The Jaffna Kings (often abbreviated as JK) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The team is based in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Charith Asalanka and coached by Avishka Gunawardene.
Administration and support staff
PositionNameDirector Ganeshan VaheesanManager Charinda FernandoHead coach Avishka GunawardeneAssistant coach Mario VillavarayanConsultant Hemang BadaniBatting coach Jehan MubarakBowling coach Sachith PathiranaFielding coach Vimukthi Deshapriya
Squad Sources: ESPNcricinfo, ThePapare.com Players with international caps are listed in bold. NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleYear signedSalary()Notes Batters 28 Avishka Fernando Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Direct signing 18 Pathum Nissanka Right-handed 2024 40,000 49 Alex Ross Right-handed Right-arm off break 2024 20,000 Overseas 32 Rilee Rossouw Left-handed Right-arm off break 2024 60,000 Overseas Ahan Wickramasinghe Right-handed 2024 5,000 All-rounders 97 Fabian Allen Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox2024 32,000 Overseas 72Charith AsalankaLeft-handedRight-arm off break2023 Retained Captain 75 Dhananjaya de Silva Right-handed Right-arm off break 2024 50,000 77 Azmatullah Omarzai Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Direct signing Overseas Wanuja Sahan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 10,000 Lahiru Samarakoon Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2024 13,000 Wicket-keepers 24Nishan MadushkaRight-handed 2024 10,000 13 Kusal Mendis Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2024 Direct signing Vishad Randika Right-handed Right-arm off break 2024 5,000 Spin bowlers Murvin Abinash Left-handed Right-arm off break 2024 5,000 15 Tabraiz Shamsi Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2024 Direct signing Overseas Theesan VithushanRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox 2024 5,000 26Vijayakanth ViyaskanthRight-handedRight-arm leg break 2023 Retained Pace bowlers 65 Jason Behrendorff Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium2024 50,000 Overseas Asitha FernandoRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2024 40,000 40 Pramod Madushan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast2024 20,000 97 Eshan Malinga Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium2024 13,000 Arul Pragasam Right-handed Right-arm medium2024 5,000 Nisala Tharaka Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast2024 5,000
Season standing League table
Matches + denotes the winning team. denotes the losing team. Date Match No. Opponent Toss Result Man of the match NotesGroup stage2 July2Galle MarvelsKings elected to bat.Marvels won by 5 wicketsAlex Hales (GM)3 July4Dambulla SixersKings elected to field.Kings won by 4 wicketsAvishka Fernando (JK)5 July6Galle MarvelsKings elected to field.Kings won by 5 wicketsAzmatullah Omarzai (JK)6 July8Dambulla SixersSixers elected to field.Kings won by 30 runsPathum Nissanka (JK)9 July11Kandy FalconsFalcons elected to field.Falcons won by 7 wicketsDinesh Chandimal (KF)10 July13Colombo StrikersKings elected to field.Kings won by 7 wicketsRilee Rossouw (JK)13 July15Kandy FalconsKings elected to field.Kings won by 4 wicketsJason Behrendorff (JK)14 July17Colombo StrikersStrikers elected to field.Strikers won by 9 wicketsShadab Khan (CS)Play-offs18 July21 (Q1)Galle MarvelsMarvels elected to field.Marvels won by 7 wicketsDwaine Pretorius (GM)20 July23 (Q2)Kandy FalconsFalcons elected to field.Kings won by 1 runKusal Mendis (JK)21 July24 (F)Galle MarvelsKings elected to field.Kings won by 9 wicketsRilee Rossouw (JK)
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