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. The team was captained by Dasun Shanaka and coached by Stuart Law.
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
NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes Batsman24Dilshan MunaweeraRight-handedRight-arm off break 92Sohaib MaqsoodRight-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player 1Najibullah ZadranLeft-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas playerSacha De AlwisLeft- handedSlow left arm orthodox 23Rilee RossouwLeft- handedRight-arm off break Overseas player All-rounders 7 Dasun Shanaka Right-handed Right-arm mediumCaptain 25 Ramesh Mendis Right-handed Right-arm off breakTharindu Ratnayake Left-handed Right-arm off break Muditha Lakshan Right-handed Slow left arm orthodoxSachitha Jayathilake Right-handed Right-arm leg breakJanith LiyanageRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast Wicket-keepers 48Niroshan Dickwella Left-handed Lahiru UdaraRight-handed– Spin bowlers 99Imran Tahir Right-handed Right-arm leg breakOverseas player Madushan Ravichandrakumar Right-handed Right-arm leg breakChamikara Edirisinghe Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox Pace bowlers 29Chamika Karunaratne Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast63Nuwan Pradeep Right-handedRight-arm fast 82Josh Little Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas player90Marchant de LangeRight-handedRight-arm fastOverseas playerKalana Perera Left-handed Left-arm medium-fastOdean Smith Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
Administration and support staff
PositionNameHead coachStuart LawAssistant coach Sampath PereraFielding coachKaushalya Gajasinghe
Teams and standings League table
League matches
Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Statistics Most runs
Player Matches Runs High score Phil Salt 10 301 64 Chamika Karunaratne 10 156 75* Najibullah Zadran 9 152 54 Niroshan Dickwella 10 151 37 Dasun Shanaka 8 139 38 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
Player Matches Wickets Best bowling Imran Tahir 10 15 3/20 Nuwan Pradeep 8 10 3/31 Ramesh Mendis 10 7 3/21 Tharindu Ratnayake 6 6 3/18 Chamika Karunaratne 10 5 2/46 Source: ESPNcricinfo
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