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2023 Lanka Premier League
4th edition of Lanka Premier League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2023 Lanka Premier League also known as Skyfair.news LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It began on 30 July and the final was held on 20 August 2023.[1] The tournament was played by five teams in three international venues.[2] The league was organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket.[3] Jaffna Kings were the defending champions.[4] This was the first Lanka Premier League season to feature an auction as the previous editions used to have the draft to choose players.[5]
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Due to change of ownership various teams changed names. Kandy Falcons became B-Love Kandy.[6][7] Galle Gladiators changed to Galle Titans.[8] Colombo Stars were renamed as Colombo Strikers.[9]
On 20 August 2023, B-Love Kandy defeated Dambulla Aura by 5 wickets in the final, to win their maiden LPL title.[10]
The total attendance in the 24 games was two lakh, the average attendance per game was 8,333.[11]
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Competition format
Each team can include a maximum of six international players in their squad. The five teams will play each other twice in the round-robin stage. Among them, the top four teams will advance to the playoffs.[12]
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Squads
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The players' auction was held on 14 June 2023. Prior to the auction, some big-name players signed contracts with the five teams. These players include Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shakib Al Hasan and David Miller.[13][14][15]
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Player auction
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The auction was held on 14 June 2023, where the five franchises were allowed to spend a maximum of US$500,000 each. The auction was held at Shangri-La Colombo and the likes of Wasim Akram and Angelo Mathews were available during the player auction.[16][17] Popular Indian cricket commentator Charu Sharma was invited as the chief auctioneer for the auction.[18]
Each team was allowed to have a squad of 20-24 players, inclusive of a mandatory six overseas players and 14-19 domestic players. Any money not spent from the pre-signing kitty cannot be carried over to the auction. The teams also had a right-to-match option for their players, and the money for that had to come from within the auction kitty.[19]
Bidding took place between two teams at any given time, with a third team allowed to join the bidding only once one of the first two teams had withdrawn from the process. An "accelerated" auction process occurred after the first 70 names were presented for bidding. This process saw franchises nominate 15-20 players, including unsold players, who will go under the hammer.
Players were categorised into two groups, capped and uncapped. Each capped player will be able to register themselves under base prices ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 in $10,000 increments. Uncapped players will be classed with a base price of $20,000 - those having played a minimum of 50 first-class matches; $10,000 - a minimum of 25 first-class matches, or a minimum of 18 matches in the LPL or any other equivalent T20 franchise league; and $5000 - those who do not meet any of the criteria mentioned above.[14]
Dilshan Madushanka became the auction's most expensive player to be picked when Jaffna Kings bought him for a record price of $92,000.[20][21] New Zealand's Chad Bowes became the auction's most expensive overseas player to be picked at $58,000 and it raised eyebrows given Bowes is yet to establish and prove himself at international level.[20]
It was reported that some prominent overseas players including the likes of Rassie van der Dussen were not picked by any of the franchise owners due to the said players being signed up by rival franchise T20 leagues such as Global T20 Canada which are also set to clash with LPL during the same time period.[20]
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Venues
R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy were selected as the venues.[22]
Standings
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
- The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advance to Qualifier 1
- Advance to Eliminator
Fixtures
Jaffna Kings 173/5 (20 overs) |
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Colombo Strikers 152 (19.4 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Titans 180/5 (20 overs) |
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Dambulla Aura 180/7 (20 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over: Dambulla Aura 9/1, Galle Titans 11/0
Colombo Strikers 157/6 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 130/8 (20 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Jaffna Kings 129/7 (20 overs) |
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Dambulla Aura 132/2 (16.2 overs) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Titans 180/5 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 97 (17.1 overs) |
- Galle Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Aura 156/6 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 160/3 (18.3 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Titans 117/9 (20 overs) |
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Jaffna Kings 120/2 (12.4 overs) |
- Galle Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Aura 192/6 (20 overs) |
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Colombo Strikers 182/4 (20 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Jaffna Kings 117/9 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 118/2 (13 overs) |
- B-Love Kandy won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Titans 188/3 (20 overs) |
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Colombo Strikers 189/3 (19.5 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Dambulla Aura 134/8 (20 overs) |
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Jaffna Kings 125/7 (20 overs) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
B-Love Kandy 203/5 (20 overs) |
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Galle Titans 114 (16.4 overs) |
- Galle Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Strikers 146/8 (20 overs) |
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Jaffna Kings 150/4 (14.3 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Titans 133/9 (20 overs) |
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Dambulla Aura 134/3 (17.4 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.
B-Love Kandy 178/8 (20 overs) |
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Jaffna Kings 170/6 (20 overs) |
- B-Love Kandy won the toss and elected to field.
Dambulla Aura 166/5 (20 overs) |
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Colombo Strikers 116 (19.4 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.
Jaffna Kings 89 (20 overs) |
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Galle Titans 90/3 (13.3 overs) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Strikers 169/9 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 160/8 (20 overs) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Dambulla Aura 162/7 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 142 (19.4 overs) |
- B-Love Kandy won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Strikers 74 (15.4 overs) |
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Galle Titans 75/2 (8.3 overs) |
- Galle Titans won the toss and elected to field.
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Playoffs
| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 17 August 2023 — Colombo | 20 August 2023 — Colombo | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Dambulla Aura | 147/4 (19.4 overs) | Q1W | Dambulla Aura | 147/4 (20 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Galle Titans | 146 (20 overs) | 19 August 2023 — Colombo | Q2W | B-Love Kandy | 151/5 (19.5 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Galle Titans | 123/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 17 August 2023 — Colombo | EW | B-Love Kandy | 157/7 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | B-Love Kandy | 188/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Jaffna Kings | 127 (17.2 overs) | |||||||||||
Galle Titans 146 (20 overs) |
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Dambulla Aura 147/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.
B-Love Kandy 188/8 (20 overs) |
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Jaffna Kings 127 (17.2 overs) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
B-Love Kandy 157/7 (20 overs) |
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Galle Titans 123/8 (20 overs) |
- B-Love Kandy won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
Dambulla Aura 147/4 (20 overs) |
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B-Love Kandy 151/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.
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Statistics
Most runs
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
- Source: ESPNCricinfo
References
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