Dambulla Sixers in 2024

Dambulla Sixers

2024 season
Coach	Rangana Herath
Captain	Mohammad Nabi
Tournament performance	League stage (5th)
Most runs	Kusal Perera (296)
Most wickets	Dushan Hemantha (11)
← 2023

The Dambulla Sixers (DS) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team was based in Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In May 2024, Dambulla Aura changed their name to Dambulla Sixers after having new owners. ^[1] In 2024 Dambulla team changed their name to Dambulla Sixers. The team was captained by Mohammad Nabi and coached by Rangana Herath. ^[2]

Squad

• Sources: ESPNcricinfo , ^[3] ThePapare.com, ^[4] Newswire.com ^[5]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
80	Mark Chapman		(1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 30)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
	Nuwanidu Fernando		(1999-10-13)13 October 1999 (aged 24)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	34,000
17	Reeza Hendricks		(1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 34)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
77	Towhid Hridoy		(2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
18	Ibrahim Zadran		(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 22)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
55	Kusal Janith Perera		(1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 33)	Left handed	—	2024	Direct signing
	Ranesh Silva		(2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 22)	Right handed	—	2024	5,000
	Lahiru Udara		(1993-11-27)27 November 1993 (aged 30)	Right handed	—	2024	14,000
All-rounders
4	Akila Dananjaya		(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 30)	Left handed	Right-arm off break, Right-arm leg break	2024	20,000
	Sonal Dinusha		(2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 23)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	6,000
70	Danushka Gunathilaka		(1991-03-17)17 March 1991 (aged 33)	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2024	22,000
34	Dushan Hemantha		(1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 30)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Retained
	Sachitha Jayathilake		(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 27)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	Direct signing
	Lahiru Madushanka		(1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	20,000
7	Mohammad Nabi		(1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 39)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas; Captain
	Nimesh Vimukthi		(1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 27)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	Direct signing
	Chamindu Wickramasinghe		(2002-09-06)6 September 2002 (aged 21)	Left handed	Right-arm medium	2024	Direct signing
Spin bowlers
92	Praveen Jayawickrama		(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2023	Retained
Pace bowlers
98	Dilshan Madushanka		(2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 23)	Right handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	Direct signing
	Asanka Manoj		(1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (aged 27)	Right handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	Direct signing
63	Nuwan Pradeep		(1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (aged 37)	Right handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	36,000
90	Mustafizur Rahman		(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 28)	Left handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
53	Nuwan Thushara		(1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 29)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Graham Ford
Mentor	Sanath Jayasuriya
Assistant Coach	Chamara Kapugedera
Bowling and Fielding Coach	Anton Roux
Physiotherapist	Dr. Dulan Kodikara
Trainer	Chandula Liyanage
Senior Performance Analyst	AR Srikkanth
Company Manager	Tarun Kumar Gunja

Season standing

League table

The top four teams qualified for the play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Galle Marvels (R)	8	5	3	10	−0.059	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Jaffna Kings (C)	8	5	3	10	−0.392
3	Colombo Strikers (4th)	8	4	4	8	0.583	Advanced to Eliminator
4	Kandy Falcons (3rd)	8	3	5	6	0.033
5	Dambulla Sixers	8	3	5	6	−0.269

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Matches

  denotes the winning team.
  denotes the losing team.

Date	Match No.	Opponent	Toss	Result	Man of the match	Notes
Group stage
1 July	1	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 6 wickets	Dasun Shanaka (KF)
3 July	4	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to bowl.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Avishka Fernando (JK)	[a]
6 July	8	Jaffna Kings	Sixers elected to field.	Kings won by 30 runs	Pathum Nissanka (JK)
7 July	10	Colombo Strikers	Sixers elected to field.	Sixers won by 8 wickets	Kusal Perera (DS)
9 July	12	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Sixers won by 25 runs	Chamindu Wickramasinghe (DS)
14 July	16	Galle Marvels	Sixers elected to field	Marvels won by super over	Maheesh Theekshana (GM)
15 July	18	Kandy Falcons	Sixers elected to field.	Falcons won by 54 runs	Wanindu Hasaranga (KF)
16 July	20	Colombo Strikers	Strikers elected to field.	Sixers won by 28 runs	Mohammad Nabi (DS)

Notes

1. Kusal Perera (Dambulla Sixers) scored his first century in T20s.

References

1. "Dambulla franchise rebranded as Dambulla Thunders for LPL 2024". ThePapare. 21 April 2024. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
2. "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
3. "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
4. "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare.com. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
5. "LPL 2024 begins on July 1st : Final squads announced". Newswire.com. 26 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.