LPL 2021 Player Draft: Full Squad list after draft; Gayle, Tahir, Du Plessis get big money

Colombo, November 10: The Lanka Premier League (LPL 2021) Player Draft was held on Tuesday night (November 9) and some marquee players from across the world were picked up by five franchises along with local talents.

The LPL 2021 player draft was originally scheduled to take place last Friday but was postponed for four days because many of the team owners requested a few days off to take part in Diwali celebrations.

Some front-line T20 players like Chris Gayle, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Mohammad Hafeez, Tabraiz Shamsi were drafted in by various teams.

Local stars like Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Avishka Fernando, Dushamantha Chameera, Dasun Shanka too were picked by the teams from the draft.

Players were divided into: Icon Overseas and Local (USD 60000), Diamond Overseas and Local (USD 50000), Gold Overseas A and Local A (USD 40000), Gold Overseas B and Local B (USD 25000), Classic Overseas and Local (USD 15000), Emerging Local (USD 10000), Supplementary Local 1, 2, 3, 4 (USD 3000).

There are five franchises in the LPL 2021, and they are Colombo Stars, Galle Gladiators, Dambulla Giants, Kandy Warriors and Jaffna Kings. The LPL 2021 is scheduled for a December 5 start with the final on December 23. Here's then tbe full squad list after the LPL 2021 player draft.

1. Colombo Stars squad

Chris Gayle, Dushmantha Chameera, Ahamed Shehzad, Dilshan Munaweera, Mohammad Irfan, Al Ameen Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Pathum Nissanka, Lakshan Sandakan, Seepage Prasanna, Manpreet Singh, Gihan Rupasinghe, Lahiru Gamage, TM Sampath, Nuwanidu Fernando, Jehan Daniel, M Maduranga, N Priyadarshana, Hashan Dumindu, K Kabilraj.

2. Galle Gladiators squad

Mohammad Hafeez, Isuru Udana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Mendis, Mohammad Amir, Samit Patel, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Anwar Ali, Pulina Tharanga, Nuwan Thushara, Lahiru Madhushanka, Dilshan Madhushanka, Ashian Daniel, Kevin Koththigoda, Mohammed Shamaaz, Suminda Lakshan, Angelo Jayasinghe.

3. Dambulla Giants squad

Imran Tahir, Dasun Shanaka, Rilee Rossouw, Chamika Karunaratne, Shoaib Maqsood, Odean Smith, Josh Little, Niroshan Dickwella, Nuwan Pradeep, Ramesh Mendis, Najibullah Zadran, Tharindu Ratnayake, Lahiru Udara, Sacha de Alwis, Muditha Lakshan, Kalana Perera, S Jayathilake, M Ravichandrakumar, Janith Liyanage, Chamika Edirisinghe.

4. Kandy Warriors squad

Rovman Powell, Charith Asalanka, Cameron Delport, Lahiru Kumara, Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Islam Apu, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Milinda Siriwardena, Amjad Khan, Ishan Jayaratne, Binura Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Ayana Siriwardena, Nimesh Vimukthi, Udara Jayasundara, Shashika Dulshan, Kalhara Senaratne.

5. Jaffna Kings Squad

Faf du Plessis, Thisara Perera, Wahab Riaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shoaib Malik, Usman Shinwari, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Avishka Fernando, Upul Tharanga, Chaturanga De Silva, Jayden Seales, Suranga Lakmal, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamika Gunasekera, V Viyaskanth, T Dinoshan, Ashan Randika, R Thenurathan, Krishan Sanjula.