Kandy Falcons in 2024

Kandy Falcons

2024 season
Coach	Mushtaq Ahmed
Captain	Wanindu Hasaranga
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The Kandy Falcons (abbreviated as KAF) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Kandy, Central Province Sri Lanka. ^[1] The team was captained by Wanindu Hasaranga ^[2] and coached by Mushtaq Ahmed. ^[2]

Sri Lanka Cricket severed the contract with B-Love Kandy in May 2024 citing breaches of contractual obligations. Management of the team passed on to the tournament organisers, the IPG Group. The franchisee B-Love Network is a Dubai-based cryptocurrency business.

Squad

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

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Year Signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
	Shammu Ashan		(1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 26)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
	Ashen Bandara		(1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	28,000
72	Andre Fletcher		(1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
16	Dimuth Karunaratne		(1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	10,000
	Pavan Rathnayake		(2002-08-24)24 August 2002 (aged 21)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
Wicket-keepers
56	Dinesh Chandimal		(1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 34)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	40,000
29	Mohammad Haris		(2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
23	Azam Khan		(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	–	2024	50,000	Overseas
All-rounders
67	Salman Ali Agha		(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 30)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000	Overseas
49	Wanindu Hasaranga		(1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 26)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Retained	Local Icon Player; Captain
69	Angelo Mathews		(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 37)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Retained	Local Platinum Player
21	Kamindu Mendis		(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 25)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
25	Ramesh Mendis		(1995-07-07)7 July 1995 (aged 28)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000
7	Dasun Shanaka		(1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 32)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	84,000
	Chaturanga de Silva		(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 34)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	30,000
Spin bowlers
85	Lakshan Sandakan		(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 33)	Right handed	Left-arm wrist spin	2024	20,000
Pace bowlers
	Mohammad Ali		(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000	Overseas
5	Dushmantha Chameera		(1992-01-11)11 January 1992 (aged 32)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	Retained
71	Chamath Gomez		(2004-07-01)1 July 2004 (aged 20)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	5,000
87	Mohammad Hasnain		(2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 24)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	30,000	Overseas
47	Shoriful Islam		(2001-06-03)3 June 2001 (aged 23)	Left handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	30,000	Overseas
	Kavindu Pathiratne		(2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 21)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
65	Kasun Rajitha		(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	26,000

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	Dambulla Sixers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 6 wickets	Dasun Shanaka (KF)
2 July	3	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 51 runs	Shadab Khan (CS)	[a]
6 July	7	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 2 runs	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
7 July	9	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 6 wickets	Isuru Udana (GM)
9 July	11	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 7 wickets	Dinesh Chandimal (KF)	[b]
10 July	14	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 8 wickets	Prabath Jayasuriya (GM)
13 July	15	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Jason Behrendorff (JK)	[c]
15 July	18	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field.	Falcons won by 54 runs	Wanindu Hasaranga (KF)
Play-offs
18 July	22 (E)	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 2 wickets	Kamindu Mendis (KF)
20 July	23 (Q2)	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Kings won by 1 run	Kusal Mendis (JK)

Notes

1. Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.
2. Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.
3. The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.

References

1. "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
2. "Captain Fantastic Wanindu Hasaranga". Zee news. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
3. "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2024.
4. "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.