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John Keells Skipper Bhanuka Rajapaksa, back in the side after touring the Australia with the national side, scored a brisk 66 off 60 deliveries, inclusive of six boundaries and four sixes, as he steered his side to a 13-run win (D/L method) over Dimo, in the 27th Singer-MCA Premier League 2020 at the Colts Grounds on Wednesday.
The match got off to a late start due to a wet wicket, and was subsequently reduced to 39 overs a side.
John Keells sent into bat put up a challenging 234 for 8 in 39 overs with Bhanuka leading the way, he was well supported by Ashen Silva (58 in 59 balls with four sixes & four fours).
Dimo took the challenge well, as Ramesh Mendis (49) and Matheesha Perera (39) went head on with a vibrant 77-run stand in 40 balls for the 6th wicket.
With the light fading, Dimo had to rush to keep up with required D/L score and lost quick wickets in the process to Ashen Silva (7-26-2) , Chamika Edirisinghe (7-44-2) and Ishan Jayaratne (6-31-2).
When play was eventually suspended for bad light in the 34th over Dimo were on 195/8, an agonizing 13 runs short.
John Keells thus completed their quota of matches with two wins, one loss and three no-results; Dimo finished the round-robin stage with no wins, four defeats and two no-results.
Scorecard
John Keells : 234/8 (39) (Bhanuka Rajapaksa 66, Ashen Silva 58, Roshen Silva 33, Dimuth Karunaratne 25, Ramesh Mendis 3/49, Sammu Ashan 2/34, P. Madushan 2/40)
Dimo: 195/8 (34) ( Ramesh Mendis 49, Matheesha Perera 39, Thikshila de Silva 31, Ashen Silva 2/26, Chamika Edirisinghe 2/44, Ishan Jayaratne 2/31)
