The fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League will get underway in Colombo today.
The season opener will see defending champions the Jaffna Kings taking on Colombo Strikers.
The game is scheduled to get underway at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo at 7.30pm.
Today’s opening game will be the first of the 24 games lined up in the LPL 4 right up to the final, which will take place on August 20 at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
But eight out of the total 24 games are also slotted to be played at the Pallekele International Stadium.
Jaffna Kings: Thisara Perera (Capt), Nishan Madushka, Asela Gunaratne, Pathum Kumara, Chris Lynn, David Miller, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ashan Randika, Charith Asalanka, Shoaib Malik, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Asanka Manoj, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Ratnarajah Thenurathan, Hardus Viljoen, Theeshan Vithushan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Dunith Wellalage, Zaman Khan
Colombo Strikers: Niroshan Dickwella (Capt), Babar Azam, Ifthikar Ahmed, Lahiru Udara, Yashodha Lanka, Pathum Nissanka, Nipun Dhananjaya, Lorcan Tucker, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Kavishka Anjula, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ramesh Mendis, Mohammad Nawaz, Angelo Perera, Movin Subasingha, Shashika Dulshan, Eshan Malinga, Naseem Shah, Matheesha Pathirana, Lakshan Sandakan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Wahab Riaz
