Lanka Premier League


The Lanka Premier League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Sri Lanka to be contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020. The league was founded by the Sri Lanka Cricket in 2018. Veteran cricketer Russel Arnold was named as the director of Lankan Premier League.

History

Background

Originally, 2018 was going to be the first season of the Lanka Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Sri Lanka Cricket in 2018. The season, which was supposed to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018, but later postponed to possibly next year. In April 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket tentatively set the dates of the first tournament to run from 8 to 28 September 2019. In June 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that they plan to hold the tournament in August 2020. The following month, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the tournament would run from 28 August to 20 September 2020. By the end of July 2020, 70 overseas players had shown their interest in playing in the league.

Teams