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

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, […]

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

 

The Lanka Premier League 2021 is set to be held from December 5-23.

Lanka Premier League: Schedule

Sunday, December 5: Galle v Jaffna (7.30pm)

Monday, December 6: Dambulla v Kandy (3pm), Colombo v Galle (7.30pm)

Tuesday, December 7: Jaffna v Dambulla (3pm), Kandy v Galle (7.30pm)

Wednesday, December 8: Colombo v Dambulla (3pm), Kandy v Jaffna (7.30pm)

Friday, December 10: Dambulla v Galle (3pm), Jaffna v Colombo (7.30pm)

Saturday, December 11: Galle v Kandy (3pm), Colombo v Dambulla (7.30pm)

Sunday, December 12: Jaffna v Kandy (3pm), Galle v Colombo (7.30pm)

Monday, December 13: Galle v Dambulla (7.30pm)

Tuesday, December 14: Kandy v Colombo (3pm), Dambulla v Jaffna (7.30pm)

Thursday, December 16: Colombo v Jaffna (3pm), Kandy v Dambulla (7.30pm)

Friday, December 17: Jaffna v Galle (3pm), Colombo v Kandy (7.30pm)

Monday, December 20: Eliminator (3rd vs 4th, 3pm), Qualifier (1st v 2nd, 7.30pm)

Tuesday, December 21: Qualifier 2 (loser Qualifier v Winner Eliminator, 7.30pm)

Thursday, December 23: Final

Friday, December 24: Final – reserve day

Lanka Premier League LIVE streaming

As per multiple reports, you can watch live streaming of LPL on Sony Six/ Sony LIV in India.

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

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(with ANI inputs)

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