Sri Lanka Cricket legend, TM Dilshan smashed a scintillating century as MAS Unichela won the 4th Singer-MCA Premier T20 Tournament beating Dimo by 57 runs in the final played at MCA grounds on Sunday.
The young Dimo outfit led by fast bowler Nisala Tharaka won the toss and elected to bowl first. The successful MAS opening pair of Ramith Rambukwella and TM Sampath, brother of Dilshan once again got the experienced outfit to a scintillating start.
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They smashed 83 in the powerplay before Rambukwella was dismissed by off-spinner Ramesh Mendis after a 19-ball 40 which had 3 sixes and 4 fours. Sampath went onto make a half-century, 55 off 31 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes before being castled by left-arm pacer Ishara Prashan.
Dilshan, one of the cleanest strikers of the cricket ball, demolished the Dimo bowlers smashing 9 fours and 9 sixes during his 48-ball 109. He was dismissed in the final ball of the innings as MAS reached a massive 263 from their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Thikshila De Silva, the in-form opening batsman of Dimo bludgeoned the MAS bowlers to all parts of the ground scoring a blistering 19-ball 63 with 7 sixes and 5 fours but the remaining batsmen found the strong MAS bowlers tough to handle even though they reached the 200-run mark.
Left-arm seamer Anuk Fernando captured 4 scalps for just 21 runs while Farveez Maharoof and TM Dilshan took two wickets apiece.
- Man of the Final – TM Dilshan
- Best Up & Coming T20 Player – Thikshila De Silva
MAS Unichela – 263/4 in 20 overs: TM Dilshan 109, TM Sampath 55, Ramith Rambukwella 40, Mahela Udawatte 23, Farveez Maharoof 22*, Ramesh Mendis 2/48.
Dimo – 206 all out in 19.3 overs: Thikshila de Silva 63, Nisala Tharaka 27, Pramud Hettiwatta 25, Kavishka Anjula 21, Anuk Fernando 4/21, Ferveez Maharoof 2/36, TM Dilshan 2/37.
