COLOMBO: The Lanka Premier League (LPL), the biggest tournament of Sri Lanka, is going to be launched on November 26.
The Lanka Premier League’s 2021 season has been delayed until November due to a lack of players, the nation’s cricket regulatory body announced on Friday.
“The Lanka Premier League 2021, which was expected to commence on July 29, 2021, has been rescheduled to be held from November 19 to December 12, 2021,” reads a statement issued by Sri Lanka cricket.
According to the statement, the league’s governing board decided to postpone the tournament in order to include “more players from leading cricket-playing nations” in the league.
“The Council made this decision after assessing that at least one similar premier league and several international tours will be played among the cricketing nations during August 2021, during the period, which the LPL second edition was expected to be played,” stated the statement.
When Sri Lanka Cricket announced the league’s launch last year, it also stated that August and September would be the dates of the competition.
Nevertheless, the league could not take place on the planned date, therefore Sri Lanka Cricket arranged the first competition in Hambantota from November 26 to December 16.
There are five teams in the event, each named after a different Sri Lankan city. The teams are Jaffna, Dambulla Viiking, and Colombo Kings.
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