Jaffna Kings in 2024

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.^[1]

Jaffna Kings

2024 season
Coach	Avishka Gunawardene
Captain	Charith Asalanka
Tournament performance	Champions
Most runs	Rilee Rossouw (389)
Most wickets	Fabian Allen (10)
← 2023 2025 →

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Director	Ganeshan Vaheesan
Manager	Charinda Fernando
Head coach	Avishka Gunawardene
Assistant coach	Mario Villavarayan
Consultant	Hemang Badani
Batting coach	Jehan Mubarak
Bowling coach	Sachith Pathirana
Fielding coach	Vimukthi Deshapriya

Squad

• Sources: ESPNcricinfo,^[2] ThePapare.com^[3]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
28	Avishka Fernando	Sri Lanka	(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing
18	Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	—	2024	40,000
49	Alex Ross	Australia	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	20,000	Overseas
32	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	60,000	Overseas
	Ahan Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 24)	Right-handed	—	2024	5,000
All-rounders
97	Fabian Allen	West Indies	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	32,000	Overseas
72	Charith Asalanka	Sri Lanka	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2023	Retained	Captain
75	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	(1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	50,000
77	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan	(2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
	Wanuja Sahan	Sri Lanka	(2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	10,000
	Lahiru Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	13,000
Wicket-keepers
24	Nishan Madushka	Sri Lanka	(1999-09-10) 10 September 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	—	2024	10,000
13	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	Direct signing
	Vishad Randika	Sri Lanka	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
Spin bowlers
	Murvin Abinash	Sri Lanka	(2000-06-18) 18 June 2000 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
15	Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
	Theesan Vithushan	Sri Lanka	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	5,000
26	Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	Sri Lanka	(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Retained
Pace bowlers
65	Jason Behrendorff	Australia	(1990-04-20) 20 April 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	50,000	Overseas
	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka	(1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	40,000
40	Pramod Madushan	Sri Lanka	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	20,000
97	Eshan Malinga	Sri Lanka	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	13,000
	Arul Pragasam	Sri Lanka	(2003-11-06) 6 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024	5,000
	Nisala Tharaka	Sri Lanka	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000

Season standing

League table

The top four teams qualified for the play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	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

  denotes the winning team.
  denotes the losing team.

Date	Match No.	Opponent	Toss	Result	Man of the match	Notes
Group stage
2 July	2	Galle Marvels	Kings elected to bat.	Marvels won by 5 wickets	Alex Hales (GM)
3 July	4	Dambulla Sixers	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Avishka Fernando (JK)	[a]
5 July	6	Galle Marvels	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 5 wickets	Azmatullah Omarzai (JK)
6 July	8	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field.	Kings won by 30 runs	Pathum Nissanka (JK)
9 July	11	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 7 wickets	Dinesh Chandimal (KF)	[b]
10 July	13	Colombo Strikers	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 7 wickets	Rilee Rossouw (JK)
13 July	15	Kandy Falcons	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Jason Behrendorff (JK)	[c]
14 July	17	Colombo Strikers	Strikers elected to field.	Strikers won by 9 wickets	Shadab Khan (CS)
Play-offs
18 July	21 (Q1)	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 7 wickets	Dwaine Pretorius (GM)
20 July	23 (Q2)	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Kings won by 1 run	Kusal Mendis (JK)
21 July	24 (F)	Galle Marvels	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 9 wickets	Rilee Rossouw (JK)

Notes

1. Kusal Perera (Dambulla Sixers) scored his first century in T20s.
2. Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.
3. The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.