2024 Lanka Premier League
5th edition of Lanka Premier League
Cricket tournament
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| Dates | 1 – 21 July 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Sri Lanka Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Official website | Lanka Premier League |
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The 2024 Lanka Premier League is the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. The league is organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket. The tournament began on 1 July and the final is scheduled to be held on 21 July 2024.[1] Five franchise teams are taking part in a double round-robin league followed by a playoffs.[2] Kandy Falcons, formerly known as B-Love Kandy, are the defending champions.[3]
Background
On 16 February 2024, it was announced that the fifth season of the tournament would begin on July 1 2024, two days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[4][5]
Dambulla Aura was purchased by Imperial Sports Group, who renamed it Dambulla Thunders.[6] But later, LPL terminated the Dambulla Thunders contract when its co-owner Tamim Rahman was arrested for match-fixing charges.[7][8] Following that, Sequoia Consultants through DeSilva Holdings got ownership of the Dambulla franchise and renamed it Dambulla Sixers.[9] Galle Titans changed to Galle Marvels after Cricket Marvels LLC owned by Prem Thakkar acquired the franchise.[10] B-Love Kandy was terminated due to violation of contractual obligations[11] and were replaced by Kandy Falcons.[12][13]
Michael Clarke was announced as the brand ambassador for LPL 2024.[14]
Matches at LPL 2024 will feature two "power-blast overs", which will be the 16th and 17th overs of each completed innings, where a maximum of four fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle.[15][16]
Player auction
The auction was held on 21 May 2024, where the five franchises were allowed to spend a maximum of US$500,000 each.[17] The auction was held at Hilton Colombo.[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.[17]
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.[17]
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.[17]
Matheesha Pathirana became the auction's most expensive player to be picked when Colombo Strikers bought him for a record price of $120,000.[17] Afghanistan Karim Janat became the auction's most expensive overseas player to be picked at $80,000 and it raised eyebrows given Karim Janat is yet to establish and prove himself at international level.
Among the fresh overseas signings, Afghanistan allrounder Karim Janat attracted the biggest bid, going for $80,000 to Dambulla Thunders, a franchise under new ownership this year. Rilee Rossouw was another headliner, joining Kings for $60,000.[17]
Squads
Venues
R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy were selected as the venues.[19]
| City | Colombo | Dambulla | Kandy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | R. Premadasa Stadium | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
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| Capacity | 35,000 | 16,800 | 35,000 |
| Matches | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Points table
The top four teams qualified for the play-offs
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galle Marvels | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.059 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Jaffna Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.392 | |
| 3 | Colombo Strikers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.911 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Kandy Falcons | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.033 | |
| 5 | Dambulla Sixers | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | −0.513 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo
League stage
In April 2024, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed the fixtures for the competition.[19]
Dambulla Sixers 179/4 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Falcons 183/4 (17.2 overs) |
Kandy Falcons won by 6 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Dasun Shanaka (Kandy Falcons) |
- Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Jaffna Kings 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Galle Marvels 179/5 (20 overs) |
Galle Marvels won by 5 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Galle Marvels) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Strikers 198/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Falcons 147 (15.5 overs) |
Colombo Strikers won by 51 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Shantha Fonseka (SL) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Colombo Strikers) |
- Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
- Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.
Dambulla Sixers 191/2 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 197/6 (20 overs) |
Jaffna Kings won by 4 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Kusal Perera (Dambulla Sixers) scored his first century in T20s.
Galle Marvels 179 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Strikers 172/9 (20 overs) |
Galle Marvels won by 7 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) Player of the match: Isuru Udana (Galle Marvels) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Marvels 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 191/5 (19.4 overs) |
Jaffna Kings won by 5 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Azmatullah Omarzai (Jaffna Kings) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Strikers 199/9 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Falcons 197/8 (20 overs) |
Glenn Phillips 70 (43) Dushmantha Chameera 3/40 (4 overs) |
Colombo Strikers won by 2 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Shantha Fonseka (SL) Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (Colombo Strikers) |
- Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Jaffna Kings 218/5 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Sixers 188/8 (20 overs) |
Jaffna Kings won by 30 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) Player of the match: Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) |
- Dambulla Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Kandy Falcons 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Galle Marvels 176/4 (17.1 overs) |
Galle Marvels won by 6 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Shantha Fonseka (SL) Player of the match: Isuru Udana (Galle Marvels) |
- Galle Marvels won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Strikers 185/6 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Sixers 188/2 (17.5 overs) |
Glenn Phillips 52 (36) Mohammad Nabi 2/20 (4 overs) |
Dambulla Sixers won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (Dambulla Sixers) |
- Dambulla Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Jaffna Kings 224/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Falcons 230/3 (18.2 overs) |
Kandy Falcons won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Kandy Falcons) |
- Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
- Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.
Dambulla Sixers 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Galle Marvels 135 (19.4 overs) |
Dambulla Sixers won by 25 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) and Shantha Fonseka (SL) Player of the match: Chamindu Wickramasinghe (Dambulla Sixers) |
- Galle Marvels won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Strikers 188/8 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 190/3 (18.3 overs) |
Glenn Phillips 58 (32) Azmatullah Omarzai 2/31 (4 overs) |
Jaffna Kings won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Jaffna Kings) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Kandy Falcons 187/9 (20 overs) | v | Galle Marvels 188/2 (19.2 overs) |
Galle Marvels won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya (Galle Marvels) |
- Galle Marvels won the toss and elected to field.
Kandy Falcons 78/5 (7 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 79/6 (5.5 overs) |
Jaffna Kings won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Jason Behrendorff (Jaffna Kings) |
- Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.
Galle Marvels 148/9 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Sixers 148/7 (20 overs) |
Match tied (Galle Marvels won the Super Over) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Maheesh Theekshana (Galle Marvels) |
- Dambulla Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Super over: Dambulla Sixers 6/2, Galle Marvels 12/0
Jaffna Kings 109/9 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Strikers 112/1 (9.5 overs) |
Colombo Strikers won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Shantha Fonseka (SL) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Colombo Strikers) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Kandy Falcons 222/4 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Sixers 168/9 (20 overs) |
Kandy Falcons won by 54 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (Kandy Falcons) |
- Dambulla Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Marvels 138 (19.5 overs) | v | Colombo Strikers 142/3 (18.3 overs) |
Muhammad Waseem 50 (44) Sahan Arachchige 1/9 (1.2 overs) |
Colombo Strikers won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (Colombo Strikers) |
- Colombo Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
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Play-offs
| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 18 July 2024 — Colombo | 21 July 2024 — Colombo | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | Q1W | Winner of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 20 July 2024 — Colombo | Q2W | Winner of Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Q1L | Loser of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Winner of Eliminator | |||||||||||
| 18 July 2024 — Colombo | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Kandy Falcons | ||||||||||||
Eliminator
3rd placed team | v | 4th placed team |
Qualifier 1
1st placed team | v | 2nd placed team |
Qualifier 2
Loser of Qualifier 1 | v | Winner of Eliminator |
Final
Winner of Qualifier 1 | v | Winner of Qualifier 2 |
Statistics
Most runs
| Runs | Player | Team | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 100s/50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Pathum Nissanka | Jaffna Kings | 8 | 119 | 38.87 | 161.13 | 1 / 2 | 37 | 11 |
| Avishka Fernando | Jaffna Kings | 8 | 80 | 38.87 | 166.31 | – / 4 | 30 | 16 | |
| 291 |  Tim Seifert | Galle Marvels | 8 | 104* | 48.50 | 133.48 | 1 / 1 | 33 | 11 |
| 289 | Kusal Perera | Dambulla Sixers | 7 | 102* | 48.16 | 174.09 | 1 / 2 | 29 | 14 |
| 284 |  Alex Hales | Galle Marvels | 8 | 86* | 40.57 | 135.88 | – / 2 | 30 | 12 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo | |||||||||
Most wickets
| Wkts | Player | Team | Inns | Ovs | BBI | Ave | Eco | SR | 4W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Isuru Udana | Galle Marvels | 6 | 23.0 | 3/30 | 20.45 | 9.78 | 12.54 | — |
| 10 |  Shadab Khan | Colombo Strikers | 5 | 16.0 | 4/21 | 11.10 | 6.93 | 9.60 | 2 |
| 9 |  Zahoor Khan | Galle Marvels | 5 | 19.0 | 3/34 | 20.00 | 9.47 | 12.66 | — |
| 8 | Dasun Shanaka | Kandy Falcons | 6 | 17.1 | 3/20 | 17.37 | 8.09 | 12.87 | — |
| 7 | 2 Players | ||||||||
| Source: ESPNCricinfo | |||||||||
Most valuable player (MVP)
| Points | Player | Team | Mat | Runs | Wkts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431.0 | Isuru Udana | Galle Marvels | 6 | 124 | 11 | |||
| 352.7 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Kandy Falcons | 6 | 90 | 6 | |||
| 345.8 | Avishka Fernando | Jaffna Kings | 6 | 284 | — | |||
| 324.7 | Dasun Shanaka | Kandy Falcons | 6 | 64 | 8 | |||
| 320.1 | Dinesh Chandimal | Kandy Falcons | 6 | 237 | — | |||
| Source: ESPNCricinfo | ||||||||
Broadcasting
Monara TV is the official local TV broadcaster of the LPL 2024 edition in Sri Lanka.
- Monara TV
- Colombo - UHF 29 (535.25 MHz)
- Gongala - UHF 56 (751.25 MHz)
- Hanthana - UHF 60 (783.25 MHz)
- Gammaduwa - UHF 56 (751.25 MHz)
- Ratnapura - UHF 49 (695.25 MHz)
- Madolsima - UHF 56 (751.25 MHz)
- Nuwara Eliya - UHF 60 (783.25 MHz)
- Kurunegala - UHF 46 (671.25 MHz)
- Mathugama - UHF 32 (559.25 MHz)
- ThePapare TV - Dialog TV Ch no.63
- Star Sports 2 - Peo TV Ch no.40
- Monara TV - Freesat Ch no.28
- Radio
- Lakhanda radio - FM 93.5/93.7
- Online streaming
- Sri Lanka Cricket - Youtube Channel
- Dialog ViU App
- PEO Mobile App
- ThePapare Website
References
- ^ "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Lanka Premier League 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 31". India Today. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Dates announced for LPL season 5". ThePapare. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Dates announced for LPL season 5". ThePapare.com. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Sagar, Singh (16 February 2024). "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Dambulla franchise rebranded as Dambulla Thunders for LPL 2024". ThePapare.com. 21 April 2024.
- ^ "LPL terminates contract with Dambulla Thunders following owner's arrest". ESPNcricinfo. 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Team Owner of Dambulla Thunders arrested for match-fixing charges". ThePapare.com. 22 May 2024.
- ^ "New ownership takes charge of LPL's Dambulla franchise". ESPNcricinfo. 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Galle Titans Transform into Galle Marvels for the Exciting 5th Season of LPL". Sri Lanka Cricket. 6 March 2024.
- ^ "LPL 'unloves' Kandy franchise again". Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Back with a Bang, Here to Play and Slay". 22 June 2024.
- ^ "LPL 2024: All you need to know about 5th edition of Sri Lanka's T20 league". cricket.com. 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Lanka Premier League Welcomes World Cup Winner Michael Clarke as Brand Ambassador for 2024 Season". Sri Lanka Cricket. 26 May 2024.
- ^ "LPL 2024 to introduce 'power blast' in death overs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Introducing 'Power Blast Overs': The LPL 2024 will feature a thrilling two-over power play". Sri Lanka Cricket. 27 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "LPL auction:Pathirana returns to Colombo Strikers with LPL record US$120,000 price tag". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Lanka Premier League 2024 'Player Auction' gets underway at the Hilton Colombo". The Island. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Fixtures announced for Lanka Premier League 2024". ThePapare. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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