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Galle Gladiators in 2021

The Galle Gladiators (GG) is the franchise cricket team based in Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka which has been playing in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2020. They were one of the five teams to compete in the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[1] The team was captained by Bhanuka Rajapaksa and coached by Umar Gul.[2][3]

Galle Gladiators
2021 season
CoachUmar Gul
CaptainBhanuka Rajapaksa
Tournament performanceRunner up
Most runsKusal Mendis (327)
Most wicketsSamit Patel (16)

Squad edit

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Ages given as of 5 December 2021, the date the first atch was played in the torunament
No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsman
24 Bhanuka Rajapaksa   Sri Lanka (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 30) Left- handed Right-arm medium Captain
70 Danushka Gunathilaka   Sri Lanka (1991-03-17)17 March 1991 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Sahan Arachchige   Sri Lanka (1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Angelo Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
8 Mohammad Hafeez   Pakistan (1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 41) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
17 Isuru Udana   Sri Lanka (1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 33) Right-handed Left-arm medium
29 Samit Patel   England (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 37) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas player
18 Dhananjaya Lakshan   Sri Lanka (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
48 Anwar Ali   Pakistan (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
98 Lahiru Madushanka   Sri Lanka (1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
88 Pulina Tharanga   Sri Lanka (1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
36 Kevin Koththigoda   Sri Lanka (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
73 Suminda Lakshan   Sri Lanka (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
51 Ben Dunk   Australia (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 34) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
13 Kusal Mendis   Sri Lanka (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
23 Sadeera Samarawickrama   Sri Lanka (1995-08-30)30 August 1995 (aged 26) Right-handed
7 Mohammed Shamaaz   Sri Lanka (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Spin bowlers
16 Noor Ahmad   Afghanistan (2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 16) Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin Overseas player
Ashian Daniel   Sri Lanka (2001-02-20)20 February 2001 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace bowlers
5 Mohammad Amir   Pakistan (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 29) Left-handed Left-arm fast Overseas player
4 Nuwan Thushara   Sri Lanka (1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
14 Pramod Madushan   Sri Lanka (1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Teams and standings edit

Results by match edit

Round12345678
ResultWLWNRLLWW
Position12113322
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Points table edit

Pos Team 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
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   Advanced to Eliminator


League stage edit

The full schedule was published on the official website of Sri Lankan Cricket on 13 October 2021.[4]

Match 1
5 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
164/7 (20 overs)
v
Jaffna Kings
110 (18.2 overs)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 56 (31)
Jayden Seales 3/23 (4 overs)
Wahab Riaz 27 (20)
Samit Patel 3/21 (4 overs)
Gale Gladiators won by 54 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
Player of the match: Samit Patel (Galle Gladiators)
  • Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 3
6 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
116/8 (20 overs)
v
Colombo Stars
117/6 (17.3 overs)
Ben Dunk 38 (25)
Dhananjaya de Silva 2/18 (4 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 26* (27)
Nuwan Thushara 2/26 (2.3 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)
  • Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 5
7 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kandy Warriors
143/6 (20 overs)
v
Galle Gladiators
147/6 (19.2 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 56 (51)
Samit Patel 3/13 (4 overs)
Galle Gladiators won by 4 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Kumar Dharmasena
Player of the match: Dhananjaya Lakshan (Galle Gladiators)
  • Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 8
10 December 2021
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Dambulla Giants
159/7 (20 overs)
v
Galle Gladiators
18/0 (1.2 overs)
Dasun Shanaka 37 (32)
Nuwan Thushara 2/24 (3 overs)
No result
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Keerthi Bandara and Lyndon Hannibal
  • Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Match 10
11 December 2021
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
127/7 (20 overs)
v
Kandy Warriors
131/5 (18.4 overs)
Kusal Mendis 44 (34)
Kamindu Mendis 3/25 (4 overs)
Ravi Bopara 34* (39)
Samit Patel 2/20 (4 overs)
Kandy Warriors won by 5 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Kandy Warriors)
  • Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 13
12 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Colombo Stars
162/7 (18 overs)
v
Galle Gladiators
121 (16.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 73 (57)
Dhananjaya Lakshan 2/22 (2 overs)
Kusal Mendis 64 (39)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/27 (3.5 overs)
Colombo Stars won by 41 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Raveendra Wimalasiri
Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Colombo Stars)
  • Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.

Match 16
14 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
134/7 (14 overs)
v
Dambulla Giants
125/5 (14 overs)
Kusal Mendis 35 (17)
Imran Tahir 3/20 (3 overs)
Janith Liyanage 51 (37)
Samit Patel 2/24 (3 overs)
Galle Gladiators won by 9 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
Player of the match: Samit Patel (Galle Gladiators)
  • Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.

Match 19
17 December 2021
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
129/8 (20 overs)
v
Jaffna Kings
109 (18.3 overs)
Shoaib Malik 23 (27)
Noor Ahmad 2/12 (4 overs)
Galle Gladiators won by 20 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Prageeth Rambukwella
Player of the match: Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Galle Gladiators)
  • Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs edit

Qualifier 1 edit

Match 22
19 December 2021
20:30 (N)
Scorecard
Galle Gladiators
188/5 (20 overs)
v
Jaffna Kings
124 (16.5 overs)
Kusal Mendis 85 (53)
Thisara Perera 2/36 (4 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 59 (37)
Nuwan Thushara 5/13 (3.5 overs)
Galle Gladiators won by 64 Runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Prageeth Rambukwella
Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (Galle Gladiators)
  • Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Final edit

Match 24
23 December 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Jaffna Kings
201/3 (20 overs)
v
Galle Gladiators
178/9 (20 overs)
Avishka Fernando 63 (41)
Samit Patel 1/32 (4 overs)
Jaffna Kings won by 23 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri
Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
  • Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics edit

Most runs edit

Player Matches Runs High score
Kusal Mendis 10 327 85
Danushka Gunathilaka 10 226 55
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 10 179 56
Samit Patel 10 138 42
Mohammad Hafeez 9 89 16
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets edit

Player Matches Wickets Best bowling
Samit Patel 10 16 3/13
Nuwan Thushara 8 12 5/13
Noor Ahmad 8 8 2/12
Dhananjaya Lakshan 6 6 2/11
Mohammad Amir 6 6 1/19
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo

References edit

  1. ^ "LPL 2021 Galle Gladiators Squad, Owner, Captain, Schedule of Team". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ "LPL 2021 Captains and Coaching Staff confirmed". The Papare. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Umar Gul named Head Coach of Galle Gladiators". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Schedule of the Lanka Premier League 2021". Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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The Galle Gladiators GG is the franchise cricket team based in Galle Southern Province Sri Lanka which has been playing in the Lanka Premier League LPL since the first edition of the tournament in 2020 They were one of the five teams to compete in the 2021 Lanka Premier League 1 The team was captained by Bhanuka Rajapaksa and coached by Umar Gul 2 3 Galle Gladiators2021 seasonCoachUmar GulCaptainBhanuka RajapaksaTournament performanceRunner upMost runsKusal Mendis 327 Most wicketsSamit Patel 16 2020 2022 Contents 1 Squad 2 Teams and standings 2 1 Results by match 2 2 Points table 3 League stage 4 Playoffs 4 1 Qualifier 1 4 2 Final 5 Statistics 5 1 Most runs 5 2 Most wickets 6 ReferencesSquad editPlayers with international caps are listed in bold Ages given as of 5 December 2021 the date the first atch was played in the torunamentNo Name Nationality Date of birth age Batting style Bowling style NotesBatsman24 Bhanuka Rajapaksa nbsp Sri Lanka 1991 10 24 24 October 1991 aged 30 Left handed Right arm medium Captain70 Danushka Gunathilaka nbsp Sri Lanka 1991 03 17 17 March 1991 aged 30 Left handed Right arm off breakSahan Arachchige nbsp Sri Lanka 1996 05 13 13 May 1996 aged 25 Left handed Right arm off breakAngelo Jayasinghe nbsp Sri Lanka 1993 01 25 25 January 1993 aged 28 Right handed Right arm leg breakAll rounders8 Mohammad Hafeez nbsp Pakistan 1980 10 17 17 October 1980 aged 41 Right handed Right arm off break Overseas player17 Isuru Udana nbsp Sri Lanka 1988 04 17 17 April 1988 aged 33 Right handed Left arm medium29 Samit Patel nbsp England 1984 11 30 30 November 1984 aged 37 Right handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas player18 Dhananjaya Lakshan nbsp Sri Lanka 1998 10 05 5 October 1998 aged 23 Left handed Right arm medium fast48 Anwar Ali nbsp Pakistan 1987 11 25 25 November 1987 aged 34 Right handed Right arm fast medium Overseas player98 Lahiru Madushanka nbsp Sri Lanka 1992 09 12 12 September 1992 aged 29 Right handed Right arm fast medium88 Pulina Tharanga nbsp Sri Lanka 1993 01 23 23 January 1993 aged 28 Right handed Right arm leg break36 Kevin Koththigoda nbsp Sri Lanka 1998 10 04 4 October 1998 aged 23 Left handed Right arm leg break73 Suminda Lakshan nbsp Sri Lanka 1997 04 07 7 April 1997 aged 24 Right handed Right arm leg breakWicket keepers51 Ben Dunk nbsp Australia 1987 03 11 11 March 1987 aged 34 Left handed Right arm off break Overseas player13 Kusal Mendis nbsp Sri Lanka 1995 02 02 2 February 1995 aged 26 Right handed Right arm leg break23 Sadeera Samarawickrama nbsp Sri Lanka 1995 08 30 30 August 1995 aged 26 Right handed 7 Mohammed Shamaaz nbsp Sri Lanka 2001 02 02 2 February 2001 aged 20 Right handed Right arm leg breakSpin bowlers16 Noor Ahmad nbsp Afghanistan 2005 01 03 3 January 2005 aged 16 Right handed Left arm unorthodox spin Overseas playerAshian Daniel nbsp Sri Lanka 2001 02 20 20 February 2001 aged 20 Right handed Right arm off breakPace bowlers5 Mohammad Amir nbsp Pakistan 1992 04 13 13 April 1992 aged 29 Left handed Left arm fast Overseas player4 Nuwan Thushara nbsp Sri Lanka 1994 08 06 6 August 1994 aged 27 Right handed Right arm medium fast14 Pramod Madushan nbsp Sri Lanka 1993 12 14 14 December 1993 aged 27 Right handed Right arm medium fastTeams and standings editResults by match edit Round12345678ResultWLWNRLLWWPosition12113322Source FixturesW Win L Loss NR No Result Points table edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L NR Pts NRR1 Jaffna Kings C 8 6 2 0 12 2 2102 Galle Gladiators R 8 4 3 1 9 0 1433 Colombo Stars 4th 8 4 4 0 8 0 5714 Dambulla Giants 3rd 8 3 4 1 7 1 0035 Kandy Warriors 8 2 6 0 4 0 668Source ESPN Cricinfo The top four teams qualified for the playoffs Advanced to Qualifier 1 Advanced to EliminatorLeague stage editAll times are in Sri Lanka Standard Time UTC 05 30 The full schedule was published on the official website of Sri Lankan Cricket on 13 October 2021 4 Match 1 5 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardGalle Gladiators164 7 20 overs v Jaffna Kings110 18 2 overs Bhanuka Rajapaksa 56 31 Jayden Seales 3 23 4 overs Wahab Riaz 27 20 Samit Patel 3 21 4 overs Gale Gladiators won by 54 runsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match Samit Patel Galle Gladiators Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field Match 3 6 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardGalle Gladiators116 8 20 overs v Colombo Stars117 6 17 3 overs Ben Dunk 38 25 Dhananjaya de Silva 2 18 4 overs Dinesh Chandimal 26 27 Nuwan Thushara 2 26 2 3 overs Colombo Stars won by 4 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Deepal Gunawardene Player of the match Dhananjaya de Silva Colombo Stars Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat Match 5 7 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardKandy Warriors143 6 20 overs v Galle Gladiators147 6 19 2 overs Ahmed Shehzad 56 51 Samit Patel 3 13 4 overs Danushka Gunathilaka 45 33 Sachindu Colombage 3 20 4 overs Galle Gladiators won by 4 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Hemantha Boteju and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match Dhananjaya Lakshan Galle Gladiators Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to bat Match 8 10 December 2021 15 00 D N ScorecardDambulla Giants159 7 20 overs v Galle Gladiators18 0 1 2 overs Dasun Shanaka 37 32 Nuwan Thushara 2 24 3 overs Kusal Mendis 15 5 No resultR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Keerthi Bandara and Lyndon HannibalDambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat No further play was possible due to rain Match 10 11 December 2021 15 00 D N ScorecardGalle Gladiators127 7 20 overs v Kandy Warriors131 5 18 4 overs Kusal Mendis 44 34 Kamindu Mendis 3 25 4 overs Ravi Bopara 34 39 Samit Patel 2 20 4 overs Kandy Warriors won by 5 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match Ravi Bopara Kandy Warriors Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat Match 13 12 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardColombo Stars162 7 18 overs v Galle Gladiators121 16 5 overs Angelo Mathews 73 57 Dhananjaya Lakshan 2 22 2 overs Kusal Mendis 64 39 Naveen ul Haq 3 27 3 5 overs Colombo Stars won by 41 runsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Asanga Jayasooriya and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match Dinesh Chandimal Colombo Stars Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain Match 16 14 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardGalle Gladiators134 7 14 overs v Dambulla Giants125 5 14 overs Kusal Mendis 35 17 Imran Tahir 3 20 3 overs Janith Liyanage 51 37 Samit Patel 2 24 3 overs Galle Gladiators won by 9 runsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match Samit Patel Galle Gladiators Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain Match 19 17 December 2021 15 00 D N ScorecardGalle Gladiators129 8 20 overs v Jaffna Kings109 18 3 overs Bhanuka Rajapaksa 23 25 Praveen Jayawickrama 2 13 3 overs Shoaib Malik 23 27 Noor Ahmad 2 12 4 overs Galle Gladiators won by 20 runsR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Asanga Jayasooriya and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match Bhanuka Rajapaksa Galle Gladiators Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat Playoffs editMain article 2021 Lanka Premier League Playoffs Qualifier 1 edit Match 22 19 December 2021 20 30 N ScorecardGalle Gladiators188 5 20 overs v Jaffna Kings124 16 5 overs Kusal Mendis 85 53 Thisara Perera 2 36 4 overs Rahmanullah Gurbaz 59 37 Nuwan Thushara 5 13 3 5 overs Galle Gladiators won by 64 RunsMahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Hambantota Umpires Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match Kusal Mendis Galle Gladiators Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field Final edit Match 24 23 December 2021 19 30 N ScorecardJaffna Kings201 3 20 overs v Galle Gladiators178 9 20 overs Avishka Fernando 63 41 Samit Patel 1 32 4 overs Danushka Gunathilaka 54 21 Chaturanga de Silva 2 15 3 overs Jaffna Kings won by 23 runsMahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Hambantota Umpires Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match Avishka Fernando Jaffna Kings Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat Statistics editMost runs edit Player Matches Runs High scoreKusal Mendis 10 327 85Danushka Gunathilaka 10 226 55Bhanuka Rajapaksa 10 179 56Samit Patel 10 138 42Mohammad Hafeez 9 89 16Source ESPNcricinfoMost wickets edit Player Matches Wickets Best bowlingSamit Patel 10 16 3 13Nuwan Thushara 8 12 5 13Noor Ahmad 8 8 2 12Dhananjaya Lakshan 6 6 2 11Mohammad Amir 6 6 1 19Source ESPNcricinfoReferences edit LPL 2021 Galle Gladiators Squad Owner Captain Schedule of Team Retrieved 3 December 2021 LPL 2021 Captains and Coaching Staff confirmed The Papare Retrieved 3 December 2021 Umar Gul named Head Coach of Galle Gladiators Retrieved 3 December 2021 Schedule of the Lanka Premier League 2021 Retrieved 3 December 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Galle Gladiators in 2021 amp 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