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Lankan Premier League 2022 schedule announced-all you need to know

The Lankan Premier League which is the flagship tournament is all set to host its third edition. According to the media statement on 12th July 2022, Lanka Premier League 2022 will commence […]

Jul 12, 2022 6:49 pm

The Lankan Premier League which is the flagship tournament is all set to host its third edition. According to the media statement on 12th July 2022, Lanka Premier League 2022 will commence on the 1^st August 2022 with Jaffna Kings, the reigning champions taking on Galle Gladiators, who were the runner-up of the year 2021 edition, in the first game.

The first 14 games will be played at the RPICS, Colombo, whilst the tournament will move into MRICS, Hambantota, starting from 13th August 2022.

The Schedule

DATE	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	VENUE
1^st August 2022	Jaffna	Galle	Colombo	Kandy	RPICS
2^nd August 2022	Dambulla	Jaffna	Galle	Colombo	RPICS
4^th August 2022	Kandy	Galle	Jaffna	Dambulla	RPICS
5^th August 2022	Kandy	Colombo	Galle	Dambulla	RPICS
8^th August 2022	Colombo	Dambulla	Galle	Jaffna	RPICS
9^th August 2022	Kandy	Dambulla	Colombo	Galle	RPICS
10^th August 2022	Kandy	Jaffna	Dambulla	Colombo	RPICS
13^th August 2022	Galle	Kandy	Jaffna	Colombo	MRICS
14^th August 2022	Dambulla	Kandy	Colombo	Jaffna	MRICS
15^th August 2022	Dambulla	Galle	Jaffna	Kandy	MRICS
17^th August 2022	Qualifier 1 ( 1 vs 2)	Eliminator ( 3 vs 4)	MRICS
19^th August 2022		Qualifier 2 (Loser QFI vs Winner of Eliminator)	MRICS
21^st August 2022		Final	MRICS

Note to Editors

Day Matches starts at 03 pm

Night Matches starts at 07.30 pm

Venues

RPICS, Colombo

MRICS, Hambantota

Team names

Jaffna –Jaffna Kings

Galle – Galle Gladiators

Colombo – Colombo Stars

Kandy – Kandy Falcons

Dambulla – Dambulla Giants

The Lanka Premier League, abbreviated as LPL, is a professional cricket league in Sri Lanka in Twenty Twenty format, which is contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan citieS. The league was founded by Sri Lanka Cricket in 2018. In August 2020, Ravin Wickramaratne , the Vice President of SLC was officially appointed as the director of the tournament.

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 coronavirus pandemic in 2019 , 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.