2021 Lanka Premier League Final

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]

2021 Lanka Premier League Final
Event2021 Lanka Premier League
Jaffna Kings Galle Gladiators
201/3 178/9
20 overs 20 overs
Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs
Date23 December 2021
VenueMahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Player of the matchAvishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
UmpiresLyndon Hannibal
Raveendra Wimalasiri
← 2020

Road to the final

Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]

Main articles: Galle Gladiators in 2021 and Jaffna Kings in 2021
Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Kings
League Stage
Opponent Scorecard Result Titles Opponent Scorecard Result
Jaffna Kings 5 December 2021 Won Match 1 Galle Gladiators 5 December 2021 Lost
Colombo Stars 6 December 2021 Lost Match 2 Dambulla Giants 7 December 2021 Won
Kandy Warriors 7 December 2021 Won Match 3 Kandy Warriors 8 December 2021 Won
Dambulla Giants 10 December 2021 No result Match 4 Colombo Kings 10 December 2021 Won
Kandy Warriors 11 December 2021 Lost Match 5 Kandy Warriors 12 December 2021 Won
Colombo Stars 12 December 2021 Lost Match 6 Dambulla Giants 13 December 2021 Won
Dambulla Giants 14 December 2021 Won Match 7 Colombo Stars 16 December 2021 Won
Jaffna Kings 17 December 2021 Won Match 8 Galle Gladiators 17 December 2021 Lost
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1 Qualifier 1
Opponent Scorecard Result Titles Opponent Scorecard Result
Jaffna Kings 19 December 2021 Won Match 9 Galle Gladiators 19 December 2021 Lost
Qualifier 2
Opponent Scorecard Result
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
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Avishka Fernando c Gunathilaka b Thushara 63 41 8 2 153.65
Rahmanullah Gurbaz † c Mendis b Patel 35 18 3 3 194.44
Tom Kohler-Cadmore not out 57 41 2 3 139.02
Shoaib Malik c Tharanga b Amir 23 11 1 2 209.09
Thisara Perera (C) not out 17 9 1 2 188.88
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)

 15 12 10.05 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
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Mohammad Amir 4 0 39 1 9.75 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Nuwan Thushara 4 0 33 1 8.25 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Dhananjaya Lakshan 2 0 29 0 14.50 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Isuru Udana 3 0 38 0 12.66 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Samit Patel 4 0 32 1 8.00 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Pulina Tharanga 3 0 27 0 9.00 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR

Galle Gladiators innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Kusal Mendis run out (Perera) 39 28 3 1 139.28
Danushka Gunathilaka c Perera b Hasaranga 54 21 7 3 257.14
Ben Dunk c Lakmal b Hasaranga 0 1 0 0 0.00
Mohammad Hafeez run out 10 6 2 0 166.66
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (C) c Hasaranga b Theekshana 14 16 2 0 87.50
Samit Patel c Seales b Lakmal 22 20 0 1 110.00
Dhananjaya Lakshan c Hasaranga b Chautranga 2 3 0 0 66.66
Pulina Tharanga b Chautranga 4 6 0 0 66.66
Isuru Udana c Shoaib b Seales 9 11 1 0 81.81
Mohammad Amir not out 6 6 1 0 100.00
Nuwan Thushara not out 5 2 1 0 250.00
Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2)
Total 178/9 (20 overs)		 17 5 10.10 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
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Maheesh Theekshana 4 0 51 1 12.75 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Jayden Seales 3 0 36 1 12.00 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Suranga Lakmal 3 0 23 1 7.66 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Wanindu Hasaranga 4 0 30 2 7.50 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Shoaib Malik 3 0 12 0 4.00 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}
Chaturanga de Silva 3 0 15 2 5.00 {{{wides}}} {{{no-balls}}}

References
  1. "THE LANKA PREMIER LEAGUE 2021 WILL COMMENCE ON THE 05TH DECEMBER 2021". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. "LPL 2021 schedule: Full list of fixtures for the 2021 Lanka Premier League". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. "LPL 2021 - Lanka Premier League T20". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. "LPL: Kusal Mendis shines as Galle Gladiators book place in final". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. "Avishka Fernando's maiden T20 hundred takes Jaffna Kings into LPL final". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "Avishka, Kohler-Cadmore fire Jaffna Kings to second successive LPL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. "Lanka Premier League 2021 – Fixtures and Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. "Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Kings / 2021 Lanka Premier League final". Retrieved 23 December 2021 – via ESPNCricinfo.
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