The 2024 Lanka Premier League, also known as the LPL 5, was the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. The league was organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket. The tournament began on 1 July and the final was played on 21 July 2024. Five franchise teams took part in a double round-robin league followed by a playoffs. Kandy Falcons, formerly known as B-Love Kandy, were the defending champions.
In the final, Jaffna Kings defeated Galle Marvels by nine wickets to win their fourth LPL title.
Background On 16 February 2024, it was announced that the fifth season of the tournament would begin on July 1, 2024, two days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Dambulla Aura was purchased by Imperial Sports Group, who renamed it Dambulla Thunders. But later, LPL terminated the Dambulla Thunders contract when its co-owner Tamim Rahman was arrested on match-fixing charges. Following that, Sequoia Consultants through DeSilva Holdings got ownership of the Dambulla franchise and renamed it Dambulla Sixers. Galle Titans changed to Galle Marvels after Cricket Marvels LLC owned by Prem Thakkar acquired the franchise. B-Love Kandy was terminated due to violation of contractual obligations and were replaced by Kandy Falcons.
Michael Clarke was announced as the brand ambassador for LPL 2024.
Matches at LPL 2024 featured two "power-blast overs", which would be the 16th and 17th overs of each completed innings, where a maximum of four fielders were allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
Player auction
The auction was held on 21 May 2024, where the five franchises were allowed to spend a maximum of US$500,000 each. The auction was held at Hilton Colombo.
Each team was allowed to have a squad of 20-24 players, inclusive of a mandatory six overseas players and 14-19 domestic players. Any money not spent from the pre-signing kitty could not be carried over to the auction. The teams also had a right-to-match option for their players, and the money for that had to come from within the auction kitty.
Bidding took place between two teams at any given time, with a third team allowed to join the bidding only once one of the first two teams had withdrawn from the process. An "accelerated" auction process occurred after the first 70 names were presented for bidding. This process saw franchises nominate 15-20 players, including unsold players, who would go under the hammer.
Players were categorised into two groups, capped and uncapped. Each capped player will be able to register themselves under base prices ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 in $10,000 increments. Uncapped players will be classed with a base price of $20,000 - those having played a minimum of 50 first-class matches; $10,000 - a minimum of 25 first-class matches, or a minimum of 18 matches in the LPL or any other equivalent T20 franchise league; and $5000 - those who do not meet any of the criteria mentioned above.
Matheesha Pathirana became the auction's most expensive player to be picked when Colombo Strikers bought him for a record price of $120,000. Afghanistan Karim Janat became the auction's most expensive overseas player to be picked at $80,000 and it raised eyebrows given Karim Janat is yet to establish and prove himself at international level.
Among the fresh overseas signings, Afghanistan allrounder Karim Janat attracted the biggest bid, going for $80,000 to Dambulla Thunders, a franchise under new ownership this year. Rilee Rossouw was another headliner, joining Kings for $60,000.
Squads Colombo Strikers Dambulla Sixers Galle Marvels Jaffna Kings Kandy FalconsCaptains Thisara Perera Mohammad Nabi Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Charith Asalanka Wanindu HasarangaPlayers Chamika Karunaratne Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk) Nipun Dhananjaya Shadab Khan Glenn Phillips Chamika Gunasekara Dunith Wellalage Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Angelo Perera Shevon Daniel Garuka Sanketh Binura Fernando Matheesha Pathirana Shehan Fernando Kaveen Bandara Isitha Wijesundera Muhammed Waseem Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Taskin Ahmed Kusal Perera (wk) Nuwan Thushara Dilshan Madushanka Dushan Hemantha Praveen Jayawickrama Mustafizur Rahman Ibrahim Zadran Lahiru Udara (wk) Akila Dananjaya Danushka Gunathilaka Nuwanidu Fernando Nuwan Pradeep Ranesh Silva (wk) Lahiru Madushanka Sonal Dinusha Mark Chapman Towhid Hridoy Reeza Hendricks Asanka Manoj Nimesh Vimukthi Chamindu Wickramasinghe Sachitha Jayathilake Maheesh Theekshana Bhanuka Rajapaksa Lasith Croospulle Alex Hales Tim Seifert (wk) Janith Liyanage Dwaine Pretorius Sahan Arachchige Lahiru Kumara Prabath Jayasuriya Sean Williams Zahoor Khan Malsha Tharupathi Isuru Udana Dhananjaya Lakshan Pasindu Sooriyabandara Sadisha Rajapaksa Mohamed Shiraz Kavindu Nadeeshan Mujeeb Ur Rahman Chamindu Wijesinghe Jeffrey Vandersay Yuri Koththigoda Kusal Mendis (wk) Avishka Fernando Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Azmatullah Omarzai Tabraiz Shamsi Rilee Rossouw Fabian Allen Dhananjaya de Silva Pramod Madushan Jason Behrendorff Asitha Fernando Vishad Randika (wk) Lahiru Samarakoon Wanuja Sahan Eshan Malinga Alex Ross Ahan Wickramasinghe Murvin Abinash Arul Pragasam Nishan Madushka (wk) Theesan Vithushan Nisala Tharaka Pathum Nissanka Angelo Mathews Dushmantha Chameera Kamindu Mendis Andre Fletcher (wk) Ashen Bandara Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Dasun Shanaka Ramesh Mendis Salman Ali Agha Dimuth Karunaratne Mohammad Hasnain Chamath Gomez Pavan Rathnayake Chaturanga de Silva Kavindu Pathirathne Lakshan Sandakan Sammu Ashan Mohammad Ali Kasun Rajitha Mohammad Haris (wk) Shoriful IslamHead coaches Carl Crowe Rangana Herath Graham Ford Avishka Gunawardene Piyal WijetungeSource: ESPNcricinfo
Venues R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy were selected as the venues.
City Colombo Dambulla KandyGround R. Premadasa Stadium Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Capacity 35,000 16,800 35,000 Matches1086
Standings Points table The top four teams qualified for the play-offs
League stage
In April 2024, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed the fixtures for the competition.
Play-offs
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics +Most runsRunsPlayerTeam400Tim SeifertGalle Marvels389Rilee RossouwJaffna Kings374Avishka FernandoJaffna Kings333Pathum NissankaJaffna Kings329Kusal MendisJaffna Kings Source: ESPNCricinfo
+Most wicketsWicketsPlayerTeam17Shadab Khan Colombo Strikers15Matheesha Pathirana Colombo StrikersWanindu Hasaranga Kandy Falcons14Isuru Udana Galle Marvels13Binura Fernando Colombo Strikers Source: ESPNCricinfo
Most valuable player (MVP) Total Impact PointsPlayerTeam566.8Wanindu Hasaranga Kandy Falcons505.8Dasun Shanaka Kandy Falcons477.2 Isuru Udana Galle Marvels463.5Shadab Khan Colombo Strikers442.2Rilee Rossouw Jaffna Kings Source: ESPNCricinfo
See also Colombo Strikers in 2024 Dambulla Sixers in 2024 Galle Marvels in 2024 Jaffna Kings in 2024 Kandy Falcons in 2024
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo