Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL)
Monday, May 9, 2011
, Posted by Harish at 12:25 AM
The 2011 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League will include seven teams in total representing the provinces of Sri Lanka, with two new teams Nagenahira cricket team and Uthura cricket team participating in the competition.SLPL Include 7teams and tournment about to star in this july and to be end in august,The teams will play each other once,Top four teams will qualify the semifinal.Now the information got is all the games will be played in premadasa stadium.Winner will be qualified for champions league Twenty20,Same as IPL maximum 4international players are allowed to participate in 11players.Sri Lankan national selectors and cricket authorities have agreed to blood as many youngsters and almost 70 Sri Lankan cricketers will be registered in the seven team tournament.Players will also be assigned to the various teams by the SLC national selection committee depending on the needs of each team. In this respect, SLC's approach differs from the IPL, in which teams were sold to franchises who then bid for players in an auction. Among the international playerswho will be taking part are Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle,Shahid Afridi, Daniel Vettori, Daniel Christian, Herschelle Gibbs and Kevin O'Brien.The BCCI has already stated it has no problems with the proposed league and that Indian players are free to take part aslong as there is no conflict with India's international or domestic schedule.The matches will be played at 4 pm and 8 pm on most days, although some days will see only an 8 pm game.
The 7 teams and their captains
1. Basnahira captained by Tillakaratne Dilshan.
2. Kandurata captained by Kumar Sangakkara
3. Nagenahira captained by Shahid Afridi.
4. Ruhuna captained by Sanath Jayasuriya.
5. Uthuru captained by Daniel Vettori.
6. Uva captained by Chaminda Vas.
7. Wayamba captained by Mahela Jayawerdene.






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