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2021 Lanka Premier League


Dates
Sri Lanka Cricket
Twenty20
Double Round-robin and Playoffs
Sri Lanka
Jaffna Kings (2nd title)
Galle Gladiators
5
24
Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
Kusal Mendis (Galle Gladiators) (327)
Samit Patel (Galle Gladiators) (16)Maheesh Theekshana (Jaffna Kings) (16)
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The 2021 Lanka Premier League, also known as Wolf777 News LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It took place from 5 to 23 December 2021. There were plans to increase the number of teams from five to six, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that five teams would take part, as per the first tournament.

In June 2021, Charith Senanayake was appointed as the chairman of the LPL Technical Committee for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In the same month, SLC agreed the termination of the Colombo Kings and the Dambulla Viiking teams due to financial issues. SLC also confirmed that two new franchise teams would replace them. The following month, SLC also terminated the franchise of the Jaffna Stallions. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be held between 30 July and 22 August 2021. On 9 July 2021, the tournament was rescheduled to be held from 19 November to 12 December 2021, due to unavailability of overseas players. In September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after changing owners. Jaffna Stallions also changed their name to Jaffna Kings later that month. In October 2021, Kandy Tuskers changed their name to Kandy Warriors after a change of owners. In November 2021, Colombo Kings changed their name to Colombo Stars after being acquired by a new owner.

On 23 December 2021, Jaffna Kings beat Galle Gladiators by 23 runs in the final, to win their second successive LPL title.

The player draft was held on 9 November 2021. On 29 November 2021, all the captains and coaches were confirmed.

Colombo StarsDambulla GiantsGalle GladiatorsJaffna KingsKandy Warriors
Angelo Mathews (c)
Dhananjaya de Silva
Chris Gayle
Dushmantha Chameera
Taskin Ahmed
Pathum Nissanka
Lakshan Sandakan
Seekkuge Prasanna
Manpreet Singh
Gihan Rupasinghe
Lahiru Gamage
Jehan Daniel
Malindu Maduranga
Nalin Priyadarshana
Hashan Dumindu
Kanagarathinam Kabilraj
Kusal Perera
Dinesh Chandimal
Thikshila de Silva
Akila Dananjaya
Shiran Fernando
Ashan Priyanjan
Ravi Rampaul
Naveen-ul-Haq
Haris Sohail
Sherfane Rutherford
Tom Banton
Himesh Ramanayake
Keemo Paul
Jeffrey Vandersay
Ravindu Fernando
David Wiese
Karim JanatDasun Shanaka (c)
Niroshan Dickwella
Imran Tahir
Rilee Rossouw
Chamika Karunaratne
Ramesh Mendis
Sohaib Maqsood
Odean Smith
Josh Little
Nuwan Pradeep
Najibullah Zadran
Tharindu Ratnayake
Lahiru Udara
Sacha De Alwis
Muditha Lakshan
Kalana Perera
Sachitha Jayathilake
Madushan Ravichandrakumar
Janith Liyanage
Chamikara Edirisinghe
Dilshan Munaweera
Marchant de Lange
Nuwanidu Fernando
Phil Salt
Lahiru Samarakoon
Sandun WeerakkodyBhanuka Rajapaksa (c)
Mohammad Hafeez
Isuru Udana
Tabraiz Shamsi
Kusal Mendis
Mohammad Amir
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Danushka Gunathilaka
Samit Patel
Dhananjaya Lakshan
Anwar Ali
Pulina Tharanga
Nuwan Thushara
Lahiru Madushanka
Dilshan Madushanka
Ashian Daniel
Kevin Koththigoda
Mohammed Shamaaz
Suminda Lakshan
Angelo Jayasinghe
Ben Dunk
Sadeera Samarawickrama
Pramod Madushan
Noor Ahmad
Sahan ArachchigeThisara Perera (c)
Faf du Plessis
Wahab Riaz
Wanindu Hasaranga
Shoaib Malik
Usman Shinwari
Avishka Fernando
Maheesh Theekshana
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Upul Tharanga
Chaturanga de Silva
Jayden Seales
Suranga Lakmal
Ashen Bandara
Chamika Gunasekara
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Theivendiram Dinoshan
Ashan Randika
Rathnaraja Thanuradan
Krishan Sanjula
Praveen Jayawickrama
Shammu Ashan
Tom Kohler-CadmoreAngelo Perera (c)
Charith Asalanka (vc)
Rovman Powell
Cameron Delport
Lahiru Kumara
Mohammad Mithun
Nazmul Islam
Mehedi Hasan Rana
Asela Gunaratne
Milinda Siriwardana
Amjad Khan
Ishan Jayaratne
Binura Fernando
Kamindu Mendis
Kamil Mishara
Ayana Siriwardhana
Nimesh Vimukthi
Udara Jayasundera
Shashika Dulshan
Kalhara Senarathne
Minod Bhanuka
Sachindu Colombage
Ahmed Shehzad
Mohammad Irfan
Rubel Hossain
Kennar Lewis
Tillakaratne Sampath
Devon Thomas
Shiraz Ahmed
Kasun Rajitha
Ravi Bopara
Tom Moores

R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota were selected as the venues.

ColomboHambantota
R. Premadasa StadiumMahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 34,300
Matches: 20Matches: 4
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  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
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  • Advanced to Eliminator

The full schedule was published on 13 October 2021.

PlayerTeamMatchesRunsHigh score
Kusal MendisGalle Gladiators1032785
Avishka FernandoJaffna Kings10312100
Phil SaltDambulla Giants1030164
Tom Kohler-CadmoreJaffna Kings1129692
Dinesh ChandimalColombo Stars927765*
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo
PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsBest bowling
Samit PatelGalle Gladiators10163/13
Maheesh TheekshanaJaffna Kings10164/25
Jayden SealesJaffna Kings7154/13
Imran TahirDambulla Giants10153/20
Seekkuge PrasannaColombo Stars8133/31
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo

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