Lanka Premier League: Gayle, du Plessis, Afridi among star imports

The Lanka Premier League is scheduled to be played from Nov. 21 to Dec. 13 at two venues in Sri Lanka — Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.

Players will have to go into quarantine for 14 days on arrival and the 23-match Twenty20 Sri Lanka tournament.

Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis, Shahid Afridi and Carlos Brathwaite were among 23 star imports named on Tuesday for the twice-postponed Lanka Premier League, AFP reported.

Each of the five LPL teams is allowed up to six imported players and they have until Nov. 1 to fill any remaining slots.

West Indies’ Gayle and South Africa’s du Plessis are playing in the Indian Premier League which is currently taking place in the UAE.

The tournament was originally scheduled for August but was moved to Nov. 14 and then Nov. 21 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

which will be played with no spectators, has been reduced from three to two venues — Kandy and Hambantota — with the final on Dec. 13.