The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL; , ) is a professional
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
league in
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 ...
in
Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
format contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020. The league was founded by
Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Sports as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national spo ...
(SLC) in 2018.
In August 2020,
Ravin Wickramaratne, the Vice President of SLC was officially appointed as the director of the tournament.
History
Background
Originally, the first season was supposed to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018,
but postponed multiple times due to administrative issues within SLC. In June 2020, amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, SLC announced the tournament would start on 28 August 2020, with 70 overseas players showing interest in playing in the league. After being rescheduled many times due to restrictions for the pandemic, the first season began on 26 November 2020.
2021 onwards
Lanka Premier League second edition dates announced; it will start on 30 July and the final to be played on 22 August 2021. This was later pushed back to a start date of 19 November 2021.
The third edition was scheduled to take place in August 2022. However, due to the ongoing
Sri Lankan economic crisis and the resultant
2022 Sri Lankan protests
The 2022 Sri Lankan protests ( si, අරගලය, translit=Aragalaya, lit=Struggle), are mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government has been criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, ...
, the tournament was postponed. Despite the player draft being held, the rights holder of the tournament the Innovative Production Group was unwilling to go ahead with the schedule due to the prevailing economic situation at the time.
Teams
Current teams
Defunct teams
Finances
The inaugural edition of the league reached a cumulative audience of 557 million through TV, digital-social media and traditional media.
Tournament season and results
Out of the five teams that have played in the Lanka Premier League only one team has won the competition twice.
Jaffna Stallions
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 ho ...
became the champion for the inaugural season of Lanka Premier League who defeated
Galle Gladiators
Galle Gladiators are a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Lanka Premier League, Sri Lanka and representing the city of Galle, Southern Province. Nadeem Omar, who owns the Quetta Gladiators in Paki ...
by 53 runs in the
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
of the
inaugural season.
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 ...
beat
Galle Gladiators
Galle Gladiators are a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Lanka Premier League, Sri Lanka and representing the city of Galle, Southern Province. Nadeem Omar, who owns the Quetta Gladiators in Paki ...
by 23 runs in
the final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
, to win their second successive LPL title.
Season results
Team records
Notes:
* Tie & W and Tie & L indicates the matches tied and then won by or lost by ''
Super over'' respectively.
* The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.
Team's performance
Records
Team records
Most runs in an innings
Fewest runs in an innings
Highest match aggregates
Lowest match aggregates
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Narrowest win margins (by runs)
Individual Records (Batting)
Most Career Runs
Highest individual score
Highest individual score against each team
Highest career average
Most 50+ Scores
Most centuries
Most Sixes
Most Sixes in an inning
Most fours
Most fours in an inning
Highest Strike Rates
Highest strike rates in an innings
Most Runs in a Series
Individual Records (Bowling)
Most Wickets
Best Figures in an Inning
Best Figures in an Inning against each team
Best Career Average
Best Career Economy Rate
Best Career Strike Rate
Most Maidens
Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings
Best economy rates in an innings
Best Strike Rates in an innings
Most runs conceded in a match
Most wickets in a season
Individual Records (Wicket-keeping)
Most career dismissals
Most dismissals in an innings
Most Dismissals in a Series
Individual Records (Fielding)
Most Career Catches
Most Catches in an Inning
Most Catches in a Series
Individual Records (Other)
Most Matches
Most Matches as Captain
Most Runs as Captain
Partnership Records
Highest Partnership by wicket
Highest Partnership by Runs
International Broadcasters
Source: ''Newswire.lk''
LPL Governing Council
The LPL is governed by the
Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Sports as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national spo ...
. Sri Lanka Cricket is responsible for all the functions of the tournament. Members of the governing council include Sri Lanka CEO
Ashley de Silva
Ashley Matthew de Silva (born 3 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in three Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1993. He is, , CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.
De Silva was born in 1963 in Colombo into ...
. The marketing and organisation rights of the LPL were awarded by Sri Lanka Cricket on the basis of bidding process. The present rights are held by an Indian-owned Dubai-based company, Innovative Production Group (IPG).
See also
*
List of Lanka Premier League captains
References
External links
Official Websiteof LPL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lanka Premier League
*
Cricket leagues in Sri Lanka
Professional cricket leagues
Twenty20 cricket leagues