2023 CLS vs BLK highlights: Karunaratne-led Colombo Strikers is scheduled to play on the 18th match of the LPL 2023 against Wanindu Hasaranga-led B-Love Kandy.
| Match No | Lanka Premier League 2023, 18th match |
| Match | Colombo Strikers vs B-Love Kandy |
| Date | August 13, 2023 |
| Toss | Colombo Strikers won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Result | Strikers won by 9 runs |
 2023 CLS vs BLK Playing 11
Colombo Strikers Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Babar Azam, Nuwanidu Fernando, Iftikhar Ahmed, Lahiru Udara (wk), Nipun Dhananjaya, Mohammad Nawaz, Chamika Karunaratne (c), Jeffrey Vandersay, Naseem Shah, Matheesha Pathirana
B-Love Kandy
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris (wk), Sahan Arachchige, Angelo Mathews, Ashen Bandara, Asif Ali, Chaturanga de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Isuru Udana, Mohammad Hasnain, Nuwan Pradeep
2023 CLS vs BLK Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Colombo Strikers | 169/9 (20) |
| B-Love Kandy | 160/8 (20) |
2023 CLS vs BLK Highlights
Colombo Strikers Innings
The Opener Pathum Nissanka scored 51 runs out of 38 deliveries and was sent out by Hasaranga. The other opener Babar Azam had been sent out with 9 runs by Mathews. After Lahiru was sent out with 1 run by Mathews, Nipun had scored 40 runs out of 29 deliveries.
Hasaranga, Mathews and Udana had scalped two wickets each. By the end of 20 overs Colombo Strikers scored 169 runs losing 9 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Pathum Nissanka | c Asif Ali b PWH de Silva | 51 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 134.21 |
| Babar Azam | c †Mohammad Haris b Mathews | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Lahiru Udara †| c †Mohammad Haris b Mathews | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Nipun Dhananjaya | c Asif Ali b PC de Silva | 40 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 137.93 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | c PWH de Silva b Pradeep | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 110.52 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | b PWH de Silva | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamika Karunaratne (c) | c Bandara b Udana | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 188.88 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | b Udana | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 166.66 |
| Naseem Shah | run out (Udana) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7.66 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isuru Udana | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaturanga de Silva | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Pradeep | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
B-Love kandy Innings
The openers Mohammad Haris and Fakhar Zaman had scored 1 and 11 runs respectively. After Sahan was sent out with 13 runs by Iftikhar Ahmed, Hasaranga had scored 40 runs out of 21 deliveries.
Asif Ali and Ashen had contributed their scored 33 and 22 runs respectively. By the end of 20 overs, B-Love Kandy had scored 160 runs losing 8 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Mohammad Haris †| c sub (RTM Mendis) b Naseem Shah | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Fakhar Zaman | run out (Pathirana) | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 78.57 |
| Sahan Arachchige | c & b Iftikhar Ahmed | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 61.9 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga (c) | c Babar Azam b Vandersay | 40 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 190.47 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Vandersay | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110 |
| Chaturanga de Silva | c Babar Azam b Karunaratne | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 145.45 |
| Asif Ali | b Pathirana | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 220 |
| Ashen Bandara | b Pathirana | 22 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 122.22 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Naseem Shah | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 9.75 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the match
Pathum Nissanka | Colombo Strikers
Learned a lot alongside Babar. Did not have any big plans even after Babar got out, just went with the flow. Feel we were 15-20 short.
