# Kandy Warriors in 2021

The Kandy Warriors (abbreviated as KW) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In October 2021, Kandy Tuskers changed their name to Kandy Warriors after announced as having new owners. The team was captained by Angelo Perera and coached by Lalchand Rajput.

## 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 style | Notes |
| Batsman |||||||
| 72 | Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice Captain |
| 19 | Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 23 | Angelo Perera | Sri Lanka | (1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Captain |
| 52 | Rovman Powell | West Indies | (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| 84 | Kamindu Mendis | Sri Lanka | (1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Ambidextrous off break | |
| 14 | Asela Gunaratne | Sri Lanka | (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 57 | Milinda Siriwardana | Sri Lanka | (1985-12-04)4 December 1985 (aged 36) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| 11 | Ishan Jayaratne | Sri Lanka | (1989-06-26)26 June 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| N/A | Tillakaratne Sampath | Sri Lanka | (1982-06-23)23 June 1982 (aged 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| N/A | Ayana Siriwardhana | Sri Lanka | (1999-04-08)8 April 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| N/A | Nimesh Vimukthi | Sri Lanka | (1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| N/A | Shashika Dulshan | Sri Lanka | (2000-05-04)4 May 2000 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| N/A | Kalhara Senarathne | Sri Lanka | (2000-08-24)24 August 2000 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 15 | Minod Bhanuka | Sri Lanka | (1995-04-29)29 April 1995 (aged 26) | Left-handed | — | |
| 69 | Kennar Lewis | West Indies | (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| 38 | Devon Thomas | West Indies | (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| 27 | Kamil Mishara | Sri Lanka | (2001-04-24)24 April 2001 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| N/A | Sachindu Colombage | Sri Lanka | (1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 8 | Lahiru Kumara | Sri Lanka | (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 71 | Binura Fernando | Sri Lanka | (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | |
| 4 | Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh | (1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Overseas player |
| N/A | Shiraz Ahmed | United Arab Emirates | (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | Overseas player |

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Shyam Impett |
| Director of Cricket | Atul Wassan |
| Head coach | Lalchand Rajput |
| Assistant coach | Ruvin Peiris |

## Season standings
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.210 |
| 2 | Galle Gladiators (R) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.143 |
| 3 | Colombo Stars (4th) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.571 |
| 4 | Dambulla Giants (3rd) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −1.003 |
| 5 | Kandy Warriors | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.668 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier 1
* Advanced to Eliminator

## League stage

* Match 2 6 December 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Dambulla Giants 190/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 170/8 (20 overs) |
| Phil Salt 64 (27) Lahiru Kumara 3/34 (4 overs) | | Rovman Powell 42 (21) Ramesh Mendis 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Dambulla Giants won by 20 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Keerthi Bandara and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)
* Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 5 7 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kandy Warriors 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Galle Gladiators 147/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Ahmed Shehzad 56 (51) Samit Patel 3/13 (4 overs) | | Danushka Gunathilaka 45 (33) Sachindu Colombage 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Galle Gladiators won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Dhananjaya Lakshan (Galle Gladiators)
* Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 7 8 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 181/6 (14 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 166/5 (14 overs) |
| Thisara Perera 53 (21) Shiraz Ahmed 3/22 (3 overs) | | Rovman Powell 61 (19) Jayden Seales 2/40 (3 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 14 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match: Suranga Lakmal (Jaffna Kings)
* Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped play during Jaffna Kings innings. Kandy Warriors were set a revised target of 181 runs from 14 overs.
* Shiraz Ahmed (Kandy Warriors) made his T20 debut.
* Match 10 11 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Galle Gladiators 127/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 131/5 (18.4 overs) |
| Kusal Mendis 44 (34) Kamindu Mendis 3/25 (4 overs) | | Ravi Bopara 34* (39) Samit Patel 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Kandy Warriors won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Kandy Warriors)
* Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 12 12 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandy Warriors 94/2 (12.2 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 95/3 (8.4 overs) |
| Charith Asalanka 44* (34) Shoaib Malik 1/19 (3 overs) | | Thisara Perera 29* (13) Binura Fernando 1/15 (1.4 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 7 wickets (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Rohitha Kottahachchi Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Jaffna Kings)
* Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped play during Kandy Warriors innings. Jaffna Kings were set a revised target of 95 runs from 10 overs.
* Match 15 14 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandy Warriors 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 159/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Kennar Lewis 62 (44) Dushmantha Chameera 4/35 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 44 (27) Nimesh Vimukthi 2/11 (4 overs) |
* Colombo Stars won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Lyndon Hannibal Player of the match: Seekkuge Prasanna (Colombo Stars)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 16 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Dambulla Giants 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 135/4 (19.2 overs) |
| Ramesh Mendis 41 (28) Binura Fernando 3/22 (4 overs) | | Ravi Bopara 59* (50) Imran Tahir 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Kandy Warriors won by 6 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Kandy Warriors)
* Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 20 17 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Colombo Stars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 124 (17 overs) |
| Kusal Perera 58 (38) Nimesh Vimukthi 3/24 (4 overs) | | Ravi Bopara 47 (31) Jeffrey Vandersay 6/25 (4 overs) |
* Colombo Stars won by 58 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Keerthi Bandara and Lyndon Hannibal Player of the match: Jeffrey Vandersay (Colombo Stars)
* Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Runs | High score |
| Kennar Lewis | 6 | 168 | 62 |
| Charith Asalanka | 8 | 164 | 44* |
| Ravi Bopara | 5 | 142 | 59* |
| Rovman Powell | 3 | 104 | 61 |
| Kamindu Mendis | 8 | 88 | 32 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
| Nimesh Vimukthi | 6 | 10 | 3/24 |
| Sachindu Colombage | 7 | 7 | 3/20 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | 6 | 7 | 3/32 |
| Shiraz Ahmed | 5 | 6 | 3/22 |
| Kamindu Mendis | 8 | 6 | 3/25 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo