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
Raveendra Wimalasiri
← 2020

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

Scorecard

Keys:

Toss : Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat. [8]

Result: Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs.

Jaffna Kings innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Avishka Fernando c Gunathilaka b Thushara634182153.65
Rahmanullah Gurbaz †c Mendis b Patel351833194.44
Tom Kohler-Cadmore not out 574123139.02
Shoaib Malik c Tharanga b Amir231112209.09
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)

151210.05 RR

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

Galle Gladiators bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Mohammad Amir 403919.75{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Nuwan Thushara 403318.25{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Dhananjaya Lakshan 2029014.50{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Isuru Udana 3038012.66{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Samit Patel 403218.00{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Pulina Tharanga 302709.00{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR

Galle Gladiators innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Kusal Mendis run out (Perera)392831139.28
Danushka Gunathilaka c Perera b Hasaranga542173257.14
Ben Dunk c Lakmal b Hasaranga01000.00
Mohammad Hafeez run out10620166.66
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (C)c Hasaranga b Theekshana14162087.50
Samit Patel c Seales b Lakmal222001110.00
Dhananjaya Lakshan c Hasaranga b Chautranga230066.66
Pulina Tharanga b Chautranga460066.66
Isuru Udana c Shoaib b Seales9111081.81
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)		17510.10 RR

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 4.2 ov), 2-63 (Ben Dunk, 4.3 ov), 3-84 (Mohammad Hafeez, 6.2 ov), 4-113 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 10.4 ov), 5-129 (Kusal Mendis, 13.1 ov), 6-133 (Dhananjaya Lakshan, 13.6 ov), 7-143 (Pulina Tharanga, 15.5 ov), 8-158 (Samit Patel, 17.6 ov), 9-168 (Isuru Udana, 18.5 ov)

Jaffna Kings bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Maheesh Theekshana 4051112.75{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Jayden Seales 3036112.00{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Suranga Lakmal 302317.66{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Wanindu Hasaranga 403027.50{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Shoaib Malik 301204.00{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}
Chaturanga de Silva 301525.00{{{wides}}}{{{no-balls}}}

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