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LPL: The nod that sustained the selection of players

15 November, 2020
Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Lasith Malinga, Kusal Perera and Angelo Mathews
Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Lasith Malinga, Kusal Perera and Angelo Mathews

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) cricket tournament which is scheduled to begin at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium (MRICS) in Hambantota on November 26 will feature five teams, with each side having the luxury of acquiring 20 players.

Sri Lanka Cricket took steps to nominate a local brand of unique players called ‘Local Icon’ for each team with the honours given to Dasun Shanaka for Dambulla Hawks, Kusal Perera for Kandy Tuskers, Angelo Mathews for Colombo Kings, Lasith Malinga for Galle Gladiators and Thisara Perera for Jaffna Stallions and they will lead each team accordingly.

Apart from that appointment, all 19 players had the sole right to get selected to each team.

The team owners had the luxury to add four more additional players to their named squad of 16 for a total number of 20 players for each full squad.

The 20 players are made up of 14 local players and six foreign players. But only four foreign players will be allowed to play in the starting XI in the tournament at a time.

However, these players were selected according to the procedure by which the total number of 20 players per each total squad to be divided. Accordingly the selection of the entire squad was divided into eight main categories.

Which is: One Icon Player (Local), six players out of the Marquee Overseas Player, Gold Overseas Players and Classic Overseas Players, four Gold Local Players, three Classic Local Players, two Emerging Local Players and four Supplementary Local Players making a total of 20 players for each side.

Sri Lanka Cricket selected 30 overseas players and 70 talented local players from national and local tournaments for the Lanka Premier League.

For each squad the local players were selected from five categories.

There were five players under the Local Icon, 20 players under the Local Gold, 15 players under the Local Classic, 10 players under the Local Emerging and 20 players under the Local Supplementary categories.

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