Lanka Premier League 2023: Babar Azam's Ton and Nawaz Last Minute Cameo Powered Colombo Strikers to 7 Wickets Win

Lanka Premier League 2023: Babar Azam's Ton and Nawaz Last Minute Cameo Powered Colombo Strikers to 7 Wickets Win Colombo Strikers and Galle Titans came against each other in the 10th match of LPL 2023 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. Colombo Strikers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Croospulle and Shevon Daniel came to bat and Naseem Shah opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Croospulle hit a four on the first ball and it was the first boundary of the match. 

In the 2nd over, Shevon Daniel hit back-to-back two fours. In the 3rd over, Croospulle hit back-to-back two fours. In the 4th over, Croospulle smashed two boundaries. In the 5th over, Shevon Daniel started the over with a four and GLT reached 50 runs. In the 6th over, Shevon Daniel hit back-to-back two boundaries. After 6 overs, GLT was at 67-0. In the 7th over, Shevon Daniel hit a six on the fourth ball and Croospulle finished the over with a six. In the 8th over, Croospulle got out after scoring 36(19) on the fifth ball. 

In the 9th over, Shevon Daniel got out after scoring 49(31) on the last ball. In the 12th over, GLT reached 100 runs on the first ball. After 15 overs, GLT was at 134-2. In the 17th over, Seifert hit a four on the second ball and GLT reached 150 runs. In the 18th over, Rajapaksa hit a four on the fourth ball and Seifert finished the over with a six. In the 19th over, Seifert hit a four and scored a half-century and Rajapaksa got out after scoring 30(31) on the fourth ball. In 20 overs, Galle Titans scored 188 runs with a loss of 3 wickets. Chasing 157 runs, Nissanka and Babar Azam came to bat and Rajitha opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Babar Azam hit back-to-back three fours. 

In the 5th over, Nissanka started the over with a four and Babar Azam hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a half-century. After 6 overs, CLS was at 63-0. In the 11th over, Nissanka started the over with a four and CLS reached 100 runs on the third ball. In the 12th over, Babar Azam took a double and scored a half-century and Nissanka brought up his half-century on the last ball. In the 13th over, Nissanka started the over with a four and got out after scoring 54(40) on the third ball. In the 14th over, Babar Azam smashed back-to-back three boundaries. 

After 15 overs, CLS was at 147-1. In the 18th over, Fernando got out after scoring 8(13) on the fourth ball. In the 19th over, Babar Azam hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a half-century. In the 20th over, Babar Azam got out after scoring 104(59) on the first ball and Nawaz hit back-to-back two boundaries that turned out to be the winning one. CLS scored 189-3 and won the match by 7 wickets. 

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