The 2021 Lanka Premier League also known as Wolf777 News LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the

Lanka Premier League The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL; , ) is a professional cricket league in Sri Lanka in Twenty20 format contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020. The league was founded by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 201 ...

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It took place from 5 to 23 December 2021. There were plans to increase the number of teams from five to six, but

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(SLC) confirmed that five teams would take part, as per the first tournament. In June 2021,

Charith Senanayake Charith Panduka Senanayake (born 19 December 1962) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and businessman. He played in three Test matches and seven One Day Internationals from 1990 to 1991. He also served as manager of Sri Lanka national cricket ...

was appointed as the chairman of the LPL Technical Committee for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In the same month, SLC agreed the termination of the

Colombo Kings Colombo Stars, formerly known as Colombo Kings, is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that competes in the Lanka Premier League. Ashoka Pathirage, a Sri Lankan businessman, owns the team. The team was supposed to b ...

and the Dambulla Viiking teams due to financial issues. SLC also confirmed that two new franchise teams would replace them. The following month, SLC also terminated the franchise of the

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. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be held between 30 July and 22 August 2021. On 9 July 2021, the tournament was rescheduled to be held from 19 November to 12 December 2021, due to unavailability of overseas players. On September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after changing owners. Jaffna Stallions also changed their name to Jaffna Kings later that month. On October 2021,

Kandy Tuskers Kandy Falcons, formerly known as Kandy Tuskers and Kandy Warriors, are a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), representing the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka which was founded in 2020 ...

changed their name to Kandy Warriors after announced as having new owners. On November 2021, Colombo Kings changed their name to Colombo Stars after being acquired by a new owner. On 23 December 2021,

Jaffna Kings Jaffna Kings, formerly known as Jaffna Stallions, are a franchise cricket team which plays in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). On December 16, 2020, the team won the inaugural Lanka Premier League 2020 Championship and are the current title hold ...

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, to win their second successive LPL title.

Squads

The player draft was held on 9 November 2021. On 29 November 2021, all the captains and coaches were confirmed.

Venues

R. Premadasa Stadium in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

and

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, also known as Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta ...

Hambantota Hambantota ( si, හම්බන්තොට, ta, அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri LankaThe prominent Malays (මැලේ) most part of the population is to be partly des ...

were selected as the venues.

Teams and standings

Points table

Match summary

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League stage

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Playoffs

Preliminary

Eliminator

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

External links

Series home at ESPNCricinfo
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