Lanka Premier League

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Lanka Premier League

The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL; Sinhala: ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීග්, Tamil: லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக்) is a professional franchise cricket league established in 2020 in Sri Lanka. Matches are played using the Twenty20 cricket format by five teams named after Sri Lankan cities.[3][4] The league was intended to commence in 2018, but repeatedly postponed by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).[5] The inaugural edition took place in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lanka Premier League
Tournament logo
Logo of Lanka Premier League
CountriesSri Lanka
AdministratorSri Lanka Cricket
FormatTwenty20
First edition2020
Latest edition2024
Next edition2025
Tournament formatDouble Round-robin and playoffs
Number of teams5
Current championJaffna franchise (4th title)
Most successfulJaffna franchise (4 titles)
Most runsAvishka Fernando (1,544)[1]
Most wicketsWanindu Hasaranga (72)[2]
Websitelankapremierleaguet20.com
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As of 2024, there have been five seasons of the tournament.[6] The current title holder team is Jaffna Kings, who won their fourth title in the 2024 Lanka Premier League by defeating Galle Marvels in the final.[7]

History

The first season of the league was initially planned to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018,[5][8][9] but this was postponed multiple times due to administrative issues within Sri Lanka Cricket.[10][11][12] In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, SLC announced the tournament would start on 28 August 2020,[13][14] with 70 overseas players showing an interest in playing in the league.[15] In August 2020, Ravin Wickramaratne, the Vice President of SLC was officially appointed as the director of the tournament.[16] After being rescheduled due to pandemic related restrictions, the first season began on 26 November 2020.

In May 2022, Samantha Dodanwala was officially appointed as the LPL tournament director.[17] The third edition was scheduled to take place in August 2022, but due to the ongoing Sri Lankan economic crisis and the resultant 2022 Sri Lankan protests, was postponed despite the player draft having already been held.[18]

Teams

Locations of Lanka Premier League teams

Current teams

Franchise history

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Franchise
(Owner)
City 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Colombo Colombo, Western Province Colombo Kings
(Murfad Mustafa)
Colombo Stars
(Softlogic Holdings)
Colombo Strikers
(SKKY Group)
Dambulla Dambulla, Central Province Dambulla Viiking
(Sachiin Joshi)
Dambulla Giants
(Qamar Khan)
Dambulla Aura
(Viranjith Thambugala)
Dambulla Sixers
(Sequoia Consultants)
Galle Galle, Southern Province Galle Gladiators
(Nadeem Omar)
Galle Titans
(Nayana Wasalathilake)
Galle Marvels
(Cricket Marvels LLC)
Jaffna Jaffna, Northern Province Jaffna Stallions
(Anandan Arnold; Rahul Sood)
Jaffna Kings
(Lyca Mobile)
Kandy Kandy, Central Province Kandy Tuskers
(Sohail Khan; Abbas Muni)
Kandy Warriors
(Ravi Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi)
Kandy Falcons
(Parvez Khan)
B-Love Kandy
(B-Love Network)
Kandy Falcons
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Organisation

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Player acquisition, squad composition and salaries

In the league's first three seasons, teams chose players using a draft system, having previously had the opportunity to sign a limited number of players directly.[20] For the 2023 season, an auction was introduced. Each franchise was allowed to directly sign two local players and two overseas players ahead of the auction. Each franchise operated with a salary cap of US$1 million, US500,000 of which could be spent on direct signings with the remaining spent in the auction.[21]

Governing Council

Sri Lanka Cricket, which is responsible for all elements of the tournament, established a governing council to administer the league. Members of the governing council include Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley de Silva. The marketing and organisation rights to the LPL were awarded to an Indian-owned Dubai-based company, Innovative Production Group (IPG), in 2020.[22]

Finances

The inaugural edition of the league reached a cumulative audience of 557 million through TV, digital-social media and traditional media.[23] According to the 2021 Annual Report of Sri Lanka Cricket, The league generated revenue of LKR334 million in 2020, LKR463 million in 2021, LKR839 million in 2022.[24][25]

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FranchiseValuation
Jaffna StallionsUS$3.98 million
Galle GladiatorsUS$3.82 million
Dambulla ViikingUS$3.54 million
Colombo KingsUS$3.44 million
Kandy TuskersUS$3.19 million
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Source: Newswire.lk, June 2021

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Revenue analysis
SeasonRevenue (LKR mil)YoY revenue growthNo. of matchesRevenue per match (LKR mil)YoY revenue per match growth (LKR)Revenue per match (€ thousands)YoY revenue per match growth (€)
20203342314.52266.788[b]
202146338.62% 2419.29232.85%85.766[c]28.42%
202283981.21%34.95881.20%90.953[d]6.05%
2023831[26](0.95%)34.625(0.95%)102.940[e]13.18%
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Criticism

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe raised the issue of the need to regulate Lanka Premier League franchise owners and sponsors during the parliamentary adjournment debate on Sri Lanka Cricket's expenditure for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Some of the 2023 Lanka Premier League sponsors included gambling companies and unauthorized foreign exchange trading platforms. Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe claimed that B-Love Network, the owners of the Kandy franchise, is banned in Sri Lanka.[27]

Tournament seasons and results

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Out of the five franchises that have played in the league, the Jaffna franchise has won three titles, while the Kandy franchise has won only one title. Jaffna Stallions won the inaugural season, defeating Galle Gladiators by 53 runs in the final.[28][29][30] The following season, Jaffna Kings beat Galle by 23 runs[31] and in 2022 defeated Colombo Stars by 2 wickets to win their third consecutive title.[32]

Finals

Team playing records

As of 17 July 2024
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Teams Mat Won Lost Tie & W Tie & L NR Win%
Colombo franchise 45 21 23 1 0 0 47.78
Dambulla franchise 45 21 20 0 2 2 51.16
Galle franchise 47 17 27 2 0 1 39.13
Jaffna franchise 48 30 17 0 0 1 63.82
Kandy franchise 45 21 23 0 1 0 47.78
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Source: CricInfo[33]

Notes:

  • Tie & W and Tie & L indicates the matches tied and then won by or lost by super over respectively.

Team's performance

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Season

Franchise
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Colombo franchise 3rd 4th RU 5th 4th
Dambulla franchise 4th 3rd 5th RU 5th
Galle franchise RU RU 4th 3rd RU
Jaffna franchise C C C 4th C
Kandy franchise 5th 5th 3rd C 3rd
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Records

As of 4 October 2024
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Batting Records
Most runs Avishka Fernando (Jaffna, Dambulla) 1,544
Highest score Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna) 119 vs Kandy Falcons (9 July 2024)
Highest partnership Kusal Mendis & Rilee Rossouw (Jaffna) 185* vs Galle Marvels (21 July 2024)
Most fifties Avishka Fernando (Jaffna, Dambulla) 15
Most sixes Avishka Fernando (Jaffna, Dambulla) 78
Bowling Records
Most wickets Wanindu Hasaranga (Jaffna, Kandy) 72
Best bowling figures Wanindu Hasaranga (Kandy) 6/9 vs Jaffna Kings (17 August 2023)
Fielding Records
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Niroshan Dickwella (Dambulla, Colombo, Galle) 30
Most catches (fielder) Wanindu Hasaranga (Jaffna, Kandy) 34
Team records
Highest total Jaffna Kings 240/4 (20) vs Dambulla Aura (11 December 2022)
Lowest total Dambulla Giants 69 (14.1) vs Jaffna Kings (13 December 2021)
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Broadcasters

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Country TV Channel Online Streaming
 Sri Lanka Monara TV
Star Sports 2
ThePapare TV
Dialog ViU App
PEO Mobile App
ThePapare.com
 Australia Fox Sports
 Bangladesh T Sports
 India Star Sports FanCode
 New Zealand Sky Sport NZ
 Pakistan A Sports Tapmad
 South Africa SytxSports.com
Rest of the world Monara TV YouTube
SLC YouTube
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See also

Notes

  1. Sri Lanka Cricket severed ties with B-Love Network.[19] Management of the team passed on to the tournament organisers, the IPG Group.
  2. exchange rate of 1 EUR = 217.4295 LKR used here for 2020 season.
  3. exchange rate of 1 EUR = 224.9337 LKR used here for 2021 season.
  4. exchange rate of 1 EUR = 384.3541 LKR used here for 2022 season.
  5. exchange rate of 1 EUR = 336.3600 LKR used here for 2023 season.

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