Kandy Falcons in 2024

The Kandy Falcons (abbreviated as KAF) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Kandy, Central Province Sri Lanka.^[1] The team was captained by Wanindu Hasaranga^[2] and coached by Mushtaq Ahmed.^[2]

Kandy Falcons

2024 season
Coach	Mushtaq Ahmed
Captain	Wanindu Hasaranga
← 2023 2025 →

Sri Lanka Cricket severed the contract with B-Love Kandy in May 2024 citing breaches of contractual obligations. Management of the team passed on to the tournament organisers, the IPG Group. The franchisee B-Love Network is a Dubai-based cryptocurrency business.

Squad

• Sources: ESPNcricinfo,^[3] ThePapare.com^[4]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages as of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
	Shammu Ashan	Sri Lanka	(1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 26)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
	Ashen Bandara	Sri Lanka	(1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	28,000
72	Andre Fletcher	West Indies	(1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
16	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	(1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	10,000
	Pavan Rathnayake	Sri Lanka	(2002-08-24)24 August 2002 (aged 21)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
Wicket-keepers
56	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	(1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 34)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	40,000
29	Mohammad Haris	Pakistan	(2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
23	Azam Khan	Pakistan	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	–	2024	50,000	Overseas
All-rounders
67	Salman Ali Agha	Pakistan	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 30)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000	Overseas
49	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	(1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 26)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Retained	Local Icon Player; Captain
69	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 37)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Retained	Local Platinum Player
21	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 25)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
25	Ramesh Mendis	Sri Lanka	(1995-07-07)7 July 1995 (aged 28)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000
7	Dasun Shanaka	Sri Lanka	(1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 32)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	84,000
	Chaturanga de Silva	Sri Lanka	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 34)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	30,000
Spin bowlers
85	Lakshan Sandakan	Sri Lanka	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 33)	Right handed	Left-arm wrist spin	2024	20,000
Pace bowlers
	Mohammad Ali	Pakistan	(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000	Overseas
5	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka	(1992-01-11)11 January 1992 (aged 32)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	Retained
71	Chamath Gomez	Sri Lanka	(2004-07-01)1 July 2004 (aged 20)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	5,000
87	Mohammad Hasnain	Pakistan	(2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 24)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	30,000	Overseas
47	Shoriful Islam	Bangladesh	(2001-06-03)3 June 2001 (aged 23)	Left handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	30,000	Overseas
	Kavindu Pathiratne	Sri Lanka	(2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 21)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
65	Kasun Rajitha	Sri Lanka	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	26,000

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
1 July	1	Dambulla Sixers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 6 wickets	Dasun Shanaka (KF)
2 July	3	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 51 runs	Shadab Khan (CS)	[a]
6 July	7	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 2 runs	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
7 July	9	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 6 wickets	Isuru Udana (GM)
9 July	11	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 7 wickets	Dinesh Chandimal (KF)	[b]
10 July	14	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 8 wickets	Prabath Jayasuriya (GM)
13 July	15	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Jason Behrendorff (JK)	[c]
15 July	18	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field.	Falcons won by 54 runs	Wanindu Hasaranga (KF)
Play-offs
18 July	22 (E)	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 2 wickets	Kamindu Mendis (KF)
20 July	23 (Q2)	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Kings won by 1 run	Kusal Mendis (JK)

Notes

1. Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.
2. Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.
3. The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.