In another low-scoring encounter, Dambulla Giants recorded a victory over Colombo Stars by a close margin of 1 run.
Batting first, Dambulla Giants made 139 for 9 off 20 overs against some tight bowling by Colombo Stars bowlers spearheaded by Jeffrey Vandersay and Ravi Rampaul who took 3/25 and 3/27 respectively while Seekkuge Prasanna added fuel with 2/15.
Opening batsman Niroshan Dickwella top scored for Dambulla Giants with 30.
The neck-to-neck result in favour of Dambulla Giants took the shine off a brilliant effort by Colombo Stars Dinesh Chandimal who struck 65 off 40 balls.
In that lost cause, Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva made 33 for Colombo Stars.
In that lost cause, Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva made 33 for Colombo Stars.
The game was swung towards the Galle Gladiators by Tharindu Ratnayake who had a haul of 3/10.
The Colombo Stars failed to play the required 13 runs in the final over as Chamika Karunaratne limited the Stars to 11 runs.
Tharindu Ratnayake stole the day emerging the winner by the Player of the Match award.
Source: SLC Archives
