Tournament format(s)Double Round-robin and Playoffs
HostSri Lanka
ChampionsJaffna Kings (2nd title)
Runners-upGalle Gladiators
Participants5
Matches24
Player of the seriesAvishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
Most runsKusal Mendis (Galle Gladiators) (327)
Most wicketsSamit Patel (Galle Gladiators) (16)Maheesh Theekshana (Jaffna Kings) (16)
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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.
2021 Lanka Premier League is located in Sri Lanka
Squads
The player draft was held on 9 November 2021. On 29 November 2021, all the captains and coaches were confirmed.
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: 20
Matches: 4
HambantotaColombo
Points table
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs , Advanced to Qualifier 1 , Advanced to Eliminator
Pos
Teamv, t, e
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Jaffna Kings (C)
8
6
2
0
12
2.210
2
Galle Gladiators (R)
8
4
3
1
9
0.143
3
Colombo Stars (4th)
8
4
4
0
8
−0.571
4
Dambulla Giants (3rd)
8
3
4
1
7
−1.003
5
Kandy Warriors
8
2
6
0
4
−0.668
League stage
The full schedule was published on 13 October 2021.
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to field. , Rain stopped play during Jaffna Kings innings. Kandy Warriors were set a revised target of 181 runs from 14 overs. , Shiraz Ahmed (Kandy Warriors) made his T20 debut.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat. , No further play was possible due to rain.
Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Rain stopped play during Kandy Warriors innings. Jaffna Kings were set a revised target of 95 runs from 10 overs.
Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Gladiators won by 54 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Samit Patel (Galle Gladiators)
Dambulla Giants won by 20 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Keerthi Bandara and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)
Match 3 6 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
Galle Gladiators116/8 (20 overs)
v
Colombo Stars117/6 (17.3 overs)
Ben Dunk 38 (25) Dhananjaya de Silva 2/18 (4 overs)
Colombo Stars won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Deepal Gunawardene Player of the match: Dhananjaya de Silva (Colombo Stars)
Match 4 7 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Dambulla Giants110 (19.3 overs)
v
Jaffna Kings114/2 (12.3 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 23 (25) Wanindu Hasaranga 3/16 (4 overs)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 45* (30) Imran Tahir 1/20 (4 overs)
Jaffna Kings won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ravindra Kottahachchi Player of the match: Maheesh Theekshana (Jaffna Kings)
Galle Gladiators won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Dhananjaya Lakshan (Galle Gladiators)
Match 6 8 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Dambulla Giants195/6 (20 overs)
v
Colombo Stars177 (18.5 overs)
Phil Salt 62 (34) Dushmantha Chameera 3/34 (4 overs)
Dambulla Giants won by 18 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Rohitha Kottahachchi Player of the match: Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)
Match 7 8 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
Jaffna Kings181/6 (14 overs)
v
Kandy Warriors166/5 (14 overs)
Thisara Perera 53 (21) Shiraz Ahmed 3/22 (3 overs)
Jaffna Kings won by 14 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match: Suranga Lakmal (Jaffna Kings)
Eliminator
Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier 1
Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field. , Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket.
