The 2022 Lanka Premiere League (LPL), Sri Lanka’s topmost domestic T20 league with an international flavour, is scheduled to kick off at 03.00 p.m. today (06 Dec), with two-time champions Jaffna Kings taking on the runners-up of the 2021 edition Galle Gladiators.
Meanwhile, the Colombo Stars will be facing the Kandy Falcons later today at 07:30 p.m.
The series will run till 23 December, with matches being played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy and the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
This is the third edition of the LPL Twenty20 franchise, which, although was initially scheduled to take place from 31 July to 21 August 2022, was postponed owing to Sri Lanka’s economic crisis.
A total of five franchise teams including Colombo Stars, Jaffna Kings, Galle Gladiators, Kandy Falcons and Dambulla Giants comprising talented local and international players will take part in this tournament.
The tournament’s first round will feature 20 matches and take place entirely in Hambantota before the competition moves to Kandy and then Colombo.
Qualifier 1 and Eliminator of the upcoming season will take place on December 21, while Qualifier 2 will be played on a subsequent day as there is no break for the teams and players in the knockout round.
The final of the 20-over tournament will take place on December 23 at the RPICS in Colombo.
Sri Lanka’s foremost and only 24-hour news television channel, Ada Derana 24, has acquired the official television broadcasting rights and digital broadcasting rights of this year’s hotly anticipated Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 cricket tournament in order to add a new experience to its viewers.
Accordingly, cricket fans will have the opportunity to watch all the matches of the LPL 2022 tournament, starting on the 6th of December live and exclusively on the Ada Derana 24 channel and on the Ada Derana youtube channel.
Ada Derana 24, which has come forward with domestic and foreign news as well as economic, social, literary, educational and business programmes, has taken another huge step forward for the people’s right to information.
This is with the Ada Derana 24 channel, which was hitherto only available on Dialog TV and PEO TV, now has officially commenced its terrestrial broadcast in the country.
Accordingly, by tuning your television to UHF 26 from Colombo, UHF 35 from Deniyaya, UHF 28 from Kandy, and UHF 35 from Matala, you can now watch the Ada Derana 24 channel.
Also, special programmes have been prepared for the viewers and cricket fans, with expert commentators in the field of cricket to be aired before the start of the matches and post-match discussions.
Those who prefer to watch the LPL matches online can do so by visiting the official Ada Derana YouTube channel and the official Facebook page, where all the matches will be streamed live.
