SLPL postponed

Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday announced that the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has been postponed to next year.

Attempts to obtain the release of the Indian players were unsuccessful, causing a delay in the naming of the final composition of the SLPL teams which then had an impact on making related arrangements in an effective and timely manner.

Therefore, SLC and the SLPL Committee find that there is insufficient time to arrange a tournament of this magnitude this year, within the available window. It has therefore been decided, to postpone the inaugural version of the SLPL by one year.

The Inter Provincial T 20 tournament will however be held during this period as it was played in the past, with 5 provincial teams, to enable the winning team to participate in this year’s Champions League T20 tournament.