The Ceylon Premier League 2023 player auction was held yesterday (14th) night at the Shrangila Hotel in Colombo.
Here Colombo Strikers, Dambulla Aura, Galle Titans bought 24 players each, B-Love Kandy bought 22 players, and Jaffna Kings bought 21 players.
Dilshan Madhushanka, who is among the wickets in the recently concluded unofficial test match between Sri Lanka A and South Africa A, was bought by the Jaffna Kings for $94,000.
According to the auction held yesterday, the players who bought the respective teams for the LPL 2023 are as follows.
| Colombo Strikers | Dambulla Aura | Jaffna Kings | B-Love Kandy | Galle Titans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babar Azam | Matthew Wade | Maheesh Theekshana | Wanindu Hasaranga | Bhanuka Rajapaksa |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Kusal Mendis | David Miller | Angelo Mathews | Dasun Shanaka |
| Naseem Shah | Lungi Ngidi | Thisara Perera | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Chamika Karunaratne | Avishka Fernando | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Fakhar Zaman | Tabraiz Shamsi |
| Pathum Nissanka | Dhananjaya de Silva | Charith Asalanka | Isuru Udana | Sekkuge Prasanna |
| Niroshan Dickwella | Kusal Janith Perera | Dunith Wellalage | Dinesh Chandimal | Lahiru Kumara |
| Wahab Riaz | Hayden Kerr | Shoaib Malik | Mohammad Hasnain | Lasith Croospulle |
| Lakshan Sandakan | Sadeera Samarawickrama | Pathum Kumara | Dushmantha Chameera | Sohan de Livera |
| Nipun Dananjaya | Binura Fernando | Vijaykanth Viyaskanth | Sahan Arachchige | Ashan Priyaranjana |
| Movin Suvasinghe | Noor Ahmad | Teeshan Vithushan | Ashen Bandara | Ben Cutting |
| Lahiru Udara | Sachitha Jayathalika | Ashanka Major | Mohammad Haris | Mohammad Mithun |
| Shashika Dulshan | Janith Liyanage | Nishan Madhuska | Navod Paranavitharana | Minod Bhanuka |
| Nuwanidhu Fernando | Dushan Hemantha | Asitha Fernando | Asif Ali | Pasidu Suryabandhara |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Pramod Madhushan | Dilshan Madhushanka | Kamindu Mendis | Shevon Daniel |
| Lorcan Tucker | Shahnawaz Dahani | Zaman Khan | Nuwan Pradeep | Mohammed Siraj |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | Jehan Daniel | Ashan Randika | Chaturanga de Silva | Lahiru Samarakun |
| Angelo Perera | Wanuja Sahan | Ratnarajah Thenurathan | Aamer Jamal | Akila Dhananjaya |
| Dhananjaya Lakshan | Kavidu Pathirathna | Chris Lynn | Malsha Tharupathi | Chad Bowes |
| Ramesh Mendis | Ravindu Fernando | Asela Gunarathne | Thanuka Dabare | Tim Seifert |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Alex Ross | Hardus Viljoen | Lasith Abeyrathne | Sonal Dinusha |
| Ahan Wickramasinghe | Treveen Mathew | Nuwan Thushara | Avishka Tharindu | Avishka Perera |
| A.K.K. Yashoda Lanka | Manelker de Silva | Lahiru Madushanka | Anuk Fernando | |
| Kavishka Anjula | Praveen Jayawickrama | Vishwa Fernando | ||
| Eshan Malinga | Lakshan Edirisinghe | Kasun Rajitha |
