LPL 2021: No Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews; Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Faf du Plessis picked in ‘Player Draft’

LPL 2021: Players Draft- The much-awaited LPL Player Draft for 2021 has been released. All the five Lanka Premier League franchises have given the name of 20 players across price tags. Sri Lanka T20I stars like Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva have been missing. Other big names — Minod Bhanuka, Dinesh Chandimal, Akila Dananjaya, Praveen Jayawickrama, and Sadeera Samarawickrama– have also missed out. However, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Faf du Plessis headline the player’s draft. Follow LPL 2021 live updates on InsideSport.in

LPL 2021- Player Draft: No Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews; Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Faf du Plessis picked

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LPL 2021 Players Draft- Each of the five franchises which include Colombo Stars, Dambulla Giants, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings, and Kandy Warriors have packed their teams with a host of explosive and international cricket stars.

Colombo Stars: Chris Gayle, Dushmantha Chameera, Ahmed Shehzad, Dilshan Munaweera, Mohammad Irfan, Al Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Pathum Nissanka, Lakshan Sandakan, Seekkuge Prasanna, Manpreet Singh, Gihan Rupasinghe, Lahiru Gamage, TM Sampath, Nuwanidu Fernando, Jehan Daniel, Malindu Maduranga, Nalin Priyadarshana, Dumindu Ranasinghe, Kanagarathnam Kabilraj

Dambulla Giants: Imran Tahir, Dasun Shanaka, Rilee Russouw, Chamika Karunaratne, Sohaib Maqsood, Odean Smith, Josh Little, Niroshan Dickwella, Nuwan Pradeep, Ramesh Mendis, Najibullah Zadran, Tharindu Ratnayake, Lahiru Udara, Sacha de Alwis, Muditha Lakshan, Kalana Perera, Sachitha Jayathilaka, Ravichandrakumara, Janith Liyanage, Chamikara Edirisinghe,

Galle Gladiators: Mohammad Hafeez, Isuru Udana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Mendis, Mohammad Amir, Samit Patel, Sarfraz Ahmed, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Anwar Ali, Pulina Tharanga, Nuwan Thushara, Lahiru Madushanka, Dlishan Madushanka, Ashan Daniel, Kevin Koththigoda, Mohommed Shamaaz, Suminda Lakshan, Angelo Jayasinghe

Jaffna Kings: Faf du Plessis, Thisara Perera, Wahab Riaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shoaib Malik, Usman Shinwari, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Avishka Fernando, Upul Tharanga, Chaturanga de Silva, Jayden Seales, Suranga Lakmal, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Chanika Gunasekara, Vijaykanth Viyaskanth, Theivendran Dinoshan, Ashan Randika, Rathnaraja Thanuradan, Krishan Sanjula

Kandy Warriors: Rovman Powell, Charith Asalanka, Cameron Delport, Lahiru Kumara, Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Islam, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Milinda Siriwardana, Amjad Khan, Ishan Jayarathne, Binura Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Ayana Siriwardana, Kamil Mishara, Nimesh Vimukthi, Udara Jayasundara, Shashika Dulshan, Kalhaa Senarathna

A total of 600 players, consisting of 300 overseas and 300 Sri Lankan players featured in the ‘Player Draft,’ which was organized virtually with the participation of five franchise owners and the SLC officials. The draft consisted of 20 rounds, covering several player categories, such as ‘Local and Overseas Icon Player’, ‘Local and Overseas Diamond Player’, ‘Local and Overseas Gold Player’, and ‘Local and Overseas Classic Player’. And there was also the ‘Local Emerging’ and ‘Supplementary Local’ rounds focusing on selecting Sri Lanka’s young talent.

LPL 2021 Players Draft 2021

		Dambulla Giants	Galle Gladiators	Colombo Stars	Jaffna Kings	Kandy Warriors
1	Icon Overseas USD 60,000	Imran Tahir	M. Hafeez	Chris Gayle	Faf Duplessis	Rovman Pawell
2	Icon Local USD 60,000	Dasun Shanaka	Isuru Udana	Dushmantha Chameera	Thissara Perera	Charith Asalanka
3	Diamond Overseas USD 50,000	Rilee Roscoe Rossouw	Tabraiz Shamsi	Ahmed Shehzad	Wahab Riaz	Cameron Delport
4	Diamond Local USD 50,000	Chamika Karunaratne	Kusal Mendis	Dilshan Munaweera	Wanindu Hasarnga	Lahiru Kumara
5	Gold Overseas – A USD 40,000	Sohaib Maqsood	M. Amir	Mohammad Irfan	Shoaib Malik	Mohammad Mithun
6	Gold Overseas – B USD 25,000	Odean Smith	Samit Patel	Al Amin Hossain	Usman Shinwari	Nazmul Islam Apu
7	Gold Overseas – B USD 25,000	Josh Little	Sarfaraz Ahmad	Taskin Ahmed	Rahmanulla Gurbaz	Mehendi Hasan Rana
8	Gold Local – A USD 40,000	Niroshan Dickwella	Danushka Gunathilaka	Pathum Nissanka	Avishka Fernando	Angelo Perera
9	Gold Local – B USD 25,000	Nuwan Pradeep	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Lakshan Sandakan	Upul Tharanga	Asela Gunarathne
10	Gold Local – B USD 25,000	Ramesh Mendis	Dananjaya Lakshan	Seekkuge Prassanna	Chaturanga De Silva	Milinda Siriwardana
11	Classic Overseas USD 15,000	Najibullah Zadran	Anwar Ali	Manpreet Singh	Jayden Seales	Amjad Khan
12	Classic Local USD 15,000	Tharindu Ratnayake	Pulina Tharanga	Gihan Rupasinghe	Suranga Lakmal	Ishan Jayarathne
13	Classic Local USD 15,000	Lahiru Udara	Nuwan Thushara	Lahiru Gamage	Ashan Bandara	Binura Fernando
14	Classic Local USD 15,000	Sacha De Alwis Senavirathne	Lahiru Madushanka	T. N. Sampath	Maheesh Theekshana	Kamindu Mendis
15	Emerging Local USD 10,000	Muditha Lakshan	Dilshan Madhushanka	Nuwanidu Fernando	Chamika Gunasekara	Kamil Mishara
16	Emerging Local USD 10,000	Kalana Perera	Ashian Daniel	Jehan Daniel	Vijaykanth Viyaskanth	Ayana Siriwardana
17	Supplementary Local I USD 3,000	Sachitha Jayathilaka	Kevin Koththigoda	Malindu Maduranga	Theivendram Dinoshan	Nimesh Vimukthi
18	Supplementary Local II USD 3,000	Ravichandrakumar Madushan	Mohommed Shamaaz	Nalin Priyadarshana	Ashan Randika	Udara Jayasundara
19	Supplementary Local III USD 3,000	Janith Liyanage	Suminda Lakshan	Hshan Dumindu	Rathnaraja Thanuradan	Shashika Dulshan
20	Supplementary Local IV USD 3,000	Chamikara Edirishenghe	Angelo Jayasinghe	Kanagarathnam KabilRaj	Kishan Sanjula	Kalhara Senarathna