Dambulla Giants in 2021

{{short description|Dambulla based franchise cricket team in Sri Lanka}}

{{Infobox cricket club season

| club = Dambulla Giants

| image =

| season = 2021

| captain = Dasun Shanaka

| coach = Stuart Law

| comp1 = Tournament performance

| comp1 result = Playoffs (3rd)

| most runs = Phil Salt (301)

| most wickets = Imran Tahir (15)

| prevseason = 2020

| nextseason = 2022

}}

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.{{Cite web|title=IPG announces new owner for Dambulla Giants|url=https://www.ft.lk/sports/IPG-announces-new-owner-for-Dambulla-Giants/23-722590|url-status=live|access-date=6 December 2021|website=DailyFT|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904035503/https://www.ft.lk/sports/IPG-announces-new-owner-for-Dambulla-Giants/23-722590 |archive-date=4 September 2021 }} The team was captained by Dasun Shanaka and coached by Stuart Law.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepapare.com/lanka-premier-league-2021-captains-coaches-details/|title=LPL 2021 Captains and Coaching Staff confirmed|work=The Papare|access-date=6 December 2021}}

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Ages given as of 5 December 2021, the date the first match of the tournament was played

{{Tooltip\|S/N\|Shirt number}} !Name !Nationality !Date of birth (age) !Batting style !Bowling style !Notes
class="wikitable"
colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" \| Batsman
24 \|Dilshan Munaweera \|{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1989\|4\|24\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm off break \|
92 \|Sohaib Maqsood	{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1987\|4\|15\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
1 \|Najibullah Zadran	{{cr\|AFG\|variant=2013}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1993\|2\|18\|df=y}}	Left-handed \|Right-arm off break \|Overseas player
\|Sacha De Alwis	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1992\|1\|30\|df=y}} \|Left- handed \|Slow left arm orthodox \|
23 \|Rilee Rossouw	{{cr\|RSA}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1989\|10\|9\|df=y}}	Left- handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" \| All-rounders
7 \| Dasun Shanaka	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1991\|9\|9\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
25	Ramesh Mendis	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1995\|7\|7\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
\|Tharindu Ratnayake	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1996\|4\|18\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break \|
	Muditha Lakshan	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|2000\|12\|20\|df=y}} \| Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox \|
\|Sachitha Jayathilake	{{cr\|SL}} \| {{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1997\|2\|24\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
\|Janith Liyanage \|{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1995\|7\|12\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm medium-fast \|
colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" \| Wicket-keepers
48 \|Niroshan Dickwella	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1993\|6\|23\|df=y}}	Left-handed
\|Lahiru Udara \|{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1993\|11\|27\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|style="text-align:center"\|– \|
colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" \| Spin bowlers
99	Imran Tahir	{{cr\|RSA}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1979\|3\|27\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
	Madushan Ravichandrakumar	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1994\|12\|23\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
\|Chamikara Edirisinghe \|{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1991\|4\|4\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Slow left arm orthodox \|
colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" \| Pace bowlers
29 \|Chamika Karunaratne	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1996\|5\|29\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
63 \|Nuwan Pradeep \|{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1986\|10\|19\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm fast \|
82 \|Josh Little	{{cr\|IRE}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1999\|11\|1\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
90 \|Marchant de Lange \|{{cr\|RSA}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1990\|10\|13\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm fast \|Overseas player
\|Kalana Perera	{{cr\|SL}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|2000\|7\|28\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
\|Odean Smith	{{cr\|WIN}} \|{{Birth date and age2\|2021\|12\|05\|1996\|11\|1\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium \| Overseas player

Administration and support staff

Position !Name
class="wikitable"
Head coach	Stuart Law
Assistant coach	Sampath Perera
Fielding coach	Kaushalya Gajasinghe

Teams and standings

= League table =

League matches

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 6 December 2021

| time = 15:00

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Kandy Warriors

| score1 = 190/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Phil Salt 64 (27)

| wickets1 = Lahiru Kumara 3/34 (4 overs)

| score2 = 170/8 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Rovman Powell 42 (21)

| wickets2 = Ramesh Mendis 3/21 (4 overs)

| result = Dambulla Giants won by 20 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291196.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Keerthi Bandara and Raveendra Wimalasiri

| motm = Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match2}} Match 2

| rain =

| notes =

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 December 2021

| time = 15:00

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Jaffna Kings

| score1 = 110 (19.3 overs)

| runs1 = Nuwanidu Fernando 23 (25)

| wickets1 = Wanindu Hasaranga 3/16 (4 overs)

| score2 = 114/2 (12.3 overs)

| runs2 = Tom Kohler-Cadmore 45* (30)

| wickets2 = Imran Tahir 1/20 (4 overs)

| result = Jaffna Kings won by 8 wickets

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291198.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires =Kumar Dharmasena and Ravindra Kottahachchi

| motm = Maheesh Theekshana (Jaffna Kings)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match4}} Match 4

| rain =

| notes =

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 8 December 2021

| time = 15:00

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Colombo Stars

| score1 = 195/6 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Phil Salt 62 (34)

| wickets1 = Dushmantha Chameera 3/34 (4 overs)

| score2 = 177 (18.5 overs)

| runs2 = Dinesh Chandimal 26 (16)

| wickets2 = Nuwan Pradeep 3/50 (4 overs)

| result = Dambulla Giants won by 18 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291200.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Kumar Dharmasena and Rohitha Kottahachchi

| motm = Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match6}} Match 6

| rain =

| notes =

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 10 December 2021

| time = 15:00

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Galle Gladiators

| score1 = 159/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Dasun Shanaka 37 (32)

| wickets1 = Nuwan Thushara 2/24 (3 overs)

| score2 = 18/0 (1.2 overs)

| runs2 = Kusal Mendis 15* (5)

| wickets2 =

| result = No result

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291202.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Keerthi Bandara and Lyndon Hannibal

| motm =

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match8}} Match 8

| rain = No further play was possible due to rain.

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 11 December 2021

| time = 19:30

| night = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Colombo Stars

| score1 = 138/9 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Niroshan Dickwella 30 (16)

| wickets1 = Jeffrey Vandersay 3/25 (4 overs)

| score2 = 137/8 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Dinesh Chandimal 65* (40)

| wickets2 = Tharindu Ratnayake 3/18 (4 overs)

| result = Dambulla Giants won by 1 run

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291205.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Hemantha Boteju and Raveendra Wimalasiri

| motm = Tharindu Ratnayake (Dambulla Giants)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match11}} Match 11

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 13 December 2021

| time = 19:30

| night = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Jaffna Kings

| score1 = 69 (14.1 overs)

| runs1 = Phil Salt 23 (22)

| wickets1 = Chaturanga de Silva 4/16 (4 overs)

| score2 = 71/3 (9.2 overs)

| runs2 = Wanindu Hasaranga 37 (18)

| wickets2 = Imran Tahir 2/21 (4 overs)

| result = Jaffna Kings won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291208.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Keerthi Bandara and Raveendra Wimalasiri

| motm = Chaturanga de Silva (Jaffna Kings)

| toss = Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.

| round = {{anchor|match14}} Match 14

| rain =

| notes =

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 14 December 2021

| time = 19:30

| night = yes

| team1 = Galle Gladiators

| team2 = Dambulla Giants

| score1 = 134/7 (14 overs)

| runs1 = Kusal Mendis 35 (17)

| wickets1 = Imran Tahir 3/20 (3 overs)

| score2 = 125/5 (14 overs)

| runs2 = Janith Liyanage 51 (37)

| wickets2 = Samit Patel 2/24 (3 overs)

| result = Galle Gladiators won by 9 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291210.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella

| motm = Samit Patel (Galle Gladiators)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field.

| round = {{anchor|match16}} Match 16

| rain = The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.

| notes =

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 16 December 2021

| time = 19:30

| night = yes

| team1 = Dambulla Giants

| team2 = Kandy Warriors

| score1 = 130/9 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Ramesh Mendis 41 (28)

| wickets1 = Binura Fernando 3/22 (4 overs)

| score2 = 135/4 (19.2 overs)

| runs2 = Ravi Bopara 59* (50)

| wickets2 = Imran Tahir 2/17 (4 overs)

| result = Kandy Warriors won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291212.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = Rohitha Kottahachchi and Raveendra Wimalasiri

| motm = Ravi Bopara (Kandy Warriors)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match18}} Match 18

| rain =

| notes =

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Playoffs

= Eliminator =

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 19 December 2021

| time = 16:00

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Colombo Stars

| team2 = Dambulla Giants

| score1 = 145/6 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Angelo Mathews 50* (34)

| wickets1 = Nuwan Pradeep 2/23 (4 overs)

| score2 = 146/4 (18.5 overs)

| runs2 = Janith Liyanage 56* (47)

| wickets2 = Dushmantha Chameera 1/24 (4 overs)

| result = Dambulla Giants won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291215.html Scorecard]

| venue = Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

| umpires = Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri

| motm = Janith Liyanage (Dambulla Giants)

| toss = Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

| round = {{anchor|match21}} Match 21

| rain =

| notes =

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= Qualifier 2 =

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 21 December 2021

| time = 19:30

| night = yes

| team1 = Jaffna Kings

| team2 = Dambulla Giants

| score1 = 210/4 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Avishka Fernando 100 (64)

| wickets1 = Lahiru Samarakoon 2/30 (2 overs)

| score2 = 187/9 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Chamika Karunaratne 75* (47)

| wickets2 = Jayden Seales 3/24 (4 overs)

| result = Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291217.html Scorecard]

| venue = Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

| umpires = Lyndon Hannibal and Prageeth Rambukwella

| motm = Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)

| toss = Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field.

| round = {{anchor|match23}} Match 23

| rain =

| notes = Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2021-22-1291193/jaffna-kings-vs-dambulla-giants-qualifier-2-1291217/match-report |title=Avishka Fernando's maiden T20 hundred takes Jaffna Kings into LPL final |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 December 2021}}

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Statistics

= Most runs =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Player !! Matches !! Runs !! High score
style="text-align:left" \| Phil Salt \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	301	64
style="text-align:left" \| Chamika Karunaratne \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	156	75*
style="text-align:left" \| Najibullah Zadran \| style="text-align:left" \| 9	152	54
style="text-align:left" \| Niroshan Dickwella \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	151	37
style="text-align:left" \| Dasun Shanaka \| style="text-align:left" \| 8	139	38

Source: ESPNcricinfo{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=14389;team=6785;type=tournament|title=Dambulla Giants most runs in 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 January 2022}}

= Most wickets =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Player !! Matches !! Wickets !! Best bowling
style="text-align:left" \| Imran Tahir \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	15	3/20
style="text-align:left" \| Nuwan Pradeep \| style="text-align:left" \| 8	10	3/31
style="text-align:left" \| Ramesh Mendis \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	7	3/21
style="text-align:left" \| Tharindu Ratnayake \| style="text-align:left" \| 6	6	3/18
style="text-align:left" \| Chamika Karunaratne \| style="text-align:left" \| 10	5	2/46

Source: ESPNcricinfo {{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=14389;team=6785;type=tournament|title=Dambulla Giants most wickets in 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 January 2022}}

References

Category:2021 Lanka Premier League