2025 SLC Invitational T20 League

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2025 SLC Invitational T20 League
Dates7 – 16 August 2025
Administrator(s) Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and final
Host(s)Sri Lanka
ChampionsSLC Greens (1st title)
Participants3
Matches7
Most runs Nuwanidu Fernando (155)
Most wickets Chamika Karunaratne (8)
2022

The 2025 Dialog SLC Invitational T20 League was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 7 to 16 August 2025. [1] All the matches were played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, in Colombo. [2] [3] [4] The series was used as preparation for the 2025 Asia Cup. Three teams took part, with the top two sides playing each other in the final. [5]

Contents

Squads

The following teams and squads were named for the tournament. [6]

SLC BluesSLC GreensSLC Greys

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1  SLC Greens430172.196Advanced to final
2  SLC Greys421150.323
3  SLC Blues40400−1.907
Source: ESPNcricinfo [7]

Round-robin

7 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Blues
143 (19.4 overs)
v
SLC Greens
144/6 (16.5 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 28 (10)
Chamika Karunaratne 3/17 (4 overs)
Chamika Karunaratne 47* (31)
Dasun Shanaka 3/17 (2 overs)
SLC Greens won by 4 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Asanka Nanayakkara
  • SLC Blues won the toss and elected to bat.

8 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Greys
192/4 (20 overs)
v
SLC Blues
168/8 (20 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 70* (52)
Dhananjaya de Silva 1/14 (2 overs)
Vishen Halambage 35 (18)
Eshan Malinga 4/42 (4 overs)
  • SLC Blues won the toss and elected to field.

10 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Greys
163/6 (20 overs)
v
SLC Greens
165/5 (16.4 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 52 (37)
Kamindu Mendis 2/14 (4 overs)
Kamil Mishara 52 (34)
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/24 (4 overs)
SLC Greens won by 5 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Damith Sanjeewa and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  • SLC Greens won the toss and elected to field.

11 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Greens
158/6 (20 overs)
v
SLC Blues
86 (15 overs)
Kamindu Mendis 50 (39)
Akila Dananjaya 2/25 (4 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 18 (20)
Dushan Hemantha 4/18 (4 overs)
SLC Greens won by 72 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Upul Wewage
  • SLC Blues won the toss and elected to field.

13 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Blues
178/6 (20 overs)
v
SLC Greys
179/4 (17.1 overs)
Ravindu Fernando 41 (24)
Garuka Sanketh 2/46 (3 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 50* (34)
Matheesha Pathirana 2/32 (3 overs)
  • SLC Blues won the toss and elected to bat.

14 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Greens
46/1 (3 overs)
v
SLC Greys
Kamil Mishara 37* (11)
Garuka Sanketh 1/9 (1 over)
No result
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe and Saman Mohan de Silva
  • SLC Greens won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Final

16 August 2025
13:30
Scorecard
SLC Greens
189/4 (20 overs)
v
SLC Greys
166/8 (20 overs)
Kusal Mendis 77 (47)
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/45 (4 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 50 (28)
Chamika Karunaratne 3/24 (4 overs)
  • SLC Greys won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. "SLC T20 League 2025 Set to Kick Off from 7 August". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  2. "Triangular T20 Tournament to Finalise T20 Squad for Zimbabwe & Asia Cup". News Wire. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. "SLC T20 League 2025 : Free entry for the public". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  4. "SLC T20 League 2025: Free Entry for Fans" . Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. "High stakes at SSC: SLC T20 League kicks off on August 7". The Paper. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  6. "The squads for the SLC T20 League, which will commence on the 7th of August at the SSC Grounds, Colombo". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. "SLC T20 League 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 13 August 2025.