Lanka Premier League

The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL)(Sinhala: ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීග්, Tamil: லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக்) is a professional cricket league in Sri Lanka in Twenty20 format contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020.[3][4] The league was founded by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 2018.[5] In August 2020, Ravin Wickramaratne, the Vice President of SLC was officially appointed as the director of the tournament.[6]

Lanka Premier League
CountriesSri Lanka
AdministratorSri Lanka Cricket
FormatTwenty20
First edition2020
Latest edition2021
Tournament formatDouble Round-robin and playoffs
Number of teams5
Current championJaffna Kings (2nd title)
Most successfulJaffna Kings (2 titles)
Most runsDanushka Gunathilaka (702)[1]
Most wicketsWanindu Hasaranga (28)[2]
TVList of broadcasters
Websitelplt20sl.com
Tournaments

History

Background

Originally, the first season was supposed to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018,[7][8][9] but postponed multiple times due to administrative issues within SLC.[10][11][12] In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, SLC announced the tournament would start on 28 August 2020,[13][14] with 70 overseas players showing interest in playing in the league.[15] After being rescheduled many times due to restrictions for the pandemic, the first season began on 26 November 2020.

Lanka Premier League second edition dates announced; it will start from 30 July and final to be played on 22 August 2021.[16][17] This was later pushed back to a start date of 19 November 2021.

Teams
Locations of Lanka Premier League teams

Current teams
Team City Debut Owner Captain Coach Icon Player
Colombo Stars Colombo, Western Province 2020 Ashok Pathirage (Softlogic Holdings) Angelo Mathews Ruwan Kalpage Dushmantha Chameera
Dambulla Giants Dambulla, Central Province 2020 Qamar Khan (HAMRO Foundation) Niroshan Dickwella Stuart Law Dasun Shanaka
Galle Gladiators Galle, Southern Province 2020 Nadeem Omar (Omar Associates) Bhanuka Rajapaksa Umar Gul Isuru Udana
Jaffna Kings Jaffna, Northern Province 2020 Subaskaran Allirajah (Lyca Group) Thisara Perera Thilina Kandamby Thisara Perera
Kandy Warriors Kandy, Central Province 2020 Ravi Gupta (Safexpay) and Pankaj Tripathi (Vernost Technologies) Angelo Perera Lalchand Rajput Charith Asalanka

Tournament season and results

Out of the five teams that have played in the Lanka Premier League only one team has won the competition twice. Jaffna Stallions became the champion for the inaugural season of Lanka Premier League who defeated Galle Gladiators by 53 runs in the final of the inaugural season.[18][19][20] Jaffna Kings beat Galle Gladiators by 23 runs in the final, to win their second successive LPL title.[21]

Season results
LPL season's result
Season Final No. of
teams		 Player of
the series
Venue Winners Result Runners-up
2020

Details

 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium,Hambantota Jaffna Stallions
188/6 (20 overs)		 Jaffna Stallions won
by 53 runs.
Scorecard		 Galle Gladiators
135/9 (20 overs)		 5 Wanindu Hasaranga
(Jaffna Stallions)
2021

Details

 Jaffna Kings
201/3 (20 overs)		 Jaffna Kings won
by 23 runs.
Scorecard		 Galle Gladiators
178/9 (20 overs)		 Avishka Fernando
(Jaffna Kings)

Team records
Teams Span Mat Won Lost Tie & W Tie & L NR Win %
Colombo Stars (Colombo Kings in 2020) 2020–present 18 10 8 0 0 0 55.55
Dambulla Giants (Dambulla Viiking in 2020) 2020–present 19 9 8 0 0 2 47.36
Galle Gladiators 2020–present 20 8 11 0 0 1 40.00
Jaffna Kings (Jaffna Stallions in 2020) 2020–present 21 14 6 0 0 1 66.66
Kandy Warriors (Kandy Tuskers in 2020) 2020–present 16 4 12 0 0 0 25.00
As of 23 December 2021[22]

Notes:

  • Tie & W and Tie & L indicates the matches tied and then won by or lost by Super over respectively.
  • The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

Team's performance
Season
(No. of Teams)		 2020
(5)		 2021
(5)
Colombo Stars SF 4th
Dambulla Giants SF 3rd
Galle Gladiators RU RU
Jaffna Kings C C
Kandy Warriors 5th 5th

Broadcasting

International broadcasters
TerritoryLicenseeLinear ChannelDigital Channel
 Sri LankaSupremeSupreme TVDaraz App Live
SonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 IndiaSonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

TEN Cricket

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 PakistanARY Digital NetworkA SportsARY ZAP
 United StatesWillow TVWillow Cricket
 United KingdomPremier Media S.à r.l.FreeSports
 Canada Willow TV Willow Cricket
 BangladeshK SportsT SportsRobi MySports & Toffee
SonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 AustraliaBeIN SportsBeIN Sports Kayo Sports
 Afghanistan SonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 IrelandPremier Media S.à r.l.FreeSports
   NepalSonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 BhutanSonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App
 MaldivesSonySony Six

Sony Ten 2

 SonyLIV & Sony Live App

Source:LPL 2021 Broadcaster

LPL Governing Council

The LPL is governed by the Sri Lanka Cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket is responsible for all the functions of the tournament. Members of the governing council include Sri Lanka CEO Ashley de Silva. The marketing and organisation rights of the LPL were awarded by Sri Lanka Cricket on the basis of bidding process. The present rights are held by an Indian-owned Dubai-based company, Innovative Production Group (IPG).[23]

See also

References
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