The 14th match of Lanka Premier League 2023 was played between Galle Gladiators and Dambulla Giants at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Friday (August 11) which was won by the team of Dambulla Giants by 7 wickets. Meanwhile, on the field, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis ran out opposition batsman Lahiru Samarkoon in such a way that the video of the incident is now going viral on social media. Seeing this video, all the fans have remembered former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Yes, seeing this run out of Kusal Mendis, it seemed as if the spirit of Thala Dhoni had come to Sri Lankan wicketkeeper. The incident happened in the 20th over of Galle Gladiators' innings. Binura Fernando was doing this over for Dambulla Giants. On Binura's first ball, Sadarkoon played a shot towards deep mid-wicket. Here the batsman wanted to steal two runs, but in the meanwhile Sadeera Samarawickram pounced on the ball and caught it and threw it swiftly at the striker's end.
It was not a good throw, but wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis still worked his magic on the field. He went ahead of the wicket and without looking he collected the ball and hit the stumps with impunity. After this the ball hit the stump directly and the bails placed on top of it flew into the air. The batsman was out, that's why now the video of this incident is going viral everywhere.
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