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Dambulla Sixers in 2024

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Dambulla Sixers
2024 season
CoachRangana Herath
CaptainMohammad Nabi
Tournament performanceLeague stage (5th)
Most runsKusal Perera (296)
Most wicketsDushan Hemantha (11)

The Dambulla Sixers (DS) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team was based in Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In May 2024, Dambulla Aura changed their name to Dambulla Sixers after having new owners.[1] In 2024 Dambulla team changed their name to Dambulla Sixers. The team was captained by Mohammad Nabi and coached by Rangana Herath.[2]

Squad

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  • Sources: ESPNcricinfo,[3] ThePapare.com,[4] Newswire.com[5]
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat. Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary
(US$)
Notes
Batters
80 Mark Chapman New Zealand (1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 30) Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 Direct signing Overseas
Nuwanidu Fernando Sri Lanka (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 25) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 34,000
17 Reeza Hendricks South Africa (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 35) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 Direct signing Overseas
77 Towhid Hridoy Bangladesh (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 23) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 Direct signing Overseas
18 Ibrahim Zadran Afghanistan (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 22) Right handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Direct signing Overseas
Wicket-keepers
55 Kusal Janith Perera Sri Lanka (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34) Left handed 2024 Direct signing
Ranesh Silva Sri Lanka (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22) Right handed 2024 5,000
Lahiru Udara Sri Lanka (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 31) Right handed 2024 14,000
All-rounders
4 Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 31) Left handed Right-arm off break, Right-arm leg break 2024 20,000
Sonal Dinusha Sri Lanka (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 23) Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 6,000
70 Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991 (age 33) Left handed Right-arm off break 2024 22,000
34 Dushan Hemantha Sri Lanka (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) Right handed Right-arm leg break 2023 Retained
Sachitha Jayathilake Sri Lanka (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27) Right handed Right-arm leg break 2024 Direct signing
Lahiru Madushanka Sri Lanka (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 32) Right handed Right-arm fast-medium 2024 20,000
7 Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 Direct signing Overseas; Captain
Nimesh Vimukthi Sri Lanka (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 27) Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 Direct signing
Chamindu Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22) Left handed Right-arm medium 2024 Direct signing
Spin bowlers
92 Praveen Jayawickrama Sri Lanka (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26) Right handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2023 Retained
Pace bowlers
98 Dilshan Madushanka Sri Lanka (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24) Right handed Left-arm fast-medium 2024 Direct signing
Asanka Manoj Sri Lanka (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27) Right handed Right-arm fast-medium 2024 Direct signing
63 Nuwan Pradeep Sri Lanka (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 38) Right handed Right-arm fast-medium 2024 36,000
90 Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29) Left handed Left-arm fast-medium 2024 Direct signing Overseas
53 Nuwan Thushara Sri Lanka (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 30) Right handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Direct signing

Administration and support staff

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Position Name
Head Coach Graham Ford
Mentor Sanath Jayasuriya
Assistant Coach Chamara Kapugedera
Bowling and Fielding Coach Anton Roux
Physiotherapist Dr. Dulan Kodikara
Trainer Chandula Liyanage
Senior Performance Analyst AR Srikkanth
Company Manager Tarun Kumar Gunja

Season standing

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League table

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The top four teams qualified for the play-offs

Pos Team Pld W L Pts NRR Qualification
1 Galle Marvels (R) 8 5 3 10 −0.059 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Jaffna Kings (C) 8 5 3 10 −0.392
3 Colombo Strikers (4th) 8 4 4 8 0.583 Advanced to Eliminator
4 Kandy Falcons (3rd) 8 3 5 6 0.033
5 Dambulla Sixers 8 3 5 6 −0.269
Source: ESPNCricinfo

Matches

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  denotes the winning team.
  denotes the losing team.
Date Match No. Opponent Toss Result Man of the match Notes
Group stage
1 July 1 Kandy Falcons Falcons elected to field. Falcons won by 6 wickets Dasun Shanaka (KF)
3 July 4 Jaffna Kings Kings elected to bowl. Kings won by 4 wickets Avishka Fernando (JK) [a]
6 July 8 Jaffna Kings Sixers elected to field. Kings won by 30 runs Pathum Nissanka (JK)
7 July 10 Colombo Strikers Sixers elected to field. Sixers won by 8 wickets Kusal Perera (DS)
9 July 12 Galle Marvels Marvels elected to field. Sixers won by 25 runs Chamindu Wickramasinghe (DS)
14 July 16 Galle Marvels Sixers elected to field Marvels won by super over Maheesh Theekshana (GM)
15 July 18 Kandy Falcons Sixers elected to field. Falcons won by 54 runs Wanindu Hasaranga (KF)
16 July 20 Colombo Strikers Strikers elected to field. Sixers won by 28 runs Mohammad Nabi (DS)

Notes

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  1. ^ Kusal Perera (Dambulla Sixers) scored his first century in T20s.

References

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  1. ^ "Dambulla franchise rebranded as Dambulla Thunders for LPL 2024". ThePapare. 21 April 2024. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare.com. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ "LPL 2024 begins on July 1st : Final squads announced". Newswire.com. 26 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.