Lanka Premier League

The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL) (Sinhala: ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීග්, Tamil: லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக்) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Sri Lanka to be contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020.[1][2] The league was founded by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 2018.[3] In August 2020, Ravin Wickramaratne, the Vice President of SLC was officially appointed as the director of the tournament.[4] The current title holders are the Jaffna Stallions, who won the inaugural season.

For the 2011 and 2012 T20 league, see Sri Lanka Premier League.

Lanka Premier League
LPL official logo
CountriesSri Lanka
AdministratorSLC
FormatTwenty20
First edition2020
Latest edition2020
Next edition2021
Tournament formatRound-robin and Knockout
Number of teams6
Current championJaffna Stallions (1st title)
Most successfulJaffna Stallions (1 title)
Most runsDanushka Gunathilaka (476)
Most wicketsWanindu Hasaranga (17)
TVList of broadcasters
Websitelankapremierleague.com

History

Background

Originally, the first season was supposed to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018,[5][6][7] but postponed multiple times due to administrative issues within SLC.[8][9][10] In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, SLC announced the tournament would start on 28 August 2020,[11][12] with 70 overseas players showing interest in playing in the league.[13] After being rescheduled many times due to restrictions for the pandemic, the first season began on 26 November 2020.

Teams
Locations of Lanka Premier League teams
Team City Debut Owner Captain Coach Icon Player
Colombo Kings Colombo, Western Province 2020 Murfad Mustafa (Faza Group) Angelo Mathews Rangana Herath Angelo Mathews
Dambulla Viiking Dambulla, Central Province 2020 Sachiin J. Joshi (Viiking Ventures) Dasun Shanaka Owais Shah Dasun Shanaka
Galle Gladiators Galle, Southern Province 2020 Nadeem Omar (Omar Associates) Bhanuka Rajapaksa Moin Khan Lasith Malinga
Jaffna Stallions Jaffna, Northern Province 2020 Anandan Arnold and Rahul Sood Thisara Perera Thilina Kandamby Thisara Perera
Kandy Tuskers Kandy, Central Province 2020 Sohail Khan (Sohail Khan International LLP) and Abbas Muni Kusal Perera Hashan Tillakaratne Kusal Perera
TBD Trincomalee, Eastern Province 2021

Tournament season and results
Main article: List of Lanka Premier League records and statistics

Out of the five teams that have played in the inaugural season of Lanka Premier League. 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.[14][15][16]

Season results
Season No. of teams Final Venue Player of the series
Winner Winning margin Runner-up
2020
Details		 5[17] Jaffna Stallions
188/6 (20 overs)		 won by 53 runs
Scorecard		 Galle Gladiators
135/9 (20 overs)		 MRIC Stadium, Hambantota Wanindu Hasaranga (Jaffna Stallions)

Team records
Teams Span Mat Won Lost Tie & W Tie & L NR Win %
Colombo Kings 2020–present 9 5 3 1 0 0 61.11
Dambulla Viiking 2020–present 9 5 3 0 0 1 62.50
Galle Gladiators 2020–present 10 3 7 0 0 0 30.00
Jaffna Stallions 2020–present 10 6 3 0 0 1 66.66
Kandy Tuskers 2020–present 8 2 5 0 1 0 31.25
As of 20 December 2020[18]

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)
Colombo Kings SF
Dambulla Viiking SF
Galle Gladiators RU
Jaffna Stallions C
Kandy Tuskers 5th

Broadcasting

Sony Pictures Networks (SPN), Sky Sports, and PTV have won the rights to broadcast the 2020 LPL. Independent Television Network (ITN) have won the local telecast rights in Sri Lanka.

International broadcasters
TerritoryLicenseeLinear ChannelDigital Channel
 Sri LankaITNVasantham TVSri Lanka Cricket official YouTube channel
SonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 IndiaSonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 PakistanPTVPTV Sports
Geo TVGeo Super
 United StatesWillow TVWillow Cricket
LiveNowwww.live-now.com
 United KingdomSky SportsSky Sports CricketNow TV & Sky Go App
 BangladeshK SportsT SportsRobi MySports
SonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 New ZealandSky SportSky SportFan Pass App
 AfghanistanRTARTA Sport Live
SonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 CaribbeanSportsmaxSportsmax Cricket Livewww.sportsmax.tv
 IrelandSky SportsSky Sports CricketNow TV & Sky Go App
 AustraliaLiveNowwww.live-now.com
 South AfricaLiveNowwww.live-now.com
 United Arab EmiratesEtisalatELifeSwitch TV
 CanadaATNATN Cricket Pluswww.asiantelevision.com
 Saudi ArabiaEtisalatELifeSwitch TV
   NepalSonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 BhutanSonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 MaldivesSonySony SixSonyLIV & Sony Live App
 EuropeLiveNowwww.live-now.com
 AfricaLiveNowwww.live-now.com
 South AmericaLiveNowwww.live-now.com

Source:[19][20]

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 awarded by Sri Lanka Cricked on the basis of bidding process. The present rights are held by a dubai based company, Innovative Production Group.[21]

See also

References
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  21. Tagore, Vijay; 2020; Ist, 19:42 (2 August 2020). "Indian-owned Dubai firm bags Lanka Premier League rights". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 21 December 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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