New icon players named for LPL T20 Cricket Tourney-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday named the five local icon players for the second edition of the franchise-based Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament which is set to be played from July 29 to August 22 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota. Niroshan Dickwella will represent the Kandy franchise this season as the local icon player. He played for Dambulla last season. Dasun Shanaka of Dambulla franchise is the only local icon player to be retained from last season. The current T20I and ODI Captain Kusal Janith Perera, who captained the Kandy franchise last season, will play for the Colombo franchise this year. Wanindu Hasaranga, the Player-of-the-Tournament from the first edition has been elevated as the local icon player for Jaffna franchise. Danushka Gunathilaka, who represented the Galle franchise, will continue to play for them but this time he has been named as the local icon player. Overseas Players entering the LPL Player Draft should have…
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