Sri Lanka Premier League
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| Countries |
 Sri Lanka
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|---|---|
| Administrator | Sri Lanka Cricket |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First tournament | 2012 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Current champion | Kandurata Maroons |
| Most successful | Uva Next (1 title), Kandurata Maroons (1 title) |
| Qualification | Champions League Twenty20 |
| Most runs | Dilshan Munaweera (212) |
| Most wickets | Jacob Oram (15) |
| TV |
Carlton Sports Network ESPN STAR Cricket |
| Website | slpl.lk |
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a proposed Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was intended to be the premier Twenty20 league in the country, held by Sri Lanka Cricket, replaced the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 competition.
After the 2011 season was postponed, its first season was held in 2012. The 2013 and 2014 seasons have both been cancelled due to organizational problems and lack of sponsorship. The 2014 Super 4's T20 will be the replacement.
In May 2011, Sri Lanka Cricket announced a new franchise-based Twenty20 tournament in the country, modelled on the Indian Premier League. The SLC signed a deal with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to organise the tournament. Seven teams were allocated, each representing a province. Somerset Entertainment Ventures have been given the rights to run the event for 15 years.
The first tournament was to be held at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo between 19 July and 4 August. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India refused to let the 12 Indian players selected in the tournament participate. Furthermore, allegations of corruption and incompetence by SLC and its handing over of the organisation to a previously unheard of Singapore-based Somerset Entertainment Ventures put the tournament in serious jeopardy. The tournament was postponed to 2012, with the former Inter-Provincial Twenty20 taking its place. Sandiip Bhammer of SEV blamed the Indian players' withdrawal for causing sponsors to withdraw from the competition.
In February 2012, SLC signed a renewed deal with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to hold the tournament in August 2012 at Colombo and Kandy, with the seven teams as originally planned. The BCCI has said that Indian players in the SLPL was a possibility. The SLPL's partnership with the MCC Spirit of Cricket initiative was similar to the MCC–DLF partnership in the 2008 IPL.
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