LPL 2026 Rescheduled: Sri Lanka Sets July–August Window Ahead of T20 World Cup Prep

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed the dates for the sixth Lanka Premier League (LPL). The tournament will now be held from late November to late December 2025. SLC decided to push it back so they can focus on preparing well for the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka is co-hosting the ICC tournament with India in February–March, so they want to focus completely on getting their three stadiums ready. SLC had earlier stopped the renovation work at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo because they were busy hosting the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup along with India.

LPL 2026 Rescheduled to July–August as Sri Lanka Prepares for T20 World Cup

The sixth LPL season will take place from July 8 to August 8 in 2026. The 2023 edition of the five-team tournament was also played during the same time of the year.

​“Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that the sixth edition of the Lanka Premier League will be held from 8th July to 8th August 2026. The new dates for the sixth edition were finalized following the postponement of the tournament, which was originally scheduled to be held in December 2025. The postponement was made considering the broader requirement of preparing the ‘Host Venues’ well in advance for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, which will be co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India during February-March 2026. With this decision, the five-team tournament, Sri Lanka’s topmost domestic T20 competition, will return to a mid-year window, as in several previous editions,” SLC said in a statement.

Colombo Kaps, Dambulla Sixers, Galle Marvels, and Kandy Falcons have been confirmed as the four teams for the tournament. The Jaffna Kings franchise has been removed because its owners, the Lyca Group, didn’t meet the requirements set by SLC. It’s still unclear whether the Jaffna team will return with a new name or if a completely new franchise will take its place.