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Sri Lanka Postpones 2025 Lanka Premier League to Prioritize 2026 T20 World Cup Preparations

SLC cites the need to ready designated World Cup venues to ICC standards.

Overview

  • The league, slated for late November to late December, will not take place in that window and is deferred to a future date to be announced.
  • Sri Lanka Cricket identified R. Premadasa (Colombo), Pallekele, and Rangiri Dambulla as the country’s T20 World Cup venues.
  • Planned works focus on spectator stands, modernized dressing rooms and training areas, upgraded international broadcast facilities, and improved media centers.
  • Renovation at R. Premadasa has been paused to host 11 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup matches and will restart once those fixtures conclude.
  • Sri Lanka will co-host the Men’s T20 World Cup with India in February–March 2026, with SLC stressing ICC requirements for venues to be in perfect condition.