2023 Lanka Premier League final

The 2023 Lanka Premier League Final was played on 20 August 2023 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[1] Dambulla Aura qualified for the finals after their win in Qualifier 1. They competed with B-Love Kandy, who qualified for the finals after their win in Qualifier 2.

2023 Lanka Premier League Final

Event	2023 Lanka Premier League
Dambulla Aura B-Love Kandy 147/4 151/5 (20 overs) (19.5 overs)
B-Love Kandy won by 5 wickets
Date	20 August 2023
Venue	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Player of the match	Angelo Mathews (B-Love Kandy)
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
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After winning the toss, Dambulla Aura elected to bat and only managed to score 147/4 runs in 20 overs. The B-Love Kandy chased the target in 19.5 overs and won the match by five wickets, thus winning their first LPL title. B-Love Kandy player Angelo Mathews was named as the player of the match. Wanindu Hasaranga (B-Love Kandy) was named as the player of the season for scoring 279 runs and taking 19 wickets throughout the tournament.^[2]

Match

Match officials

• On-field umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
• Third umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
• Reserve umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
• Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

Summary

20 August 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Dambulla Aura 147/4 (20 overs)	v	B-Love Kandy 151/5 (19.5 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 40 (29) Chaturanga de Silva 2/25 (4 overs)		Kamindu Mendis 44 (37) Noor Ahmad 3/27 (4 overs)

B-Love Kandy won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (B-Love Kandy)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.

Match scorecard

1st innings

Dambulla Aura batting
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Avishka Fernando	c Haris b Pradeep	5	10	0	0	50.00
Kusal Mendis (c, wk)	c †D. Chandimal b Chathuranga	22	23	3	0	95.65
Sadeera Samarawickrama	b Chathuranga	36	30	5	0	120.00
Kusal Perera	not out	31	25	2	1	124.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	c Mathews b Hasnain	40	29	0	3	137.93
Alex Ross	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
Hayden Kerr	did not bat
Dushan Hemantha	did not bat
Binura Fernando	did not bat
Noor Ahmad	did not bat
Pramod Madushan	did not bat
Extras	(w 8, lb 3)	11
Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	147		10	4	RR: 7.35

Fall of wickets: 1/11 (Avishka, 2.2 ov), 2/68 (Sadeera, 10.1 ov), 3/71 (K. Mendis, 10.5 ov), 4/134 (Dhananjaya, 18.3 ov)

B-Love Kandy bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Angelo Mathews	2	0	11	0	5.50	0	0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	0	24	0	6.00	1	0
Nuwan Pradeep	4	0	30	1	7.50	0	0
Chaturanga de Silva	4	0	25	2	6.25	1	0
Mohammad Hasnain	4	0	38	1	9.50	1	0
Kamindu Mendis	2	0	16	0	8.00	1	0

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2nd innings

B-Love Kandy batting
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Mohammad Haris	b Noor	26	22	3	1	118.18
Kamindu Mendis	c Sadeera b Noor	44	37	3	1	118.91
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)	c Pramod b Binura	24	22	3	0	109.09
Angelo Mathews (c)	not out	25	21	3	0	119.04
Chaturanga de Silva	c Kerr b Noor	0	4	0	0	0.00
Asif Ali	c Kusal b Binura	19	10	2	1	190.00
Lahiru Madushanka	not out	5	3	1	0	166.66
Ashen Bandara	did not bat
Mohammad Hasnain	did not bat
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	did not bat
Nuwan Pradeep	did not bat
Extras	(w 2, lb 6)	8
Total	(5 wickets; 19.5 overs)	151		15	3	RR: 7.61

Fall of wickets: 1/49 (Haris, 6.3 ov), 2/94 (Kamindu, 12.4 ov), 3/105 (D. Chandimal, 14.6 ov), 4/107 (Chathuranga, 15.5 ov), 5/132 (Asif, 18.1 ov)

Dambulla Aura bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Binura Fernando	4	0	31	2	7.75	0	0
Dhananjaya de Silva	3	0	16	0	5.33	0	0
Pramod Madushan	2.5	0	20	0	7.05	0	0
Hayden Kerr	3	0	30	0	10.00	0	0
Noor Ahmad	4	0	27	3	6.75	2	0
Dushan Hemantha	3	0	21	0	7.00	0	0