Lanka Premier League 2022: All you need to know
Jaffna Kings won the championship last year (Source: Twitter)
The third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will mark its arrival on December 6 with the clash scheduled between Jaffna Kings and Galle Gladiators and will be staged till December 23, the date of the final.
A league-styled competition and Sri Lanka's grandest T20 tournament, LPL, will see five teams - Colombo Stars, Dambulla Giants, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings, and Kandy Falcons - battle it out for the all-important trophy.
At the end of the league round which consists of 20 fixtures, one team will bow out, while the remaining four will enter the playoffs, comprising four games including the final.
The games will be played at three venues - Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele and R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Jaffna Kings will enter the tournament as the defending champions.
Sony Sports Network has bagged the television and digital rights of the tournament in India.
For the schedule of the LPL 2022, click here.
Squads of all teams participating in the league:
Jaffna Kings: Dhananjaya de Silva, Theivendiram Dinoshan, Binura Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Avishka Fernando, James Fuller, Praveen Jayawickrama, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Suminda Lakshan, Dilshan Madushanka, James Neesham, Nipun Dhananjaya, Thisara Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ashan Randika, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Shoaib Malik, Mahesh Theekshana, Theesan Vithushan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Waqar Salamkheil, and Dunith Wellalage.
Galle Gladiators: Anwar Ali, Sammu Ashan, Azam Khan, Sachindu Colombage, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwanidu Fernando, Lakshan Gamage, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Tharindu Kaushal, Nipun Malinga, Kusal Mendis, Mohammad Hasnain, Kusal Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Movin Subasingha, Pulina Tharanga, Nuwan Thushara and Nimesh Vimukthi.
Dambulla Giants: Tom Abell, Jordan Cox, Lasith Croospulle, Shevon Daniel, Chathuranga de Silva, Ravindu Fernando, Haider Ali, Dushan Hemantha, Sachitha Jayatilake, Lahiru Kumara, Lahiru Madushanka, Ramesh Mendis, Noor Ahmad, Kalana Perera, Pramod Madushan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tharindu Ratnayake, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza, Dilum Sudeera, Paul van Meerken and Chamindu Wickramasinghe.
Kandy Warriors: Lasith Abeyratne, Fabian Allen, Ashen Bandara, Kavin Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Carlos Brathwaite, Ashian Daniel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Andre Fletcher, Chamika Karunaratne, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Najibullah Zadran, Pathum Nissanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Avishka Perera, Ashan Priyanjan, Malinda Pushpakumara, Oshane Thomas, Isuru Udana, and Chaminda Wijesinghe.
Colombo Stars: Chamod Battage, Ravi Bopara, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, Dominic Drakes, Nishan Madushka, Benny Howell, Karim Janat, Kevin Koththigoda, Chathuranga Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Dhananhaya Lakshan, Muditha Lakshan, Lakshita Manasinghe, Angelo Mathews, Naveen-ul-Haq, Navod Paranavithana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kasun Rajitha, Romario Shepherd and Jeffrey Vandersay.
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