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This time, 5 Sri Lankan players will be playing in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)\u2026
The tournament will be held from August 7 to September 20. The tournament has been decided to be held in eight countries this time.
That is, in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.
Sri Lankan players playing in the tournament –
Antigua & Barbuda Falcons – Kusal Perera
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots – Dasun Shanaka, Wanidu Hasaranga
St Lucia Kings – Mahesh Theekshana, Charith Asalanka
Trinbago Knight Riders – Amshi de Silva (United States of America)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This time, 5 Sri Lankan players will be playing in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)\u2026The tournament will be held from August 7 to September 20. The tournament has been decided to be held in eight countries this time.That is, in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,60,57],"tags":[3330,73,134,72],"class_list":["post-12602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-international-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-caribbean-premier-league","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n5 Sri Lankan players to play in Caribbean Premier League - SL Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/5-sri-lankan-players-to-play-in-caribbean-premier-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"si_LK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Sri Lankan players to play in Caribbean Premier League - SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This time, 5 Sri Lankan players will be playing in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)\u2026The tournament will be held from August 7 to September 20. 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