The Kandy Warriors (abbreviated as KW) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In October 2021, Kandy Tuskers changed their name to Kandy Warriors after announced as having new owners. The team was captained by Angelo Perera and coached by Lalchand Rajput.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold Ages given as of 5 December 2021, the date the first match was played in the tournament
No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes Batsman 72 Charith Asalanka Left-handed Right-arm off breakVice Captain 19Ahmed ShehzadRight-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player All-rounders 23 Angelo Perera Right-handed Slow left arm orthodoxCaptain 52 Rovman Powell Right-handed Right-arm fast-mediumOverseas player 84 Kamindu Mendis Left-handed Ambidextrous off break14 Asela Gunaratne Right-handed Right-arm medium57Milinda SiriwardanaLeft-handedSlow left arm orthodox 11 Ishan JayaratneRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium N/ATillakaratne SampathRight-handedRight-arm off break N/A Ayana SiriwardhanaRight-handedRight-arm off break N/A Nimesh VimukthiLeft-handedSlow left arm orthodox N/A Shashika Dulshan Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox N/AKalhara SenarathneLeft-handedRight-arm off break Wicket-keepers15Minod BhanukaLeft-handed—69Kennar LewisRight-handed—Overseas player38Devon ThomasRight-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player27Kamil MisharaLeft-handedRight-arm off break Spin bowlers N/ASachindu ColombageRight-handedRight-arm leg break Pace bowlers8Lahiru KumaraLeft-handedRight-arm fast71 Binura Fernando Right-handed Left-arm medium fast4Al-Amin HossainRight-handedRight-arm medium-fastOverseas player N/AShiraz AhmedRight-handedLeft-arm medium fastOverseas player
Administration and support staff PositionNameManagerShyam ImpettDirector of Cricket Atul WassanHead coach Lalchand RajputAssistant coach Ruvin Peiris
Season standings League table
League stage
Statistics Most runs
Player Matches Runs High score Kennar Lewis 6 168 62 Charith Asalanka 8 164 44* Ravi Bopara 5 142 59* Rovman Powell 3 104 61 Kamindu Mendis 8 88 32 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
Player Matches Wickets Best bowling Nimesh Vimukthi 6 10 3/24 Sachindu Colombage 7 7 3/20 Al-Amin Hossain 6 7 3/32 Shiraz Ahmed 5 6 3/22 Kamindu Mendis 8 6 3/25 Source: ESPNcricinfo
References