The Lanka Premier League 2024 began on Monday, July 1 as Kandy Falcons beat Dambulla Sixers by six wickets at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele.
Organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), as many as five teams will compete in a total of 24 matches in the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League.
Apart from Kandya Falcons and Dambulla Sixers, B-Love Kandy, Colombo Strikers and Galle Marvels are the other teams that will battle for the LPL 2024 title.
As per the Lanka Premier League 2024 schedule, each team will play the other side twice in a double round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings after all the league matches will qualify for the LPL 2024 knockouts.
The top two teams in the standings will clash in Qualifier 1, while the third-placed and fourth-placed teams will lock horns in the Eliminator.
The winner of the Eliminator will later face the loser of Qualifier 1 for a place in the LPL 2024 final.
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla’s Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium and the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo are the three venues that will host all LPL 2024 matches.
Kandy Falcons (earlier B-Love Kandy) are the defending champions of the Lanka Premier League after defeating Dambulla Aura (now Dambulla Sixers) by five wickets in the 2023 final in Colombo.
Meanwhile, Jaffna Kings are the most successful team in the Lanka Premier League, having won a total of three titles in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Lanka Premier League 2024 points system
According to the Lanka Premier League 2024 points system, each winning team will get two points for a win. The losing team, on the other hand, will be awarded zero points.
In case a match ends in a tie, the game will be decided in a Super Over.
After all league matches, the Net Run Rate(NRR) will decide the fate of the teams that are tied on the same points, placing them higher. Get the latest Lanka Premier League 2024 points table and standings.
Lanka Premier League 2024 points table and standings
|
Team |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Points |
NRR |
|
Galle Marvels |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
+0.225 |
|
Colombo Strikers |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1.100 |
|
Jaffna Kings |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+0.100 |
|
Kandy Falcons |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-0.586 |
|
Dambulla Sixers |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
-0.929 |
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