
D Shanaka	6-53	5.2
Noor Ahmad	7-54	5.5
PA van Meekeren	8-55	6.6
PC de Silva	9-79	11.4
L Kumara	10-89	13.5

Colombo batting scorecard

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Niroshan Dickwella (WK)	b Pramod Madushan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Dinesh Chandimal	Not out	31	32	3	0	96.88
Charith Asalanka	Not out	58	36	5	4	161.11
Extra	1 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	90/1 (11.3)
Yet To Bat	A Mathews, ND Paranavithana, RS Bopara, Benny Howell, Karim Janat, K Rajitha, S Lakmal, JF Vandersay