Lanka Premier League 2023 Schedule Announced; Jaffna Kings And Colombo Strikers To Open Tournament On July 30

Lanka Premier League 2023’s opening match will see Jaffna Kings and Colombo Strikers clashing in the tournament which begins on July 30^th. Cricket fans may mark their calendars for the exciting event, which will take place across a number of weeks, now that the schedule has been made public. With the best domestic players, the league promises an exciting and competitive cricket season.

The event this year will consist of 24 matches, including the championship match on August 20.

This year’s opening two matches of the Lanka Premier League competition will take place in Colombo, but after that, the action will shift to Kandy, where many of the matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

But for the league’s final round, where it will also be held, as well as the knockout stage, the competition will return to Colombo. The final has also been scheduled for a backup date (August 21) in case inclement weather or other unforeseen factors interfere.

Lanka Premier League 2023 Schedule

The tournament’s double round-robin format sees each of the five teams—Jaffna Kings, Colombo Strikers, B-Love Kandy, Dambulla Aura, and Galle Titans—play each other twice before the top four teams proceed to the Playoffs.

The rules of the Playoff stage are similar to those of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In Qualifier 1, the top two teams compete. In the Eliminator, the third and fourth teams compete. In Qualifier 2, the winning team plays the losing team from Qualifier 1.

Dilshan Madushanka became the most expensive player bought in the LPL auctions with the three-time winners Jaffna Kings acquiring him for $92,000 in the accelerated round of the bidding war.

Here is the schedule:

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