The 2021 Lanka Premier League also known as Wolf777 News LPL T20,[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka.[2] It took place from 5 to 23 December 2021.[3] There were plans to increase the number of teams from five to six, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that five teams would take part, as per the first tournament.[4]
In June 2021, Charith Senanayake was appointed as the chairman of the LPL Technical Committee for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[5][6] In the same month, SLC agreed the termination of the Colombo Kings and the Dambulla Viiking teams due to financial issues.[7] SLC also confirmed that two new franchise teams would replace them.[8] The following month, SLC also terminated the franchise of the Jaffna Stallions.[9] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be held between 30 July and 22 August 2021.[10][11] On 9 July 2021, the tournament was rescheduled to be held from 19 November to 12 December 2021,[12] due to unavailability of overseas players.[13] In September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after changing owners.[14] Jaffna Stallions also changed their name to Jaffna Kings later that month.[15] In October 2021, Kandy Tuskers changed their name to Kandy Warriors after announced as having new owners.[16] In November 2021, Colombo Kings changed their name to Colombo Stars after being acquired by a new owner.[17]
On 23 December 2021, Jaffna Kings beat Galle Gladiators by 23 runs in the final, to win their second successive LPL title.[18]
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^"Lyca Group Chairman Allirajah Subaskaran new owner of Jaffna Kings". DailyFT. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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