2023 JKS vs BLK highlights: Wanindu Hasaranga-led B-Love Kandy is scheduled to play on the Eliminators round of LPL 2023, against Thisara Perera-led Jaffna Kings.
| Match No | Lanka Premier League 2023, Eliminator |
| Match | B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings |
| Date | August 17, 2023 |
| Toss | Jaffna Kings won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Result | B-Love Kandy won by 61 runs |
2023 JKS vs BLK Playing 11
B-Love Kandy squad
Mohammad Haris, Fakhar Zaman, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Sahan Arachchige, Angelo Mathews, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Asif Ali, Kamindu Mendis, Isuru Udana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Nuwan Pradeep
Jaffna Kings Squad
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Chris Lynn, Charith Asalanka, Shoaib Malik, David Miller, Thisara Perera (c), Dunith Wellalage, Asela Gunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara
2023 JKS vs BLK Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Jaffna Kings | 188/8 (20 Overs) |
| B-Love Kandy | 127/7 (17.2 overs) |
2023 JKS vs BLK Highlights
B-Love Kandy innings
The opener Mohammad Haris had scored 79 runs out of 49 deliveries and was sent out with Theekshana. The other opener Fakhar Zaman was sent out with a duck on the first over. Chandimai had scored 41 runs out of 24 deliveries and was sent out on lbw with Gunaratne.
Thusara had scalped 4 wickets while Theekshana and Gunaratne had scalped two wickets each. By the end of 20 overs, B-Love Kandy had scored 188 runs losing 8 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Mohammad Haris | st †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Theekshana | 79 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 161.22 |
| Fakhar Zaman | b Thushara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dinesh Chandimal †| lbw b Gunaratne | 41 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 170.83 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga (c) | b Gunaratne | 19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 172.72 |
| Kamindu Mendis | b Theekshana | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 130.76 |
| Asif Ali | c Miller b Thushara | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 115.38 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Perera b Thushara | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Sahan Arachchige | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Isuru Udana | c Wellalage b Thushara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Nuwan Thushara | 4 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10.75 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dunith Wellalage | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asela Gunaratne | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jaffna Kings innings
Chris Lynn had scored 19 runs and Charith Asalanka was sent out with 1 run. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Dunith Wellalage had scored 19 and 3 runs respectively. Shoaib Malik had scored 31 runs out of 23 deliveries.
Hasaranga was impressive as he scalped 6 wickets for only 9 runs on 3.2 overs. By the end, Jaffna Kings had scored 127 runs losing 10 wickets on the 18th over.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Chris Lynn | lbw b de Silva | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| Charith Asalanka | c Asif Ali b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz †| run out (Mohammad Haris/Udana) | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 190 |
| Dunith Wellalage | c Mendis b de Silva | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Shoaib Malik | c Mathews b Pradeep | 31 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 134.78 |
| David Miller | b de Silva | 26 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 130 |
| Asela Gunaratne | lbw b de Silva | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera (c) | b Arachchige | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | c Arachchige b de Silva | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 107.14 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Thushara | c sub (LD Madushanka) b de Silva | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Isuru Udana | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sahan Arachchige | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.66 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Pradeep | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Player of the match
Wanindu Hasaranga | B-Love Kandy
We all know Jaffna have been champions in the last three years. Our boys played really good cricket. We haven’t played Dushmantha today because he was injured, Udana also got injured. Finished Mujeeb’s 4 overs before 10 overs but I still believed in myself.
I do my basic things, try to bowl on stumps. Try to bowl good line and length and dot balls. The wrong-un is my weapon, I get lot of wickets from it. So I back my strengths. I think Udana is also out for this tournament. Don’t know about Pradeep.
We played lot of back-to-back games. We can’t play like that, hopefully next time they take some time and schedule it longer.
