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The Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024 player auctions concluded at Colombo. This will be the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), a T20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. The league is organized by the SLC. It will begin on 1 July and the final will be held on 21 July 2024.
LPL is gearing up for its fifth edition this year as the Sri Lanka based franchise T20 league invited five franchises B-Love Kandy, Colombo Strikers, Galle Marvels, Dambulla Thunders and Jaffna Kings to participate in player auctions earlier today at Colombo.
A total of 420 players, including both Sri Lankan and international candidates, entered into the auction.
The Galle Titans are now the Galle Marvels and Dambulla Aura are Dambulla Thunder. B-Love Kandy, Jaffna Kings and Colombo Strikers remain unchanged.
In terms of the auction itself, it’s much the same as last year, except that now at least one local Under-23 player must be fielded in the playing XI.
Aside from that each team can have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 24 squad members, including a mandatory six overseas players, with players to be categorised as capped or uncapped. Capped players need to have featured in at least one senior match for their country in any format (Test, ODI, or T20I).
Last year’s inaugural event saw Dilshan Madushanka emerge as the most expensive purchase, with Jaffna Kings signing him up for US$ 92,000. That was nearly a fifth of their US$ 500,000 kitty, but don’t be surprised if that number is topped this year.
Teams will be given a purse of US$ 1,000,000. Half of that will go towards pre-signings, all of which have been listed below. Each team will then have US$ 500,000 each for the auction.
Colombo Chamika Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Nipun Dhananjaya, Shadab Khan, Glenn Phillips
Dambulla Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Dushan Hemantha, Praveen Jayawickrama, Mustafizur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran
Galle Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lasith Croospulle, Niroshan Dickwella, Maheesh Theekshana, Tim Seifert, Alex Hales
Jaffna Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad
Kandy Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Kamindu Mendis, Andre Fletcher, Kyle Mayers
Matheesha Pathriana is the most Expensive player of LPL 2024
Matheesha Pathirana in goes to Colombo Strikers for USD 120,000. Colombo Strikers used their right to match.Pathirana goes to Colombo Strikers for USD 120,000.
Isura Udana is the 2nd most expensive player of LPL 2024
Galle have bid US$ 100,000.
Dasun Shanaka is the 3rd most exepensive player of LPL 2024
Former Sri Lanka white-ball Skipper Dasun Shanaka also managed to rack up the big bucks as the defending champions B-Love Kandy signed him for USD 85,000.
Karim Janat 4th most expensive player of LPL 2024
Karim Janat, an Afghan all rounder sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 80,000. Afghanistan all-rounder Karim Janat was sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 80,000, becoming the highest foreign bid at the auction.
B-Love Kandy
Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Kamindu Mendis, Andre Fletcher, Kyle Mayers, Ashen Bandara, Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka, Ramesh Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Mohammed Hasnain, Chamath Gomez, Pawan Rathnayake, Chaturanga de Silva, Kavindu Pathirathne, Lakshan Sandakan, Sammu Ashan, Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammed Ali, Kasun Rajitha.
Colombo Strikers
Chamika Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Nipun Dhananjaya, Shadab Khan, Glenn Phillips, Chamika Gunasekara, Dunith Wellalage, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Taskin Ahmed, Angelo Perera, Shevon Daniel, Garuka Sanketh, Binura Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana, Shehan Fernando, Kavin Bandara, Isitha Wijesundara, Muhammed Waseem, Allah Ghazanfar
Galle Marvels
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lasith Croospulle, Niroshan Dickwella, Maheesh Theekshana, Tim Seifert, Alex Hales, Janith Liyanage, Dwaine Pretorius, Sahan Arachchige, Lahiru Kumara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Sean Williams, Zahoor Khan, Malsha Tharupathi, Isuru Udana, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Sadeesha Rajapaksa, Mohommed Shiraz, Kavindu Nadeeshan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Jeffrey Vandersay, Yuri Koththigoda
Dambulla Thunders
Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Dushan Hemantha, Praveen Jayawickrama, Mustafizur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran, Lahiru Udara, Akila Dananjaya, Danushka Gunathilaka, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep, Ranesh Silva, Sohan de Livera, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Asela Gunaratne, Lahiru Madushanka, Rusanda Gamage, Mithun Jayawickrama, Ayana Siriwardhana, Sonal Dinusha, Haider Ali, Santhush Gunathilaka
Jaffna Kings
Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Rilee Roussow, Fabian Allen, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pramod Madushan, Jason Behrendorff, Asitha Fernando, Vishad Randika, Lahiru Samarakoon, Wanuja Sahan, Eshan Malinga, Alex Ross, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Murvin Abinash, Arul Pragasam, Pathum Nissanka, Nishan Madushka, Theesan Vithushan, Nisala Tharaka.
Did Babar Azam go unsold in LPL 2024?
Star player Babar Azam was conspicuous through his absence. Information began to spread on social media that the Pakistan T20 captain had gone unsold, but in fact Babar had not registered himself for the auction.
Last season, he had been signed before the auction by Colombo Strikers, and played eight matches for them. However, he pulled out of the auction this year perhaps in order to get some time off. Babar has been in action almost continuously throughout 2024 for Pakistan and in the Pakistan Super League. After a gruelling T20 World Cup, it is understandable that he might want some time to rest.
List of Pakistan players picked in Lanka Premier League 2024 auction
Nine Pakistan players are set to participate in the 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL).Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris (B-Love Kandy) and all-rounder Shadab Khan (Colombo Strikers) were pre-signed while seven players were picked in the auction.
Colombo bagged Mohammad Wasim Jnr for $20,000 during the auction. Meanwhile, the Dambulla Thunders signed Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed and Haider Ali for $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.
On the other hand, Kandy added Azam Khan and Mohammad Hasnain to their squad for $50,000 and $30,000 respectively. Their Pakistani acquisitions continued with Agha Salman and Mohammad Ali, each bought for $10,000.
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