{"id":5937,"date":"2024-04-29T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:41:02","slug":"over-500-overseas-players-registered-for-the-lpl-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/over-500-overseas-players-registered-for-the-lpl-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 500 overseas players registered for the LPL 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The 5th edition of the Lanka Premier League 2024 has seen interest from over 500 players from overseas, ready to take the field in the upcoming edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Players from 24 cricket-playing nations, including the ones from all the ICC full member nations, have registered for the upcoming player auction and are vying to get picked into one of the five teams in the Lanka Premier League 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Among the key players registered are Tamim Iqbal, Tim Southee, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Jimmy Neesham, Mushfiqur Rahim, Reeza Hendricks, Rilee Rossouw, Shai Hope, Taskin Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi. Naseem Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Colin Munro, Ish Sodhi, Mark Chapman, Jason Behrendorff, Andre Fletcher, Oshane Thomas, Keemo Paul and Fabian Allen. 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