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. The team was captained by Bhanuka Rajapaksa and coached by Umar Gul.
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. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling styleNotes Batsman24Bhanuka RajapaksaLeft- handedRight-arm mediumCaptain70Danushka Gunathilaka Left-handed Right-arm off breakSahan ArachchigeLeft-handedRight-arm off breakAngelo JayasingheRight-handedRight-arm leg break All-rounders 8 Mohammad Hafeez Right-handed Right-arm off breakOverseas player 17 Isuru Udana Right-handed Left-arm medium 29Samit Patel Right-handed Slow left arm orthodoxOverseas player18Dhananjaya Lakshan Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast48Anwar AliRight-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOverseas player 98Lahiru MadushankaRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium 88Pulina Tharanga Right-handed Right-arm leg break36Kevin KoththigodaLeft-handedRight-arm leg break73Suminda LakshanRight-handedRight-arm leg break Wicket-keepers51Ben DunkLeft-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player13Kusal MendisRight-handedRight-arm leg break23Sadeera SamarawickramaRight-handed—7Mohammed Shamaaz Right-handed Right-arm leg break Spin bowlers 16Noor Ahmad Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spinOverseas playerAshian DanielRight-handedRight-arm off break Pace bowlers5Mohammad AmirLeft-handedLeft-arm fastOverseas player 4Nuwan Thushara Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast14Pramod Madushan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Teams and standings Results by match
Points table
League stage
The full schedule was published on the official website of Sri Lankan Cricket on 13 October 2021.
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Final
Statistics Most runs
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
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
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