Sri Lanka Cricket has introduced that the 2025 version of the Lanka Premier League won’t happen as per its authentic schedule. This determination comes with the T20 World Cup 2026 not far away. Sri Lanka are the co-hosts together with India. The mega match is scheduled to be performed in February and March subsequent 12 months.
The Lankan cricketing physique hinted to enhancing the venues which can host the T20 World Cup matches subsequent 12 months as the explanation for the postponement of the ICC. LPL 2025 was initially imagined to be performed from December 1 to December 23.
“As per the rules of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), all host venues for the upcoming 20-team occasion have to be in excellent situation to satisfy the calls for of a serious worldwide competitors,” SLC said in a media launch on Wednesday, October 22.
The main focus is now understood to be on upgrading the current infrastructure of the stadiums, constructing participant services, upgrading the services associated to broadcasting and rising the energy of media centre’s facilities to be in sync with world necessities as per the traditional requirements.
As of now, renovation is happening on the three worldwide venues throughout the island nation. The rebuilding work on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo is presently paused due to the continued Ladies’s World Cup 2025. 11 matches are scheduled to be hosted on the venue. The upgrades are set to get again on observe as quickly because the match concludes.
The final time Sri Lanka performed host of an ICC match dates all the best way again to 2012, additionally for the T20 World Cup that 12 months. The SLC has made it a degree that the choice to not go forward with the unique scheduling of the LPL is a one which is predicated on strategic motives. This has been carried out to make sure that the venues are ready to draw massive crowds and be host to cricket’s large occasions.
The board has additionally determined that thee LPL will get deferred to a extra appropriate timeframe. The announcement for the league’s up to date schedule might be made in the end. There have been 5 earlier instalments performed. Jaffna Stallions (renamed to Jaffna Kings after the primary version) have emerged victorious 4 instances.
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