Dambulla Aura registered a victory by seven wickets over Galle Titans within the 14th match of the continuing Lanka Premier League on Friday. Opting to bowl first, Dambulla restricted Galle at 133/9 in 20 overs. Later, they chased down the goal in simply 17.4 overs after Avishka Fernando performed an unbeaten knock of 70 runs off 49 balls. Apart from such an excellent recreation, one factor which grabbed quite a lot of limelight was the wayward throw run-out of Lahiru Samarakoon by wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis, which reminded everybody of former India skipper MS Dhoni.

During the nineteenth over of Galle’s innings, Samarakoon performed a shot on the sq. leg on Binura Fernando’s supply and tried to steal a few runs. While coming again for the second, Sadeera Samarawickrama collected the ball and threw it in direction of Mendia, who then made a shocking Dhoni-style wayward throw and ran out Samarakoon for six.

Wayward throw? No worries.

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Notably, the legendary India skipper MS Dhoni is understood for his lightening quick wicketkeeping abilities. In IPL 2023, he left everybody completely impressed with the short stumping of Shubman Gill in the course of the closing match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.

Coming again to the LPL match, skipper Dasun Shanaka top-scored with 36 runs as no different batter of Galle Titans was in a position to go previous the 30-run mark. Apart from Shanaka, Chad Bowes scored 22 runs. For Dambulla, Dushan Hemantha took two wickets whereas Binura Fernando, Hasan Ali, Dhananjaya de Silva, Hayden Kerr, and Noor Ahmad took one wicket every.

Later, Dambulla Aura comfortably chased down the goal as opener Avishka Fernando performed an unbeaten knock of 70 runs off 49 balls. Apart from him, Sadeera Samarawickrama scored 25 whereas Kusal Mendis scored 18. For Galle, Lahiru Kumara scalped two wickets whereas Shakib Al Hasan took one.

Dambulla Aura will now be squaring off towards Colombo Strikers of their subsequent LPL 2023 match on Saturday whereas Galle Titans shall be going up towards Jaffna Kings on Sunday.