2021 Lanka Premier League Final

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2021 Lanka Premier League Final
Event 2021 Lanka Premier League
Jaffna Kings Galle Gladiators
201/3178/9
20 overs20 overs
Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs
Date23 December 2021
Venue Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Player of the match Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
Umpires Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka)
Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
2020
2022

The 2021 Lanka Premier League Final was played on 23 December 2021 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] It was a day/night twenty20 match between Galle Gladiators and Jaffna Kings, [4] [5] which decided the winner of 2021 season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), an annual franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. Jaffna Kings won the match by 23 runs beating Galle Gladiators, to win their second successive LPL title. [6]

Contents

Road to the final

Source: ESPNcricinfo [7]

Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Kings
League Stage
OpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResult
Jaffna Kings 5 December 2021 WonMatch 1 Galle Gladiators 5 December 2021 Lost
Colombo Stars 6 December 2021 LostMatch 2 Dambulla Giants 7 December 2021 Won
Kandy Warriors 7 December 2021 WonMatch 3 Kandy Warriors 8 December 2021 Won
Dambulla Giants 10 December 2021 No resultMatch 4 Colombo Kings 10 December 2021 Won
Kandy Warriors 11 December 2021 LostMatch 5 Kandy Warriors 12 December 2021 Won
Colombo Stars 12 December 2021 LostMatch 6 Dambulla Giants 13 December 2021 Won
Dambulla Giants 14 December 2021 WonMatch 7 Colombo Stars 16 December 2021 Won
Jaffna Kings 17 December 2021 WonMatch 8 Galle Gladiators 17 December 2021 Lost
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1Qualifier 1
OpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResult
Jaffna Kings 19 December 2021 WonMatch 9 Galle Gladiators 19 December 2021 Lost
Qualifier 2
OpponentScorecardResult
Match 10 Dambulla Giants 21 December 2021 Won
2021 Lanka Premier League Final

Match

Match officials

Summery

Match 24
23 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Jaffna Kings
201/3 (20 overs)
v
Galle Gladiators
178/9 (20 overs)
Avishka Fernando 63 (41)
Samit Patel 1/32 (4 overs)
Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri
Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
  • Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match scorecard

1st innings

Jaffna Kings innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Avishka Fernando c Danushka b Thushara 634182153.65
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)c K. Mendis b Patel 351833194.44
Tom Kohler-Cadmore not out 574123139.02
Shoaib Malik c Pulina b Amir 231112209.09
Thisara Perera (c) not out 17912188.88
Ashan Randika did not bat
Wanindu Hasaranga did not bat
Chaturanga de Silva did not bat
Jayden Seales did not bat
Suranga Lakmal did not bat
Maheesh Theekshana did not bat
Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, wd 3)
Total 201/3 (20 overs)
1512 RR: 10.05

Fall of wickets: 1/56 (Gurbaz, 5.2 ov), 2/119 (Avishka, 12.4 ov), 3/181 (Malik, 18.2 ov)

Galle Gladiators bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Mohammad Amir 403919.7520
Nuwan Thushara 403318.2510
Dhananjaya Lakshan 2029014.5000
Isuru Udana 3038012.6600
Samit Patel 403218.0000
Pulina Tharanga 302709.0000

2nd innings

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR

Galle Gladiators innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Kusal Mendis run out (Thisara)392831139.28
Danushka Gunathilaka c Thisara b Wanindu 542173257.14
Ben Dunk (wk)c Lakmal b Wanindu 01000.00
Mohammad Hafeez run out (Chathuranga/Wanindu/†Gurbaz)10620166.66
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (c)c Wanindu b Theekshana 14162087.50
Samit Patel c Seales b Lakmal 222001110.00
Dhananjaya Lakshan c Wanindu b Chathuranga 230066.66
Pulina Tharanga b Chathuranga 460066.66
Isuru Udana c Malik b Seales 9111081.81
Mohammad Amir not out 6610100.00
Nuwan Thushara not out 5210250.00
Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2)
Total 178/9 (20 overs)
175 RR: 10.10

Fall of wickets: 1/63 (Danushka, 4.2 ov), 2/63 (Dunk, 4.3 ov), 3/84 (Hafeez, 6.2 ov), 4/113 (Bhanuka, 10.4 ov), 5/129 (K. Mendis, 13.1 ov), 6/133 (Lakshan, 13.6 ov), 7/143 (Pulina, 15.5 ov), 8/158 (Patel, 17.6 ov), 9/168 (Isuru, 18.5 ov)

Jaffna Kings bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Maheesh Theekshana 4051112.7500
Jayden Seales 3036112.0000
Suranga Lakmal 302317.6600
Wanindu Hasaranga 403027.5010
Shoaib Malik 301204.0010
Chaturanga de Silva 301525.0000

References

  1. "THE LANKA PREMIER LEAGUE 2021 WILL COMMENCE ON THE 05TH DECEMBER 2021". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. "LPL 2021 schedule: Full list of fixtures for the 2021 Lanka Premier League" . Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. "LPL 2021 - Lanka Premier League T20" . Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. "LPL: Kusal Mendis shines as Galle Gladiators book place in final" . Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. "Avishka Fernando's maiden T20 hundred takes Jaffna Kings into LPL final" . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "Avishka, Kohler-Cadmore fire Jaffna Kings to second successive LPL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. "Lanka Premier League 2021 – Fixtures and Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2021.