The Five Teams of the LPL

Five teams will participate in this year's Lanka Premier League. Among these, two teams include multiple Bangladeshi players. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the full squads of the five franchises today (June 25).

The 5th season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will start on July 1, in three cities: Kandy, Dambulla, and Colombo.

Dambulla Sixers feature several Bangladeshi players. Mustafizur Rahman and Towhid Hridoy will represent this franchise. The Colombo Strikers squad includes Bangladeshi player Taskin Ahmed.

Both Dambulla Sixers and Galle Marvels have 23 players each in their squads. The largest squad, with 24 members, belongs to Jaffna Kings. Taskin's Colombo Strikers have a team of 20 players. B-Love Kandy has included 21 players for the upcoming season.

 Dambulla Sixers Squad:
Kusal Janith Perera, Dushan Hemanta, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Mustafizur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran, Lahiru Udara, Akila Dananjaya, Danushka Gunathilaka, Nuwanindu Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep, Ramesh Silva, Lahiru Madushanka, Sonal Dinusha, Reeza Hendricks, Mark Chapman, Sachitha Jayathilake, Towhid Hridoy, Nimesh Vimukthi, Mohammad Nabi, Asanka Manoj, and Chamindu Wickramasinghe.

Colombo Strikers Squad:
Thisara Perera, Chamika Karunaratne, Nipun Dhananjaya, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Shadab Khan, Glenn Phillips, Chamika Gunasekera, Dunith Wellalage, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Taskin Ahmed, Angelo Perera, Shevon Daniel, Binura Fernando, Garuka Sanketh, Mathisha Pathirana, Shehan Fernando, Kavindu Bandara, Isitha Wijesundara, Mohammad Wasim, and Allah Ghazanfar.

#### Galle Marvels Squad:
Niroshan Dickwella, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lasith Crospulle, Maheesh Theekshana, Tim Seifert, Alex Hales, Janith Liyanage, Dwaine Pretorius, Sahan Arachchige, Lahiru Kumara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Sean Williams, Zahoor Khan, Malsha Tharupathi, Sadisha Rajapaksa, Mohammad Siraj, Isuru Udana, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Pasindu Suriya Bandara, Kavindu Nadeshan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chamindu Wijesinghe, and Jeffrey Vandersay.

#### B-Love Kandy Squad:
Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Haris, Ashen Bandara, Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka, Ramesh Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Mohammad Hasnain, Pawan Ratnayake, Chamath Gomez, Chaturanga De Silva, Kavindu Pathiratne, Lakshan Sandakan, Sammoo Ashan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Ali, and Kasun Rajitha.

#### Jaffna Kings Squad:
Charith Asalanka, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Rilee Rossouw, Fabian Allen, Dhananjaya De Silva, Pramod Madushan, Jason Behrendorff, Asitha Fernando, Vishad Randika, Lahiru Samarakoon, Ishan Malinga, Alex Ross, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Vanuja Sahan, Marvin Abhinash, Arul Pragasam, Pathum Nissanka, Nishan Madushka, Thisan Vithushan, and Nisala Tharaka.