Lanka Premier League 2022 Predictions & Betting Tips

Captain: Angelo Mathews

Key Players Seekkuge Prasanna, Charith Asalanka, Dwaine Pretorius, Dominic Drakes, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Angelo Mathews will lead the once again and he was in good form last year, scoring 191 runs in 5 matches at an average of 47.75. Dinesh Chandimal was the leading run scorer of the team with 277 runs in 9 matches.

Seekkuge Prasanna and Dushmantha Chameera were the leading wicket takers last season but Chameera has been traded to the Galle Gladiators for the upcoming season. Jeffrey Vandersay and Naveen-ul-Haq picked 11 and 10 wickets, respectively and they are still with the Stars squad.

Captain: Dasun Shanaka

Key Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, D’Arcy Short, Tim Seifert, Sheldon Cottrell

Sri Lankan white-ball captain, Dasun Shanaka will lead the Dambulla Giants side. He performed decently with the bat in the last edition, scoring 139 runs and picked only 1 wicket with the ball but his presence as the captain of the side matters a lot.

Power-hitter Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been traded from Galle Gladiators to the Giants for the upcoming season. He scored 179 runs in 10 matches last year.

An overseas fleet of Ben Cutting, D’Arcy Short, Tim Seifert, Sandeep Lamichhane, Haider Ali and Sheldon Cottrell power up this side heavily.

Nuwan Pradeep picked 10 wickets in the last edition and he will play for the Giants again this season but leading wicket taker Imran Tahir has left the side.

Captain: Kusal Mendis

Key Players: Danushka Gunathilaka, Nuwan Thushara, Dushmantha Chameera, Janneman Malan

Galle Gladiators are the runners-up from last season and they lost by 23 runs. Danushka Gunathilaka is the leading run scorer of LPL league but after his recent controversy in Australia, there are less chances of him being part of the playing 11.

The skipper Kusal Mendis scored 327 runs in 10 matches and emerged as the leading run scorer of the LPL 2021. Out of the 4 batters who scored 100+ runs in the last season for Gladiators, only Mendis will play this season.

Pakistan players Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim and Azam Khan are also part of the squad along with the Protea Janneman Malan and Guyanese cricketer Sherfane Rutherford.

Nuwan Thushara is the only leading wicket taker left from the last season as Samit Patel is not part of the league anymore.

Captain: Thisara Perera

Key Players: Shoaib Malik, Maheesh Theekshana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dilshan Madushanka, Tristan Stubbs

Jaffna Kings are the current champions and they also won the first season of LPL as well. Kings defeated Galle Gladiators in the final to lift their 2nd LPL trophy.

This year, Thisara Perera will lead the side again with the powerful batting unit comprising Shoaib Malik and Rahmanullah Gurbaz as overseas batters. Perera scored 190 runs, Malik scored 164 and Gurbaz scored 207 runs in the last season. Tristan Stubbs and Evin Lewis will join the batting fleet of Kings this year.

In the bowling, Maheesh Theekshana was the joint leading wicket taker of the season with 16 wickets in 10 matches. He will be joined by Pakistan pacer Shahnawaz Dahani, Binura Fernando and Dilshan Madushanka.

Captain: Wanindu Hasaranga

Key Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dewald Brevis, Pathum Nissanka, Chris Green

Sri Lanka’s star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga is traded to the Kandy Falcons for the upcoming season and he is appointed as the captain of the side. The team was earlier known as Kandy Warriors but changed name for the upcoming season.

The most exciting player to join the side this year is the South African young talent Dewald Brevis.

Sri Lanka’s top T20I batter Pathum Nissanka is part of the Falcons squad.