Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the SLPL 2012 team captains and players picked for each team few days ago on its official site. It seems like some local youngsters also have the opportunity to play along with big stars. To be accurate, there are 7 under-21 players were picked by all seven teams.
Six teams will be led by local players while Chris Gayle has been chosen to lead Uva Unicorns. I’m not so sure about this selection. I would let Gayle play his normal cricket without putting additional responsibilities on him. But that’s how it went. Let’s wait and see how things work out. And below are the lists of players who are in the squads for each team in Sri Lanka Premiere League 2012.
- TM Dilshan (C)
- Jeevan Mendis
- Rangana Herath
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Dammika Prasad
- Lahira Jayaratne
- Rushan Jaleel
- Sachithra Serasinghe
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Dimuthu Karunaratne
- Amal Athulamudali
- Sanjaya Gangodawila
- Nadeehra Nawala
- Thilina Thushara
- Ishara Amarasinghe
- Indika De Seram
Foreign Players
- Brad Hodge (AUS)
- Marlon Samuels (WI)
- Daniel Smith (AUS)
- Dirk Nannes (AUS)
- Robin Peterson (RSA)
- Tim Southee (NZ)
- Clint McKay (AUS)
- Cameron Borgas (AUS)
Coach
- Duleep Mendis
- Kumar Sangakkara (C)
- Thisara Perera
- Thikan Samaraweera
- Kosala Kulasekera
- Kithruwan Vithanage
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Jeewantha Kulathunga
- Milinda Warnapura
- Chanaka Welagedara
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Dilhara Lokuhettige
- Tharanga Parnavithrana
- Romesh Buddika
- Chinthaka Perera
- Kaushal Silva
- Niroshan Dikwalla
Foreign Players
- Saeed Ajmal (PAK)
- Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)
- Sohail Tanvir (PAK)
- Chris Lynn (AUS)
- Dane Vilas (RSA)
- Albie Morkel (RSA)
- Johan Botha (RSA)
- Adam Voges (AUS)
Coach
- TBA
- Angelo Mathews (C)
- Nuwan Kulasekara
- Angelo Perera
- Ajantha Mendis
- T M Sampath
- Sachith Pathirana
- Suraj Randiv
- Gayan Maneeshan
- Chammera Dushmantha
- Shaminda Eranga
- Udara Jayasundrara
- Kanishka Elvitigala
- Sajeewa Weerakoon
- Andy Solomans
- Ishana Jayarathne
- Charith Silvester
Foreign Players
- Mitchell Marsh (AUS)
- Imran Nazir (PAK)
- Travis Birt (AUS)
- Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)
- Ben Laughlin (AUS)
- Elias Sunny (BAN)
- Musfiqur Rahim (BAN)
- Nasir Hossain (BAN)
Coach
- Shane Duff
- Lasith Malinga (C)
- Lahiru Thirimanne
- Chamara Silva
- Prasanna Jayawardane
- Dilruwan Perera
- Ramith Rambukwella
- Tharanga Lakshitha
- Gihan Pupesinghe
- Shaluka Karunanayake
- Denuwan Rajakaruna
- Malinga Bandara
- Kasun Madushanka
- Dananja De Silva
- Shanuka Disanayake
- Gayan Wijeroon
- Chaminda Vidanapathirana
- Shahid Afridi (PAK)
- Daniel Harris (AUS)
- Ryan Harris (AUS)
- Aaron Finch (AUS)
- Jerome Taylor (WI)
- Nathan McCullum (NZ)
- Ryan McLaren (RSA)
- Richard Levi (RSA)
Coach
- Waqar Younis
- Muttiah Muralidaran (C)
- Chamara Kapugedara
- Jehan Mubarak
- Farveez Maharoof
- Janak Gunaratne
- Nilanka Premaratne
- Mahela Udawatta
- Chathura Peiris
- Akalanka Ganegama
- Roshen Silva
- PHD Kaushalya
- Sadun Weerakkody
- Madra Lakmal
- Sohan Boalessa
- Yohan De Silva
- Madushanka Ekanayake
Foreign Players
- Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
- Brendan Taylor (ZIM)
- Kevon Cooper (WI)
- Imran Farhat (PAK)
- Fidel Edwards (WI)
- David Miller (RSA)
- Dillon du Preez (RSA)
- Samuel Badree (WI)
Coach
- Tom Moody
- Upula Tharanga
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Thilina Kandamby
- Dilshan Munaweera
- Dilhara Fernando
- Banuka Rajapaksha
- Chinthaka Jayasinhe
- Sameera Zoysa
- Sekkuge Prasanna
- Ashan Priyanjana
- Vishva Fernando
- Lahiru Madushanka
- Akila Isanka
- Dinesh Darshapriya
- Saliya Saman
- Ashen Silva
Foreign Players
- Chris Gayle (WI)(C)
- Andrew McDonald (AUS)
- Umar Gul (PAK)
- Shoaib Malik (PAK)
- Callum Ferguson (AUS)
- James Franklin (NZ)
- Abdur Rehman (PAK)
- Hammad Azam (PAK)
Coach
- Naveed Nawaz
- Mahela Jayawardane (C)
- Dinesh Chandimal
- Isuru Udana
- Kushal Janith Perera
- Akhila Dananjaya
- Kaushal Weeraratne
- Shehan Jayasuriya
- Suranga Lakmal
- Milinda Siriwardena
- Chathuranga Kumara
- Nimesh Perera
- Chaminda Vaas
- Alankara Asanka
- Dashun Shanaka
- Malinga Pushpakumara
- Dilesh Buddika
Foreign Players
- Azhar Mahmood (PAK)
- Umar Akmal (PAK)
- Tamim Iqbal (BAN)
- Colin Ingram (RSA)
- Kemar Roach (WI)
- James Faulkner (AUS)
- Abdul Razzaq (PAK)
- Brad Hogg (AUS
Coach
- Trevor Bayliss
That’s how teams stand for first edition of SLPL. As you can see there’s no England or Indian players participating in the tournament. For England it’s a policy, But I don’t understand why Indians not there. I remember BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) pulled their players off last year where SLPL original scheduled to launch. At the end SLC had to postpone the tournament for this year. But yet Indians are not participating. This proofs that the reason they pulled their players last year had nothing to do with Lalit Modi as that reason is not valid for this year.