Get to Know the Sri Lanka Premier League
Team Owners: Indian Cricket Dundee
Team Value: $4.33 million
Team Captain: Tillekaratne Dilshan
Team Coach: Duleep Mendis
Team Coach: Duleep Mendis
Sri Lankan Players: Nuwan Pradeep. Indika De Saram, Rangana Herath, Jeevan Mendis, Dhammika Prasad, Thilan Tushara
Overseas Players: Marlon Samuels, Dirk Nannes, Clint McKay, Tim Southee, Robin Peterson, Brad Hodge
KANDURATA WARRIORS
Team Owners: Number One Sports Consulting Private Limited
Team Value: $4.98 million
Team Captain: Kumar Sangakkara*
Team Coach: N/A
Sri Lankan Players: Sanath Jayasuriya, Kaushal Louckarachchi, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thisara Perera, Thilan Samaraweera, Kaushal Silva, Malinda Warnapura, Chanaka Welegedera
Overseas Players: Johan Botha, Misbah Ul Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Albie Morkel, Dane Vilas, Adam Voges
*Injury might rule Sangakkara out of the league. A new captain has not yet been announced.
NAGENAHIRA NAGAS
Team Owners: Varun Beverages Lanka Private Limited
Team Value: $3.22 million
Team Captain: Angelo Matthews
Team Coach: Shane Duff
Team Coach: Shane Duff
Sri Lankan Players: Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Sajeewa Weerakoon
Overseas Players: Ahmed Shehzad, Travis Birt, Elias Sunny, Imran Nazir, Ben Laughlin, Mitchell Marsh, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain
RUHUNA ROYALS
Team Owners: Pearl Overseas Limited
Team Value: $4.6 million
Team Captain: Lasith Malinga
Team Coach: Waqar Younis
Sri Lankan Players: Malinga Bandara, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Gayan Wijekoon
Overseas Players: Shahid Afridi, Aaron Finch, Ryan Harris, Richard Levi, Ryan McLaren, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Harris, Jerome Taylor
UTHURA RUDRAS
Team Owners: Rudra Sports Private Limited
Team Value: $3.4 million
Team Captain: Muttiah Muralitharan
Team Coach: Tom Moody
Sri Lankan Players: Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Udawatte
Overseas Players: Dillon Du Preez, Fidel Edwards, Imran Farhat, David Miller, Shakib Al Hasan, Brendan Taylor
UVA NEXT
Team Owners: Success Sports Private Limited
Team Value: $4.6 million
Team Captain: Chris Gayle
Team Coach: Naveed Nawaz
Sri Lankan Players: Dilhara Fernando, Thilina Kandamby, Seekkuge Prasanna, Upul Tharanga
Overseas Players: Abdur Rehman, Callum Ferguson, James Franklin, Hammad Azam, Andrew McDonald, Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul
WAYAMBA UNITED
Team Owners: Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited
Team Value: $5.02 million
Team Captain: Mahela Jayawardene
Team Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Team Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Sri Lankan Players: Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Chaminda Vaas, Kaushalya Weeraratne
Overseas Players: Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, James Faulkner, Brad Hogg, Coin Ingram, Kemar Roach, Tamim Iqbal, Umar Akmal
Woah, this is a really informative post! SLPL have totally changed the team names, a while ago they were like "Basnahira Bears", "Kandurata Kites", etc. Looks like they got a lot of negative feedback on those names, but still can't understand some of these team names like "Uva NEXT"! Oh well, we'll see if this is a success like the IPL or whether it's another one of those T20 leagues. :)
It is really awesome way to give entertainment to cricket lover as many Asian cricket boards are trying such as Bangladesh, Srilanka and in future Pakistan.