Get to know the Sri Lankan Premier League

BASNAHIRA CRICKET DUNDEE

Team Owners: Indian Cricket Dundee

Team Value: $4.33 million

Team Captain: Tillakaratne DilshanTeam Coach: Duleep Mendis

Sri Lankan Players: Nuwan Pradeep. Indika De Saram, Rangana Herath, Jeevan Mendis, Dhammika Prasad, Thilan Tushara

Overseas Players: Marlon Samuels, Dirk Nannes, Clint McKay, Tim Southee, Robin Peterson, Brad Hodge

KANDURATA WARRIORS

Team Owners: Number One Sports Consulting Private Limited

Team Value: $4.98 million

Team Captain: Kumar Sangakkara*

Team Coach: N/A

Sri Lankan Players: Sanath Jayasuriya, Kaushal Louckarachchi, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thisara Perera, Thilan Samaraweera, Kaushal Silva, Malinda Warnapura, Chanaka Welegedera

Overseas Players: Johan Botha, Misbah Ul Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Albie Morkel, Dane Vilas, Adam Voges

*Injury might rule Sangakkara out of the league. A new captain has not yet been announced.

NAGENAHIRA NAGAS

Team Owners: Varun Beverages Lanka Private Limited

Team Value: $3.22 million

Team Captain: Angelo MatthewsTeam Coach: Shane Duff

Sri Lankan Players: Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Sajeewa Weerakoon

Overseas Players: Ahmed Shehzad, Travis Birt, Elias Sunny, Imran Nazir, Ben Laughlin, Mitchell Marsh, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain

RUHUNA ROYALS

Team Owners: Pearl Overseas Limited

Team Value: $4.6 million

Team Captain: Lasith Malinga

Team Coach: Waqar Younis

Sri Lankan Players: Malinga Bandara, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Gayan Wijekoon

Overseas Players: Shahid Afridi, Aaron Finch, Ryan Harris, Richard Levi, Ryan McLaren, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Harris, Jerome Taylor

UTHURA RUDRAS

Team Owners: Rudra Sports Private Limited

Team Value: $3.4 million

Team Captain: Muttiah Muralitharan

Team Coach: Tom Moody

Sri Lankan Players: Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Udawatte

Overseas Players: Dillon Du Preez, Fidel Edwards, Imran Farhat, David Miller, Shakib Al Hasan, Brendan Taylor

UVA NEXT

Team Owners: Success Sports Private Limited

Team Value: $4.6 million

Team Captain: Chris Gayle

Team Coach: Naveed Nawaz

Sri Lankan Players: Dilhara Fernando, Thilina Kandamby, Seekkuge Prasanna, Upul Tharanga

Overseas Players: Abdur Rehman, Callum Ferguson, James Franklin, Hammad Azam, Andrew McDonald, Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul

WAYAMBA UNITED

Team Owners: Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited

Team Value: $5.02 million

Team Captain: Mahela JayawardeneTeam Coach: Trevor Bayliss

Sri Lankan Players: Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Chaminda Vaas, Kaushalya Weeraratne

Overseas Players: Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, James Faulkner, Brad Hogg, Coin Ingram, Kemar Roach, Tamim Iqbal, Umar Akmal