Galle Gladiators in 2021 explained

Club:Galle Gladiators
Season:2021
Captain:Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Comp1:Tournament performance
Comp1 Result:Runner up
Most Runs:Kusal Mendis (327)
Most Wickets:Samit Patel (16)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

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]

Squad

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsman
24Bhanuka RajapaksaDecember 5, 2021Left- handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
70Danushka GunathilakaDecember 5, 2021Left-handed Right-arm off break
Sahan ArachchigeDecember 5, 2021Left-handedRight-arm off break
Angelo JayasingheDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
8 Mohammad HafeezDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Right-arm off breakOverseas player
17Isuru Udana December 5, 2021Right-handed Left-arm medium
29Samit PatelDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Slow left arm orthodoxOverseas player
18Dhananjaya LakshanDecember 5, 2021Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
48Anwar AliDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOverseas player
98Lahiru MadushankaDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
88Pulina TharangaDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Right-arm leg break
36Kevin KoththigodaDecember 5, 2021Left-handedRight-arm leg break
73Suminda LakshanDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
51Ben DunkDecember 5, 2021Left-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player
13Kusal MendisDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm leg break
23Sadeera SamarawickramaDecember 5, 2021Right-handed—
7Mohammed ShamaazDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Spin bowlers
16Noor AhmadDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spinOverseas player
Ashian DanielDecember 5, 2021Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace bowlers
5Mohammad AmirDecember 5, 2021Left-handedLeft-arm fastOverseas player
4Nuwan ThusharaDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
14Pramod MadushanDecember 5, 2021Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Teams and standings

Points table

League stage

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

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Playoffs

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Player Matches Runs High score
Kusal Mendis10 327 85
Danushka Gunathilaka10 226 55
Bhanuka Rajapaksa10 179 56
Samit Patel10 138 42
Mohammad Hafeez9 89 16

Most wickets

Player Matches Wickets Best bowling
Samit Patel10 16 3/13
Nuwan Thushara8 12 5/13
Noor Ahmad8 8 2/12
Dhananjaya Lakshan6 6 2/11
Mohammad Amir6 6 1/19

Notes and References

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

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