2021 season | |||
Coach | Stuart Law | ||
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Captain | Dasun Shanaka | ||
Tournament performance | Playoffs (3rd) | ||
Most runs | Phil Salt (301) | ||
Most wickets | Imran Tahir (15) | ||
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The Dambulla Giants (DG) is a franchise cricket team that competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after having new owners. [1] The team was captained by Dasun Shanaka and coached by Stuart Law. [2]
S/N | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batsman | ||||||
24 | Dilshan Munaweera | Sri Lanka | 24 April 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
92 | Sohaib Maqsood | Pakistan | 15 April 1987 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
1 | Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | 18 February 1993 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
Sacha De Alwis | Sri Lanka | 30 January 1992 (aged 29) | Left- handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ||
23 | Rilee Rossouw | South Africa | 9 October 1989 (aged 32) | Left- handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
All-rounders | ||||||
7 | Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | 9 September 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
25 | Ramesh Mendis | Sri Lanka | 7 July 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Tharindu Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | 18 April 1996 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Muditha Lakshan | Sri Lanka | 20 December 2000 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ||
Sachitha Jayathilake | Sri Lanka | 24 February 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Janith Liyanage | Sri Lanka | 12 July 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
48 | Niroshan Dickwella | Sri Lanka | 23 June 1993 (aged 28) | Left-handed | ||
Lahiru Udara | Sri Lanka | 27 November 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | – | ||
Spin bowlers | ||||||
99 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | 27 March 1979 (aged 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
Madushan Ravichandrakumar | Sri Lanka | 23 December 1994 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Chamikara Edirisinghe | Sri Lanka | 4 April 1991 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ||
Pace bowlers | ||||||
29 | Chamika Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 29 May 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
63 | Nuwan Pradeep | Sri Lanka | 19 October 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
82 | Josh Little | Ireland | 1 November 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
90 | Marchant de Lange | South Africa | 13 October 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
Kalana Perera | Sri Lanka | 28 July 2000 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
Odean Smith | West Indies | 1 November 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Stuart Law |
Assistant coach | Sampath Perera |
Fielding coach | Kaushalya Gajasinghe |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.210 |
2 | Galle Gladiators (R) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.143 |
3 | Colombo Stars (4th) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.571 |
4 | Dambulla Giants (3rd) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −1.003 |
5 | Kandy Warriors | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.668 |
Dambulla Giants 190/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 170/8 (20 overs) |
Dambulla Giants 110 (19.3 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 114/2 (12.3 overs) |
Dambulla Giants 195/6 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 177 (18.5 overs) |
Dambulla Giants 159/7 (20 overs) | v | Galle Gladiators 18/0 (1.2 overs) |
Kusal Mendis 15* (5) |
Dambulla Giants 138/9 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 137/8 (20 overs) |
Dambulla Giants 69 (14.1 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 71/3 (9.2 overs) |
Galle Gladiators 134/7 (14 overs) | v | Dambulla Giants 125/5 (14 overs) |
Dambulla Giants 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 135/4 (19.2 overs) |
Colombo Stars 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Giants 146/4 (18.5 overs) |
Jaffna Kings 210/4 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Giants 187/9 (20 overs) |
Player | Matches | Runs | High score |
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Phil Salt | 10 | 301 | 64 |
Chamika Karunaratne | 10 | 156 | 75* |
Najibullah Zadran | 9 | 152 | 54 |
Niroshan Dickwella | 10 | 151 | 37 |
Dasun Shanaka | 8 | 139 | 38 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
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Imran Tahir | 10 | 15 | 3/20 |
Nuwan Pradeep | 8 | 10 | 3/31 |
Ramesh Mendis | 10 | 7 | 3/21 |
Tharindu Ratnayake | 6 | 6 | 3/18 |
Chamika Karunaratne | 10 | 5 | 2/46 |
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