The Jaffna Kings (often abbreviated as JK) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The team is based in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. In September 2021, Jaffna Stallions changed their name to Jaffna Kings having new owners (Lyca Group). The team was captained by Thisara Perera and coached by Thilina Kandamby. They were defending champions having won LPL 2020. In the final, they beat Galle Gladiators by 23 runs to win their second successive LPL title.
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 No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsman 28Avishka FernandoRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast 18Shoaib MalikRight-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player44Upul TharangaLeft- handed– 32Tom Kohler-CadmoreRight-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player10Ashen BandaraRight-handedRight-arm leg break45Ashan RandikaLeft- handedRight-arm mediumN/AShammu AshanRight-handedRight-arm off break All-rounders 1 Thisara Perera Left-handed Right-arm medium-fastCaptain 49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg break 20Chaturanga de Silva Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodoxN/A Theivendiram Dinoshan26 March 2002 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm fastN/ARathnaraja Thanuradan Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers 21Rahmanullah Gurbaz Right-handed – Overseas playerN/AKrishan SanjulaRight-handed– Spin Bowlers 21 Maheesh Theekshana Right-handed Right-arm off break12Praveen JayawickramaRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox 55 Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pace Bowlers 47Wahab Riaz Right-handed Left-arm fast Overseas player 56Usman Shinwari Right-handed Left-arm fast medium Overseas player 82Suranga Lakmal Right-handed Right-arm fast medium33Jayden Seales Left-handedRight-arm medium Overseas playerN/AChamika GunasekaraRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Season standings
Points table
League stage
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs
Player Matches Runs High score Avishka Fernando 10 312 100 Tom Kohler-Cadmore 11 296 92 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 8 207 70 Thisara Perera 11 190 57* Shoaib Malik 10 164 44 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
Player Matches Wickets Best bowling Maheesh Theekshana 10 16 4/25 Jayden Seales 7 15 4/13 Wanindu Hasaranga 10 11 3/16 Wahab Riaz 5 9 4/26 Chaturanga de Silva 9 7 4/16 Source: ESPNcricinfo
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