Sri Lankan Premier League ( SLPL ) Teams and Captains Confirmed - Tournament Starting in July !

Sri Lankan Premier League ( SLPL )

Here is the list of teams with their respective captains

Wayaba Wolves - Mahela Jayawardena


Ruhuna Rhinos - Sanath Jayasuriya


Basnahira Bears - T M Dilshan

                                                    Uva Unicorns - Chaminda Vaas

Kandurata Kites - Kumar Sangakkara


Uthura Oryxes - Daniel Vettori
                                                                              
Nagenahira Nagas - Shaheed Afridi

The SLPL (Sri Lankan Premier League) will be a seven-team inter-provincial tournament played over approximately 18 days in July-August. The teams will play each other once, with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. All the games will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the winner of the tournament will qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.

The SLPL comes as a shot in the arm for Pakistan's cricketers who have been ignored by the lucrative IPL since the inaugural edition in 2008. Already Afridi confirmed that he has signed a three-year contract, worth US$35,000 for the first season of the SLPL, with the amount doubling in 2012. Among the other international players who are  taking part are Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, Daniel Vettori, Daniel Christian, Herschelle Gibbs and Kevin O'Brien, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul and Umar Akmal.

Sri Lanka Cricket have signed a five year contract with Singapore based organization “Somerset Entertainment Ventures” to organise and sponsor SLPL.