The SLPL stands for Sri Lanka Premier League. It is a professional Twenty-20 cricket tournament played in Sri Lanka and was deliberated to be the leading Twenty-20 tournament in the country. It was kept by Sri Lanka Cricket when it was reintegrated into the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 league. After the 2011 series got rescheduled, the first series was held in the year 2012. The 2013 and 2014 season was aborted due to operational issues and shortfall of funding. Check Here Lanka Premier League 2021 Teams Squad.
The Super 4’s Twenty-20 substituted the Sri Lanka Premier League starting from 2014. A new tournament called Lanka Premier League was later introduced and began its first series in 2020. The 2020 Lanka Premier League also known as My11Cricle LPL T20 for promotion purposes. It was the first edition of the Lanka Premier League in Sri Lanka. There was a total of five teams based on five different cities in Sri Lanka which had a total of 23 matches played.
Lanka Premier League 2021 Teams Squad
The Lanka Premier League 2021 is the second version of the Lanka Premier League Twenty-20 authorized cricket in Sri Lanka. It organized to be held from 30th July till 22nd August 2021. There will be no new squads in LPL 2021 and will proceed with the existent five teams which are Colombo Kings, Dambulla Viiking, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Stallions and Kandy Tuskers.
Let’s have a view of all the team squads:
Colombo Kings
Andre Russell, Angelo Mathews, Manpreet Singh Gony, Dinesh Chandimal; Isuru Udana, Amila Aponso, Ravinderpal Singh, Ashan Priyanjaya, Dusmantha Chameera, Thikshila de Silva; Jefferey Vandersay, Pht Kaushal, Himesh Ramanayka, Lahiru Udara, Kalana Perera, Navod Paranawithana; Tharindu Rathnayaka, Qais Ahmad, Laurie Evans, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Karim Khan Sadeq and Dammika Prasad.
Dambulla Viking
Samit Patel, Dasun Shanaka, Samiullah Shenwari, Niroshan Dickwella, Anwar Ali; Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Oshada Fernando, Paul Stirling, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Madushanka, Angelo Perera; Pulina Tharanga, Ramesh Mendis, Ashen Bandara, Kavindu Naveeshan, Dilshan Madushanka, Sachindu Colombage, Malinda Pushpakumara, Sundeep Tyagi and Aftab Alam.
Galle Gladiators
Hazratullah Zazai, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Danushka Gunatilleka, Akila Dananjaya; Azam Khan, Milinda Siriwardena, Lakshan Sandakan, Asitha Fernando, Shehan Jayasuriya; Nuwan Thushara, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Mohammed Shiraz, Chanaka Ruwansiri, Duvindu Tillakaratne; Sahan Arachchi, Chadwick Walton, Abdul Nasir, Ashan Ali and Waqas Maqsood.
Jaffna Stallions
Johnson Charles, Thisara Perera, Wanidu Hasaranga, Usman Shinwari, Shoaib Malik, Avishka Fernando, Suranga Lakmal; Dananjaya de Silva, Binura Fernando, Chathuranga de Silva, Minod Bhanuka, Mahesh Theekshana; Nuwandinu Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Kanakaratnam Kapilraj, Vijayakanth Vijayakanth, Thevendiram Dinoshan, Kyle Abbott, Tom Moores; Duanne Olivier, Prabhath Jayasuriya and Sebastianpillai Vijeyaraj.
Kandy Tuskers
Brendan Taylor, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Pradeep, Asela Gunerathne; Kamindu Mendis, Naveen-ul-Haq, Dilruwan Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Priyamal Perera, Dilruwan Perera, Kavisha Anjula, Priyamal Perera; Lasith Embuldeniya, Nishan Madushka Fernando, Lahiru Samarakoon, Chamika Edirisinghe, Irfan Pathan, Ishan Jayaratne; Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Munaf Patel, Sohail Tanvir, Dale Steyn, Vishwa Fernando and Kevin Kottigoda.
