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The Japan Premier League is back this year and it will feature representative teams from East, West, South, and North Kanto as well as Kansai. The tournament takes place at the Sano International Cricket Ground from May 5 to May 7. Each team plays every other team once followed by a final between the top two teams. The JPL is live-streamed on the Japan Cricket Youtube channel on which can follow all the action.
Kansai Chargers, West Kanto Hurricanes, East Kanto Sunrisers, North Kanto Lions, and South Kanto Super Kings are the five teams playing in this top-tier T20 tournament. The tournament was back last year after a Covid break when the East Kanto Sunrisers and South Kanto Super Kings reached the finals, which was abandoned and both teams shared the title. South Kanto Super Kings are the most successful team in the tournament with five titles.
Here is everything you need to know about the Japan Premier League 2023:
Date | Match | Venue |
May 5 | East Kanto Sunrisers vs West Kanto Hurricanes | SICG 1 |
May 5 | North Kanto Lions vs South Kanto Super Kings | SICG 2 |
May 5 | West Kanto Hurricanes vs North Kanto Lions | SICG 1 |
May 5 | Kansai Chargers vs East Kanto Sunrisers | SICG 2 |
May 6 | East Kanto Sunrisers vs South Kanto Super Kings | SICG 1 |
May 6 | West Kanto Hurricanes vs Kansai Chargers | SICG 2 |
May 6 | South Kanto Super Kings vs Kansai Chargers | SICG 1 |
May 6 | North Kanto Lions vs East Kanto Sunrisers | SICG 2 |
May 7 | Kansai Chargers vs North Kanto Lions | SICG 1 |
May 7 | South Kanto Super Kings vs West Kanto Hurricanes | SICG 2 |
The third position match and the JPL 2023 final are scheduled to take place on May 7, 2023, at the SICG 2 and SICG 1 respectively.
Squads:
East Kanto Sunrisers: Abhishek Anand, Akash Shastri, Aqazi Mehmood Sameer, Ashley Thurgate, Dinesh Sandaruwan, Ibrahim Takahashi, Kasun Ganesh Charang, Kendel K-Fleming, Kento Ota-Dobell, Malith Neranjan, Manav Natarajan, Marcus Thurgat (WK), Mian Muneeb Siddique, Nikhil Pol, Sanjaya Yapabandara, Supun Navarathna (c), Tsuyoshi Takada.
West Kanto Hurricanes: Arjun Gautam, Jisei Ando, Kakeru Ebisui, Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Lachlan Yamamoto Lak, Masato Morita, Nozomi Tomizawa, Raheel Kano, Shogo Kimura, Shu Noguchi, Shubham Shukla, Sora Ichiki, Takuya Ono, Tomonoshin Oki, Vinay Iyer, Vishuddha Priyanath (c), Wataru Miyauchi.
North Kanto Lions: Ajay Kumar Thakur, Anushantha Chandima, Ardene Ruhode, Chihaya Arakawa, Declan Suzuki, Hashan Thilakarathne, Kazumasa Hiratsuka, Koji Hardgrave-Abe, Kshitij Pathak, Mandeep Singh, Reiji Suto, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Roshan Dangal, Ryan Drake, Shotarou Hiratsuka, Vinoth Kumar Takoor, Zubair Khan.
South Kanto Super Kings: Aarav Tiwari, Aditya Phadke, Akshay Dilipkumar, Alexander Shirai Pat, Gurman SinghKiefer Yamamoto-Lake, Kouhei Kubota, Mohamed Umar, Nibu Thomas, Nihar Parmar, Noor Mohammed Ibrahim, Piyush Kumbhare, Ranjith Mouli, Sabaorish Ravichandra, Timothy Moore
Kansai Chargers: Abdul Samad,Chanaka Dushmantha,Charith Kodokara,Declan Suzuki,Jun Yamashita,Khan Ajmal,Kohei Wakita,Makoto Taniyama,Pankaj Chand,Prameeth Hansika ,Rangana Cooray,Riku Awaga,Safi Luqman,Sanjeev Kumar,Souta Wada,Ullah Ihsan,Yu Kinoshita
Where to watch Japan T20 League?
All the matches of the JPL 2023 will be live-streamed on Japan Cricket YouTube Channel.
Where to tune in for the Latest Updates?
The Sports Tiger app and website will provide all updates on the Japan Premier League 2023.
