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Lanka Premier League 2022- Final squads, signing amount, and everything you need to know

Five teams participated in the event and signed different players for the upcoming season, starting on July 31.

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The players' draft for the Lanka Premier League 2022 was conducted on July 5 virtually. Five teams participated in the event and signed different players for the upcoming season, starting on July 31. The event was conducted in 20 rounds with teams that could build a squad for a maximum of 20 players. Notably, every team signed five players each in the pre-draft round.

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The rest of the 15 players from every squad were signed during the drafts. These players were divided into different categories. First was Sri Lanka Ruby for which a player had to be signed at 60000USD. In International Ruby, the players were signed at the same amount. Another two categories were Sri Lanka Sapphire and International Sapphire.

In these categories, the players were to be signed at 50000USD each. After this, there were International 'A' and 'B' categories. In the first category, the players were signed at 40000USD while in the next one, the players were signed at 25000USD. The next categories were International Platinum and Sri Lanka Platinum. The players were signed at 15000USD each in these categories.

The next categories were Sri Lanka Gold and four parts of Silver. In other words, the Silver category is divided into four parts. In Gold category, the players were signed at 10000USD. On the other hand, in the four categories of Silver, the players were signed at 3000USD each. Talking about the squads, the teams have signed some good quality players of the shortest format.

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The tournament will start on July 31 with the league games to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. After this, the top four teams from the competition will head to MRICS in Hambantota for the Qualifiers and Eliminator. The final will be played at the same venue on August 21. Jaffna Kings, who won the first two editions, are the defending champions.

Have a look at the final squads for the third season

Player Category Colombo Stars Dambulla Giants Galle Gladiators Kandy Falcons Jaffna Kings
International RUBY –

Pre Draft/ 60000USD
Dwaine Pretorius D’Archy Short Imad Wasim Carlos Brathwaite Evin Lewis
Sri Lankan RUBY –

Pre Draft/ 60000USD
Angelo Mathews Dasun Shanaka Danushka Gunathilaka Wanindu Hasaranga Thisara Perera
International SAPPHIRE –

Pre Draft/ 50000USD
Asif Ali Ben Cutting Faheem Asraf Fabian Allen Hardus Viljoen
Sri Lankan SAPPHIRE –

Pre Draft/ 50000USD
Charith Asalanka Bhanuka Rajapaksa Dushmantha Chameera Chamika Karunaratne Dhananjaya de Silva
International DIAMOND ‘A

– Pre Draft/40000USD
Dominic Drakes Sandeep Lamichhane Janneman Malan Andre Fletcher Shoaib Malik
International DIAMOND ‘B’

– 25000USD
Fazalhaq Farooqi Tim Siefert Sherfane Rutherford Dewald Brevis Shahanawaz Dahani
International DIAMOND ‘B’ – 25000USD Naveen Ul Haq Haider Ali Azam Khan Chris Green Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Sri Lankan DIAMOND ‘A‘ –

Pre Draft/40000USD
Niroshan Dickwella Chathuranga De Silva Kusal Mendis Isuru Udana Maheesh Theekshana
Sri Lankan DIAMOND ‘B’ –

25000USD
Dinesh Chandimal Ramesh Mendis Lakshan Sandakan Matheesha Pathirana Binura Fernando
Sri Lankan DIAMOND ‘B’ –

25000USD
Dhananjaya Lakshan Nuwan Pradeep Nuwan Thushara Ashen Bandara Dunith Wellalage
International PLATINUM –

15000USD
Karim Jannet Sheldon Cottrell Safraz Ahamed Usman Shinwari Tristan Stubbs
Sri Lankan PLATINUM –

15000USD
Seekkuge Prasanna Tharindu Rathnayake Pulina Tharanga Kamindu Mendis Praveen Jayawickrama
Sri Lankan PLATINUM –

15000USD
Jeffrey Vandersay Pramod Madushan Nuwanindu Fernando Ashan Priyanjan Suminda Lakshan
Sri Lankan PLATINUM –

15000USD
Ishan Jayarathne Lasith Croospulle Nimesh Vimukthi Minod Bhanuka Sadeera Samarawickrama
Sri Lankan GOLD –

10000USD
Muditha Lakshan Kalana Perera Movin Subasinhga Avishka Perera Dilshan Madushanka
Sri Lankan GOLD –

10000USD
Lakshitha Manasinghe Dilum Sudeera Nipun Malinga Ashain Danial Nipun Dananjaya
Sri Lankan SILVER I –

3000USD
Kevin Koththigoda Sachitha Jayathileke Sachindu Colombage Malinda Pushpakumara Vijayakanth Viyaskantha
Sri Lankan SILVER II –

3000USD
Chathuranga Kumara Dushan Hemantha Lakshan Gamage Janith Liyanage Theesan Vidushan
Sri Lankan SILVER III –

3000USD
Navod Paranavithana Sasha De Alwis Tharindu Kaushal Lasith Abeyrathna T. Dinoshan
Sri Lankan SILVER IV –

3000USD
Chamod Battage Ravindu Fernando Sammu Ashan Kavin Bandara Ashan Randika
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