Kandy Warriors

Kandy Warriors
Nickname(s)	Nuwara Machan
League	Lanka Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Angelo Perera
Coach	Lalchand Rajput
Owner	Ravi Gupta (Safexpay); Pankaj Tripathi (Vernost Technologies)
Team information
City	Kandy, Central Province
Colors	Orange and Blue
Founded	2020; 2 years ago as Kandy Tuskers
History
LPL wins	0
	T20I kit
	T20I kit
	Kandy Warriors in 2021

Kandy Warriors, formerly known as Kandy Tuskers, are a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), representing the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka which was founded in 2020. Chris Gayle signed up as the marquee overseas player and Kusal Perera as the local icon Player.^[1]^[2] On October 2021, the team changed their name to Kandy Warriors after changing owners.^[3]

Team logo as the Kandy Tuskers, 2020 season.

Seasons[]

Year	League table standing	Final standing
2020	5th out of 5	League stage
2021	5th out of 5	League stage

Sponsors[]

Year	Kit manufacturers	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding	Sleeves Branding
2020		JAT Paints			White by JAT
2021		Fair Play News	Safexpay		Vernost, Vivandi

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

S/N	Name	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsman
72	Charith Asalanka	(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice Captain
7	Ahmed Shehzad	(1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
All-rounders
74	Angelo Perera	(1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Captain
21	Kamindu Mendis	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Ambidextrous off break
25	Ravi Bopara	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player, International replacement for Rovman Powell
14	Asela Gunaratne	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Milinda Siriwardana	(1985-12-04)4 December 1985 (aged 36)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
57	Rovman Powell	(1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player, Pulled out of during the competition.
16	Ishan Jayaratne	(1989-06-26)26 June 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
23	Tillakaratne Sampath	(1982-06-23)23 June 1982 (aged 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
29	Ayana Siriwardhana	(1999-04-08)8 April 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
87	Nimesh Vimukthi	(1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
46	Shashika Dulshan	(2000-05-04)4 May 2000 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
22	Kalhara Senarathne	(2000-08-24)24 August 2000 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
15	Minod Bhanuka	(1995-04-29)29 April 1995 (aged 26)	Left-handed	—
10	Tom Moores	(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	—	Overseas player, International replacement for Devon Thomas
69	Kennar Lewis	(1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
28	Devon Thomas	(1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player, Pulled out of during the competition.
42	Kamil Mishara	(2001-04-24)24 April 2001 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Spin Bowlers
50	Sachindu Colombage	(1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
8	Lahiru Kumara	(1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast
71	Binura Fernando	(1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast
65	Kasun Rajitha	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
4	Al-Amin Hossain	(1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas player
99	Shiraz Ahmed	(1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast	Overseas player
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Administration and support staff[]

Position	Name
Owner	Ravi Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi
Manager	Shyam Impett
Director of Cricket	Atul Wassan
Head Coach	Lalchand Rajput
Assistant Coach	Ruvin Peiris
Strategy Analyst	Manpreet Sidhu

Captains[]

No.	Nat.	Player	From	To	Mat	Won	Lost	Tie&W	Tie&L	NR	%
1		Kusal Perera	2020	2020	8	2	5	0	1	0	31.25
2		Angelo Perera	2021	Present	8	2	6	0	0	0	25.00

Source: ESPNcricinfo, Last updated: 18 Dec 2021

Former players[]

Sri Lankan Players	Overseas Players
Seekkuge Prasanna Lasith Embuldeniya Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Vishwa Fernando Nuwan Pradeep Dilruwan Perera Kavishka Anjula Chamikara Edirisinghe Nishan Madushka Kevin Koththigoda Priyamal Perera' Lahiru Samarakoon	Sohail Tanvir Irfan Pathan Munaf Patel Brendan Taylor Dale Steyn Naveen-ul-Haq Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Statistics[]

Most runs[]

Player	Span	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	50
Kusal Mendis	2020	8	8	263	37.57	68	2
Kusal Perera	2020	8	8	209	26.12	87	1
Asela Gunaratne	2020–Present	11	10	192	32.00	52*	1
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	2020	8	8	169	21.12	53	1
Kennar Lewis	2021–Present	6	6	168	28.00	62	1

Source: ESPNcricinfo, Last updated: 18 Dec 2021

Most wickets[]

Player	Span	Matches	Wickets	Average	Econ	SR	BBI
Nimesh Vimukthi	2021–Present	6	10	11.40	5.70	12.0	3/24
Asela Gunaratne	2020–Present	11	9	25.77	8.00	19.3	2/20
Naveen-ul-Haq	2020	5	8	22.87	10.16	13.5	3/44
Nuwan Pradeep	2020	8	8	29.12	8.79	19.8	3/36
Sachindu Colombage	2021–Present	7	7	21.85	7.28	18.0	3/20

Source: ESPNcricinfo, Last Updated:18 Dec 2021

Overall result[]

Year	Matches	Wins	Losses	SR(%)	Position	Summary
2020	8	2	6	25.00%	5/5	League stage
2021	8	2	6	25.00%	5/5	League stage
Total	16	4	12	25.00%

Last updated : 23 December 2021
Source :ESPNcricinfo

By opposition[]

Opposition	Matches	Won	Lost	% Win
Colombo Kings	4	0	4	0.00%
Dambulla Viiking	4	1	3	25.00%
Galle Gladiators	4	2	2	50.00%
Jaffna Kings	4	1	3	25.00%

Last updated: 23 December 2021
Tied+Win - Counted as a win and Tied+Loss - Counted as a loss
Source : ESPNcricinfo^[4]

References[]

^ Report, K. T. "LPL will boost interest and offer opportunities for youngsters, feel Jaffna team owners". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ Scroll staff (19 October 2020). "Cricket: Gayle, du Plessis, Afridi among marquee names picked in Lanka Premier League draft". scroll.in. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ "Lanka Premier League's Kandy Franchise Get New Owners". News18. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "Kandy Warriors records by opponents". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

External links[]

Official Website

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[1] Report, K. T. "LPL will boost interest and offer opportunities for youngsters, feel Jaffna team owners". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[scroll.in-2] Scroll staff (19 October 2020). "Cricket: Gayle, du Plessis, Afridi among marquee names picked in Lanka Premier League draft". scroll.in. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[3] "Lanka Premier League's Kandy Franchise Get New Owners". News18. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[4] "Kandy Warriors records by opponents". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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Captains	Kusal Perera (2020–)
Coaches	Hashan Tillakaratne (2020–) Nuwan Kulasekara (2020–) Lanka de Silva (2020–)
Seasons	2020 2021

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