# 2021 Lanka Premier League final

The 2021 Lanka Premier League Final was played on 23 December 2021 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka. It was a day/night twenty20 match between Galle Gladiators and Jaffna Kings, which decided the winner of 2021 season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), an annual franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. Jaffna Kings won the match by 23 runs beating Galle Gladiators, to win their second successive LPL title.

## Road to the final

Source: ESPNcricinfo
| Galle Gladiators | Galle Gladiators | Galle Gladiators | vs | Jaffna Kings | Jaffna Kings | Jaffna Kings |
| League Stage |||||||
| Opponent | Scorecard | Result | Titles | Opponent | Scorecard | Result |
| Jaffna Kings | 5 December 2021 | Won | Match 1 | Galle Gladiators | 5 December 2021 | Lost |
| Colombo Stars | 6 December 2021 | Lost | Match 2 | Dambulla Giants | 7 December 2021 | Won |
| Kandy Warriors | 7 December 2021 | Won | Match 3 | Kandy Warriors | 8 December 2021 | Won |
| Dambulla Giants | 10 December 2021 | No result | Match 4 | Colombo Kings | 10 December 2021 | Won |
| Kandy Warriors | 11 December 2021 | Lost | Match 5 | Kandy Warriors | 12 December 2021 | Won |
| Colombo Stars | 12 December 2021 | Lost | Match 6 | Dambulla Giants | 13 December 2021 | Won |
| Dambulla Giants | 14 December 2021 | Won | Match 7 | Colombo Stars | 16 December 2021 | Won |
| Jaffna Kings | 17 December 2021 | Won | Match 8 | Galle Gladiators | 17 December 2021 | Lost |
| Playoff stage |||||||
| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Opponent | Scorecard | Result | Titles | Opponent | Scorecard | Result |
| Jaffna Kings | 19 December 2021 | Won | Match 9 | Galle Gladiators | 19 December 2021 | Lost |
| | | | | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | Opponent | Scorecard | Result |
| | | | Match 10 | Dambulla Giants | 21 December 2021 | Won |
| 2021 Lanka Premier League Final |||||||

## Match
### Match officials

* On-field umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* Third umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
* Reserve umpire: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
* Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

### Summery

* 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) | | Danushka Gunathilaka 54 (21) Chaturanga de Silva 2/15 (3 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.

### Match scorecard
#### 1st innings

Jaffna Kings innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Avishka Fernando | c Danushka b Thushara | 63 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 153.65 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) | c K. Mendis b Patel | 35 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 194.44 |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | not out | 57 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 139.02 |
| Shoaib Malik | c Pulina b Amir | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 209.09 |
| Thisara Perera (c) | not out | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 188.88 |
| Ashan Randika | did not bat | | | | | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | did not bat | | | | | |
| Chaturanga de Silva | did not bat | | | | | |
| Jayden Seales | did not bat | | | | | |
| Suranga Lakmal | did not bat | | | | | |
| Maheesh Theekshana | did not bat | | | | | |
| Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, wd 3) Total 201/3 (20 overs) | Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, wd 3) Total 201/3 (20 overs) | Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, wd 3) Total 201/3 (20 overs) | Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, wd 3) Total 201/3 (20 overs) | 15 | 12 | RR: 10.05 |
Fall of wickets: 1/56 (Gurbaz, 5.2 ov), 2/119 (Avishka, 12.4 ov), 3/181 (Malik, 18.2 ov)
Galle Gladiators bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Mohammad Amir | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 2 | 0 |
| Nuwan Thushara | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Dhananjaya Lakshan | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Isuru Udana | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 12.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulina Tharanga | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |

#### 2nd innings

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR
Galle Gladiators innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Kusal Mendis | run out (Thisara) | 39 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 139.28 |
| Danushka Gunathilaka | c Thisara b Wanindu | 54 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 257.14 |
| Ben Dunk (wk) | c Lakmal b Wanindu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | run out (Chathuranga/Wanindu/†Gurbaz) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 166.66 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa (c) | c Wanindu b Theekshana | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 87.50 |
| Samit Patel | c Seales b Lakmal | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 110.00 |
| Dhananjaya Lakshan | c Wanindu b Chathuranga | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Pulina Tharanga | b Chathuranga | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Isuru Udana | c Malik b Seales | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Mohammad Amir | not out | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Nuwan Thushara | not out | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 |
| Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2) Total 178/9 (20 overs) | Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2) Total 178/9 (20 overs) | Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2) Total 178/9 (20 overs) | Extras 13 (b 1, lb 10, wd 2) Total 178/9 (20 overs) | 17 | 5 | RR: 10.10 |
Fall of wickets: 1/63 (Danushka, 4.2 ov), 2/63 (Dunk, 4.3 ov), 3/84 (Hafeez, 6.2 ov), 4/113 (Bhanuka, 10.4 ov), 5/129 (K. Mendis, 13.1 ov), 6/133 (Lakshan, 13.6 ov), 7/143 (Pulina, 15.5 ov), 8/158 (Patel, 17.6 ov), 9/168 (Isuru, 18.5 ov)
Jaffna Kings bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 4 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 12.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Seales | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Suranga Lakmal | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoaib Malik | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaturanga de Silva | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |