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Lanka premier league 2024

The Lanka Premier League 2024 will start on July 1 and run till July 21 in Sri Lanka. Organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), as many as five teams will compete in a total of 24 matches in the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League.

B-Love Kandy, Colombo Strikers, Dambulla Sixers, Galle Marvels and Jaffna Kings are the five teams that will feature in Lanka Premier League 2024.

As per the Lanka Premier League 2024 schedule, each team will play the other side twice in a double round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings after all the league matches will qualify for the LPL 2024 knockouts.

The top two teams in the standings will clash in Qualifier 1, while the third-placed and fourth-placed teams will lock horns in the Eliminator.

The winner of the Eliminator will later face the loser of Qualifier 1 for a place in the LPL 2024 final.

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla’s Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium and the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo are the three venues that will host all LPL 2024 matches’-love Kandy are the defending champions of the Lanka Premier League after beating Dambulla Aura (now Dambulla Sixers) by five wickets in the 2023 final in Colombo Meanwhile, Jaffna Kings are the most successful team in the tournament’s history with three titles.

Teams and Players to Watch

Jaffna Kings

• Notable International Players: Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Fabian Allen (West Indies), Jason Behrendorff (Australia)

Key Domestic Players: Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Pathum Nissanka

Colombo Strikers

• Notable International Players: Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Taskin Ahmed (Bangladesh)

Key Domestic Players: Thisara Perera, Sadeera Samarawickrama

B-Love Kandy

• Notable International Players: Andre Fletcher (West Indies), Mohammad Haris (Pakistan), Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan), Agha Salman (Pakistan)

Key Domestic Players: Dasun Shanaka, Dinesh Chandimal

Galle Marvels

• Notable International Players: Alex Hales (England), Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa), Sean Williams (Zimbabwe), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan)

Key Domestic Players: Janith Liyanage, Lahiru Kumara

Dambulla Sixers

• Notable International Players: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh), Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Reeza Hendricks (South Africa)

Key Domestic Players: Kusal Perera, Nuwan Pradeep

Exciting Players to Watch

• Shadab Khan (Colombo Strikers): Known for his leg-spin and hard-hitting lower down the order.
• Rilee Rossouw (Jaffna Kings): A consistent performer in T20 leagues worldwide, bringing experience and explosive batting.
• Andre Fletcher (B-Love Kandy): The West Indian power hitter can change the game single-handedly.
• Alex Hales (Galle Marvels): An aggressive opener who has been successful in various T20 leagues.
• Mustafizur Rahman (Dambulla Sixers): The left-arm pacer is known for his exceptional death bowling skills.