Sri Lanka is going to organize a Twenty20 cricket tournament
in August this year. The aim of organizing this Twenty20 based cricket
tournament is to imitate the success of the cash-rich Indian Premier League
(IPL).
The Sri
Lanka Premier League (SLPL) is going to commence from August 10 and it will
continue till August 31. It will conduct 24 matches which will be played in Colombo and Pallekele stadiums.
It was supposed to be held
In June last year but due to the unavailability of India’s top players who were on a tour of England in that period the organizers called off the
tournament. It is yet to know the name of the players who are going to be
featured.
There will be seven teams
which will be named based on seven different provinces. The names of the teams
are- Basnahira Bears, Kandurata Kites, Nagenahira Nagas, Ruhuna Rhinos, Uthura
Oryxes, Uva Unicorns and the Wayamba Wolves. Each team will have six overseas
players in their squad but they cannot use more than four players in the field
in a playing eleven.
They will later announce
the names of the participating players and the way of distributing them to the
seven provincial teams.
The schedule of the SLPL may create huge
controversy as it is going to be held few weeks before the World Twenty20 which
will take place in Sri Lanka on September 18.
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