2020 Lanka Premier League

The 2020 Lanka Premier League will be the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka.[1] It is scheduled to start on 28 August and finish on 20 September 2020.[1] Five teams based on various Sri Lankan cities will play a total of twenty three matches. By the end of July 2020, 70 overseas players had shown their interest in playing in the league.[2] On 9 August 2020, names of the teams were revealed.[3] However, on 11 August 2020, SLC confirmed that the first edition of the tournament had been postponed until at least the middle of November 2020.[4]

2020 Lanka Premier League
DatesNovember 2020 –
Administrator(s)Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin league and Playoffs
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Participants5
Matches played23

Squads

Colombo Super Kings Dambulla Capitals Galle Lions Jaffna Sunrisers Kandy Royals
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References

  1. "Lanka Premier League to start on August 28". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. "Lanka Premier League: Irfan Pathan in pool of 70 foreign players for draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. "LPL T20 : 5 team names proposed". Newswire. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "Lanka Premier League postponed until mid-November". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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