Dambulla Viiking in 2020

Dambulla Viiking
2020 season
CoachOwais Shah
CaptainDasun Shanaka
2020 LPLSemi-finalist
Most runsDasun Shanaka (278)[1]
Most wicketsAnwar Ali (9)[2]

Dambulla Viiking (abbreviated as DV) is a franchise cricket team which competed in the inaugural season of Lanka Premier League (LPL). For the 2020 season, the team was captained by Dasun Shanaka and coached by Owais Shah.[3] Based in Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka, the team is owned by Bollywood film actor and producer Sachiin J. Joshi.[4][5][6] In the inaugural season, it changed its name from Dambulla Hawks to Dambulla Lions, and ten days later again changed its name to Dambulla Viiking.[7][8]

The team qualified for the semi-finals of this inaugural season of LPL after winning five out of eight matches, but lost to Jaffna Stallions in the semi-finals.

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  4. ^ "Sachin Joshi buys Dambulla team in LPL". Mumbai Mirror.
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  8. ^ "Another name change for LPL team Dambulla". 15 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.