The 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League was a

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tournament that took place in

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from 12 to 24 August 2021. All the matches were played at the

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, in

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, and were used as preparation for South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka and the

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. Four teams took part, with the top two sides playing each other in the final. Both of the matches scheduled to take place on the opening day of the tournament were rescheduled to the following day due to rain. Following a

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case in the team hotel, the matches scheduled for 20 August 2021 were moved back by one day. In the final group match, SLC Reds beat SLC Greens by six wickets to join SLC Greys in the final of the tournament. In the final, SLC Greys beat SLC Reds by 42 runs to win the tournament.

Minod Bhanuka Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 201 ...

was named the player of the match in the final and

Dasun Shanaka Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka (born 9 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He generally plays as an all-rounder and is a right handed batter and right-arm medium ...

was named the player of the series.

Squads

The following teams and squads were named for the tournament. Prior to the first match, several changes to the squads were made. Himasha Liyanage and

Kamil Mishara Kamil Mishara (born 24 April 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022. During the year 2019, dynamic and talented Kamil Mishara named and awarded as School boy cricketer of t ...

both moved to SLC Greys, and

Prabath Jayasuriya Neketh Gedara Roshan Prabath Jayasuriya, commonly known as Prabath Jayasuriya (born 5 November 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team. In domestic matches, he plays for Colts Cricket Club and Jaffna Stallion ...

moved to SLC Reds.

Sandun Weerakkody Dharshanapriya Sandun Weerakkody (born 3 September 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka. Weerakkody is a past pupil of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. A left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, h ...

, Jehan Daniel, Sangeeth Cooray,

Koshan Dhanushka Koshan Danuska (born 04 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 5 January 2016, for Ragama Cricket Club Ragama Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Ragama, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is the Free Tr ...

Lahiru Gamage Panagamuwa Lahiru Sampath Gamage (born 5 April 1988), or commonly Lahiru Gamage, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for the national team in Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs). He is right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm ...

Ashan Randika Ashan Randika (born 15 November 1993) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 14 February 2017. He made his List A debut for Badulla District in t ...

and

Lasith Embuldeniya Lasith Embuldeniya (born 26 October 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays Test match cricket for Sri Lanka. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2019, and plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club ...

all failed a fitness test. Finally,

Sachindu Colombage Sachindu Colombage (born 21 February 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 19 February 2019. He made his List A debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club ...

Nimesh Vimukthi Nimesh Vimukthi (born 7 May 1997) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Panadura Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier Trophy on 2 December 2016. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Reds team for the 2021 SLC Invitat ...

and Mohamed Shiraz all tested positive for

and were ruled out of the tournament.

Fixtures

Round-robin

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Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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