The 2021 Lanka Premier League, also known as Wolf777 News LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It took place from 5 to 23 December 2021. There were plans to increase the number of teams from five to six, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that five teams would take part, as per the first tournament.
In June 2021, Charith Senanayake was appointed as the chairman of the LPL Technical Committee for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In the same month, SLC agreed the termination of the Colombo Kings and the Dambulla Viiking teams due to financial issues. SLC also confirmed that two new franchise teams would replace them. The following month, SLC also terminated the franchise of the Jaffna Stallions. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be held between 30 July and 22 August 2021. On 9 July 2021, the tournament was rescheduled to be held from 19 November to 12 December 2021, due to unavailability of overseas players. In September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after changing owners. Jaffna Stallions also changed their name to Jaffna Kings later that month. In October 2021, Kandy Tuskers changed their name to Kandy Warriors after a change of owners. In November 2021, Colombo Kings changed their name to Colombo Stars after being acquired by a new owner.
On 23 December 2021, Jaffna Kings beat Galle Gladiators by 23 runs in the final, to win their second successive LPL title.
Squads The player draft was held on 9 November 2021. On 29 November 2021, all the captains and coaches were confirmed.
Colombo Stars Dambulla Giants Galle Gladiators Jaffna Kings Kandy Warriors Angelo Mathews (c) Dhananjaya de Silva
Dushmantha Chameera
Pathum Nissanka Lakshan Sandakan Seekkuge Prasanna
Jehan Daniel
Kusal Perera Dinesh Chandimal Thikshila de Silva Akila Dananjaya Shiran Fernando Ashan Priyanjan Ravi Rampaul Naveen-ul-Haq
Sherfane Rutherford Tom Banton Himesh Ramanayake Keemo Paul Jeffrey Vandersay Ravindu Fernando
Karim Janat Dasun Shanaka (c) Niroshan Dickwella Imran Tahir
Chamika Karunaratne Ramesh Mendis Sohaib Maqsood
Josh Little Nuwan Pradeep Najibullah Zadran Tharindu Ratnayake Lahiru Udara Sacha De Alwis Muditha Lakshan Kalana Perera Sachitha Jayathilake Madushan Ravichandrakumar Janith Liyanage Chamikara Edirisinghe Dilshan Munaweera Marchant de Lange Nuwanidu Fernando Phil Salt Lahiru Samarakoon Sandun Weerakkody Bhanuka Rajapaksa (c) Mohammad Hafeez Isuru Udana
Kusal Mendis Mohammad Amir
Danushka Gunathilaka Samit Patel Dhananjaya Lakshan Anwar Ali Pulina Tharanga Nuwan Thushara Lahiru Madushanka
Ashian Daniel Kevin Koththigoda Mohammed Shamaaz Suminda Lakshan Angelo Jayasinghe Ben Dunk Sadeera Samarawickrama Pramod Madushan Noor Ahmad Sahan Arachchige Thisara Perera (c)
Wahab Riaz Wanindu Hasaranga Shoaib Malik Usman Shinwari Avishka Fernando Maheesh Theekshana Rahmanullah Gurbaz Upul Tharanga Chaturanga de Silva Jayden Seales Suranga Lakmal Ashen Bandara Chamika Gunasekara Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Theivendiram Dinoshan Ashan Randika Rathnaraja Thanuradan Krishan Sanjula Praveen Jayawickrama Shammu Ashan Tom Kohler-Cadmore Angelo Perera (c) Charith Asalanka (vc)
Lahiru Kumara
Asela Gunaratne Milinda Siriwardana
Ishan Jayaratne Binura Fernando Kamindu Mendis Kamil Mishara Ayana Siriwardhana Nimesh Vimukthi
Shashika Dulshan Kalhara Senarathne Minod Bhanuka Sachindu Colombage Ahmed Shehzad
Rubel Hossain Kennar Lewis Tillakaratne Sampath
Shiraz Ahmed Kasun Rajitha Ravi Bopara Tom Moores
Venues R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota were selected as the venues.
Colombo Hambantota R. Premadasa Stadium Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 34,300 Matches: 20Matches: 4
Teams and standings Points table
Match summary
Team Group matches Playoffs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Q1/E Q2 F Colombo Stars L Dambulla Giants W Galle GladiatorsW Jaffna Kings L Kandy Warriors
League stage
The full schedule was published on 13 October 2021.
Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics Most runs
Player Team Matches Runs High score Kusal Mendis Galle Gladiators 10 327 Avishka Fernando Jaffna Kings 10 312 Phil Salt Dambulla Giants 10 301 Tom Kohler-Cadmore Jaffna Kings 11 296 92 Dinesh Chandimal Colombo Stars 9 277 * Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
Player Team Matches Wickets Best bowlingSamit PatelGalle Gladiators 10 16 3/13Maheesh TheekshanaJaffna Kings 1016 4/25Jayden SealesJaffna Kings 7 15 4/13Imran TahirDambulla Giants 10 15 3/20Seekkuge PrasannaColombo Stars 8 13 3/31 Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Series home at ESPNCricinfo