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Thisara Perera blasts 97* and breaks THIS record as Jaffna pummel Dambulla in LPL

Perera's innings helped Jaffna Stallions reach top-of-the-table as 218 proved too much for Dambulla Viiking, who lost the game by 66 runs

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Coming in at No 7, Thisara Perera smashed 97* off just 44 balls to his side's score from 64-5 to 218 | LPL/Twitter
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It seems curators in Sri Lanka are producing belters one after another as after Russell's assault against Gladiators, a couple of days ago, Thisara Perera came to the party in the Lanka Premier League (LPL).

In the first of the two games on Monday, Dambulla Viiking skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to bowl at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota.

Shanaka's decision was proving to be the right one till the first half of the Jaffna Stallions' innings as his team got them reeling at 36-4 within the powerplay, but what followed was an exhibition of extraordinary hitting from Thisara Perera.

The swashbuckling left-hander came in the 9th over when his team was struggling at 64-5 in the 9th over. But their struggle ended then and there and transferred it to the Viiking, who with the variety in their bowling attack had put breaks on the Stallions.

But, Perera had other plans as made some sort of a statement by ripping the Viiking bowling attack apart. Stallions amassed 147 runs in the last 10 overs of their innings, Perera accounted for 94 of them.

Perera, who like many other big hitters in the world has become a reason of frustration for many people with his inconsistency, showed why he is such a dangerous player when he is in the mood.

Perera kept punishing the Viiking bowlers as they kept missing yorkers and execution of their bowling plans. Viiking were still not in a bad position with Stallions at 172-7 in 18 overs. But, Perera robbed 46 runs in the last two overs to throw Viiking completely out of the game.

His 97* off 44 balls became the second highest score in T20s for a batsman batting at No 7 or below, only behind Andre Russell's 121* off 49 balls for Jamaica Tallwahs in Carribean Premier League (CPL) a couple of years ago.

In the end, 218 proved too steep a target as Viikings could muster only 152 runs and got all out.

By the virtue of that win, Jaffna Stallions remained unbeaten and became the table toppers as they have a better run rate than Colombo Kings.

 

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