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LPL 2022: Here are what the squads for all teams look like

The player draft for the Lanka Premier League 2022 was successfully held on Wednesday as the five teams bid for the star cricketers. Before the Draft, all five franchises – Jaffna Kings, Galle Gladiators, Dambulla Giants, Colombo Stars, and Kandy Falcons have submitted their full list of retained players and direct signings for the upcoming season.

As per the rules, the franchises could retain up to six players, four local and two foreign from the previous year’s squad. They could also directly sign two local and two foreign players ahead of the player draft.

Lanka Premier League season 3 will start on 31st, July 2022. The venues for the tournament will be R. Premadasa International Stadium, Colombo, and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota.

The defending Champions, Jaffna Kings have retained their skipper Thisara Perera and Pakistan batter Shoaib Malik among other players. The direct signings of foreign players include Evin Lewis and Hardus Vilojen.

Dambulla Giants also retained their skipper Dasun Shanaka. Australian All-rounder Ben-cutting is one of the foreign signings for the Giants. Galle Gladiators have retained Sarfaraz Ahmed, Dhanushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis among others.

Kandy Falcons have made two crucial local pre-draft signings with Wanindu Hasaranga and Chamika Karunaratne. They have made two international signings in West Indian all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite and Australian spinner Chris Green.

The most expensive international players from the draft were Carlos Braithwaite, Dwaine Pretorius and Imad Wasim. All these players were in the ‘international ruby’ category with a base price of 60,000 USD. There were separate Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories for both international and Sri Lankan Players.

This is what the squads look like after the completion of the ‘ Player Draft’.

Galle Gladiators

Imad Wasim, Danushka Gunathilaka, Faheem Asraf, Dushmantha Chameera, Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Thushara, Pulina Tharanga, Janneman Malan, Qais Ahmad, Azam Khan, Sarfaraz Ahamed, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nimesh Vimukthi, Movin Subasingha, Nipun Malinga, Sachindu Colombage, Lakshan Gamage, Tharindu Kaushal, Shammu Asham

 

Jaffna Kings

Evin Lewis, Thisara Perera, Hardus Viljoen, Dhananjaya De Silva, Shoaib Malik, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Praveen Jayawickrama, Shahnawaz Dahani, Binura Fernando, Tristan Stubbs, Suminda Lakshan, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dilshan Madushanka, Nipun Dananjaya, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Theesan Vidushan, Theivendiram Dinoshan, Ashan Randika, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Kandy Falcons

Carlos Brathwaite, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Kamindu Mendis, Fabian Allen, Andre Fletcher, Isuru Udana, Dewald Brevis, Matheesha Pathirana, Ashen Bandara, Usman Shinwari, Ashan Priyanjan, Minod Bhanuka, Avishka Perera, Ashian Daniel, Malinda Pushpakumara, Janith Liyanage, Lasith Abeyratne, Kavin Bandara, Chris Green

Colombo Stars

Dwaine Pretorius, Angelo Mathews, Asif Ali, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Dinesh Chandimal, Karim Janat, Seekkuge Prasanna, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dominic Drakes, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Muditha Lakshan, Lakshitha Manasinghe, Kevin Koththigoda, Chathuranga Kumara, Navod Paranavithana, Chamod Battage

 

Dambulla Giants

D’Arcy Short, Dasun Shanaka, Ben Cutting, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chaturanga de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep, Tharindu Ratnayake, Sandeep Lamichhane, Tim Seifert, Haider Ali, Sheldon Cottrell, Pramod Madushan, Lasith Croospulle, Kalana Perera, Dilum Sudeera, Sachitha Jayathilake, Dushan Hemantha, Sasha De Alwis, Ravindu Fernando