Rajasinghe Central College managed to secure an easy 6-wicket victory in the 2nd annual Neela Sulohita Sangrama cricket match between Pinnawala Central College, Rambukkana and Rajasinghe Central College, Ruwanwella.
This victory was their first victory in this match. The victory in the first match of the Neela Sulohita Sangrama belonged to Pinnawala Central College.
This match was held today (04) at the Kegalle Public Stadium and Pinnawala Central College players, who won the toss, got the opportunity to bat first. Accordingly, they entered the field and scored only 124 runs with all out. Rajasinghe College managed to achieve the target with the loss of only 4 wickets.
Pinnawala National School won the toss and elected to bat, but their start was not very successful. Their first wicket fell before scoring a run.
In that, Kavindu Sasmitha scored 14 runs without any boundaries in 49 balls. Akash Kavinda, who was the last wicket of the innings, scored 43 runs in 46 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
With that unsuccessful start, they lost all their wickets in the first 10 overs, and the best partnership between the wickets was the 31-run partnership between Vesauye Sasmika and Akash Kavinda for the 7th wicket.
In the wicket-taking, Kaweesha Gunawardena, Sonila Senarath and skipper Nadun Rajapaksa took 3 wickets each. In addition, Inura Wickramanayake also took a wicket. Inura Wickramanayake was the highest run-scorer for Rajasinghe Central College who entered the field for the reply innings. He scored 41 runs off 67 balls with 5 fours and a six. He also built a 77-run partnership for the second wicket with Sayuranga Weerasiri. In that, Sayuranga Weerasiri scored 34 runs off 46 balls with 5 fours. In addition, Viduna Rupasinghe scored 23 runs without losing a wicket off 26 balls with a boundary. In the bowling, Omin Ranatunga took 2 wickets for 10 runs while Akash Kavinda and Mohamed Rana took a wicket each.
Pinnawala Central College – All out 124 (35.1) Tharuka Aditya 14, Kavindu Sasmitha 14, Akash Kavinda 43, Nadun Rajapaksa 34/3, Kaweesha Gunawardena 3/14, Sonila Senarath 3/30
Rajasinghe Central College – 128 (28.0) Viduna Rupasinghe not out 23, Inura Wickramanayake 41, Sayuranga Weerasiri 34, Omin Ranatunga 2/10
Rajasinghe Central College U-19 team won by 6 wickets.
Best Bowler of the Match – Kaweesha Gunawardena (Rajasinghe Central College)
Best Batsman of the Match – Akash Kavinda (Pinnawala Central College)
Man of the Match – Inura Wickramanayake (Rajasinghe Central College)
Rajasinghe Central College team
Nandun Dananjaya (captain), Pawan Premalal, Vidun Rupasinghe, Inura Wickramanayake, Sayuranga Weerasiri, Hirusha Kumara, Tharindu Deshan, Sithija Kumara, Disula Balasuriya (wicketkeeper), Sonila Senarath and Kaweesha Gunawardena.
Pinnawala National School
Hesara Padeniya (captain), Sahan Sugathawansa, Tharuka Aditya, Hasitha Dilsara, Laksilu Sahan, Kavindu Sasmitha, Udula Jayasinghe (guard), Akash Kavinda, Sithum Nethmika, Omin Ranatunga and Mohamed Rana.
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