Sri Lankan T20 Premier League - League Organisation - Squads

Squads

The squads in the SLPL have been given team composition rules, current rule differ from that of the 2011 rules. Under the original 2011 system, SLC would have assigned players to each team. However with the private ownership there is now a draft. For the seven teams each franchise will have an icon player, with a maximum of 18 players, as opposed to the 16 - 18 in 2011. Each team can have six foreign players, up from five in 2011. There will be two foreign players who are also icon players. Teams will be allowed play a maximum of four foreign players per game. Out of the remaining seven players in the XI, one must be a Sri Lanka Under-21 international, out of three under 21 players in each team. Each squad will have a minimum seven Sri Lankan players. In 2011 each squad was to have a Sri Lankan captain, however new captains will be appointed following the new structural changes. For 2011 captains were Sanath Jayasuriya (Ruhuna), Mahela Jayawardene (Wayamba), Kumar Sangakkara (Kandurata) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (Basnahira); for Nagenahira and Uthura, Pakistan former captain Shahid Afridi and New Zealand former skipper Daniel Vettori.

Sri Lankan national selectors and cricket authorities agreed to blood as many youngsters. Almost all Pakistani national cricketers were invited to play in the SLPL. Salaries are have been lower than the IPL, with the highest at $30,000, with Shahid Afridi getting $35,000 in 2011. But in 2012 highest price $100,000 gives to Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi getting $50,000.