The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has officially announced that the sixth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL 2025) will start on August 01.

The Lanka Premier League tournament will be played across three venues in 2025: Colombo, Pallekele, and Dambulla.

According to tournament director, Samantha Dodanwela, the upcoming edition of LPL will serve as an opportunity to prepare themselves for the ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to take place early next year in India and Sri Lanka.

“The idea to conduct the LPL during this timeframe is aimed at aligning the tournament with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026,” said Dodanwela.

The final of the LPL 2025 will be played on December 23. The inaugural editionwas played in 2020. Since then, the 20 over spectacle has been occuring every year and has been contributing to the nation’s cricketing framwork quite significantly.

Jaffna Kings have been the most successful franchise in the five-season history of the showpiece Sri Lanka T20 event.

They have come out on top on four out of the five occasions. Kandy Falcons won the title of the 2023 season, while Galle Gladiators has been the runners-up three times in five seasons.

The first two finals of the tournament were won by the sides batting first. The trend has reversed since the past three years, with the winners of the several editions being the teams batting second.

It will be intriguing to witness how things pan out in the upcoming season, which promises a lot of entertainment and quality cricket.

Sri Lanka cricket terminated the contracts of Jaffna Kings – previously the longest-standing franchise since joining in the tournament’s second edition and Colombo Strikers, citing ‘failure to uphold contractual obligations.’

Dodanwela also shared the boards’ ideas intent more batting-friendly pitches to help players adapt to condition expected during 2026 T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Sri Lanka along with India.

“We were quite happy with the wickets during the last edition, particularly in Dambulla and Kandy. We saw lots of high scores and even some centuries during that portion of the tournament. It was only in Colombo where batting was a little harder,” said Dodanwela.