Legends League Cricket 2022 complete schedule has been announced. The new season of Legends League Cricket to be held in India has been announced by the league. The new league will have private franchise owned teams and will be held across 6 major cities, from 17th September to 8th October 2022. The new league has been dedicated to the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. The league is organized by Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Former Indian cricketer and India men’s national cricket team coach Ravi Shastri is the Commissioner of the league. The league roped in legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan as the Brand Ambassador of the league
The new season of Legends League Cricket is going to be a brand new format with four new teams in the form of privately owned franchises, commencing the latest round of innovations in the global T20 league. Legends League Cricket will be the central administrator in this new format. After the success of in Oman, we are bringing the T20 cricket to the Indian subcontinent where cricket is a religion. The new format will be bigger than before with matches across multiple venues in India. The confirmed venues for Season 2 of Legends League Cricket are Delhi, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Cuttack.
The schedule for #LLCT20 is here. Get ready to catch the #Legends of cricket battling it out starting September 16, 2022.
Book your tickets on @bookmyshow and witness some #Boss performances in #LegendsLeagueCricket#Kolkata #Lucknow #Delhi #Cuttack #Jodhpur #BossLogonKaGame pic.twitter.com/dgsi17AHBI
— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 7, 2022
In August, 2022 it announced that the new league would honour the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of India’s independence with a special commemorative match between India Maharajas and World Giants. The match will be played on 16 September 2022 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, with former Indian opener Virender Sehwag and World-Cup winning ex-England captain Eoin Morgan leading the respective sides. Earlier BCCI President and ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly was set to lead the team but withdrew from the league citing personal reasons.
Dada @SGanguly99 is set to lead the India Maharajas against @Eoin16’s World Giants for the #LegendsLeagueCricket Special Match.
Check out the full squad of the teams. Are you excited?@SGanguly99 @Eoin16 @RaviShastriOfc #BossLogonKaGame #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/Jkt75wsNSo— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) August 12, 2022
The four franchises of this seasons are Bhilwara Kings, India Capitals, Manipal Tigers and Gujarat Giants. New season will be have 15 matches, with the special commemorative match making it a total of 16. Since then, the league has also announced 6 cities across which the new season will be conducted. The Legends League Cricket is all set to kick off with a fierce battle between former India openers when India Capitals’ Gautam Gambhir and Gujarat Giants’ Virender Sehwag will square off against each other to initiate the 20 days long League starting from September 16 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The action will shift to Lucknow next where in Harbhajan Singh’s Manipal Tigers will take on Irfan Pathan’s Bhilwara Kings on September 18. These four teams who will be playing twice against each other during the 12-match league stage. There will be 4 rest days in between the matches. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will play in the Qualifier at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on October 2 with the winner directly advancing to the final to be played on October 5. However, the loser of the Qualifiers will get another bite of the cherry. But they have to fight with the third-placed team on October 3 to clinch a place in the final. The team that finishes fourth after the league stage will be eliminated. All matches are scheduled to kick off at 7:30 pm except the match between India Capitals and Gujarat Giants in New Delhi on September 25 which will have a 4 PM start along with the Qualifier 1 which is slated too for an early start.
This season have more Legends participating than the previous edition. More than 100 ex-international cricketing legends participate in the drafts and all players were be eligible to be picked up by any of the four new franchises as part of their squads for the upcoming season. The LLC Player Draft is a unique event where a roster of such iconic players will be up for a draft process for the first time. Event unique take on the traditional drafting process with emphasis on upholding parity and conducting a fair team selection process, while adding some innovations to incentivize franchises to try different team building strategies.
Bhilwara Kings Squad
Irfan Pathan (C), Yusuf Pathan, Monty Panesar, Naman Ojha, William Porterfield, Samit Patel, Fidel Edwards, Matt Prior, Nick Compton, S Sreesanth, Tim Bresnan, Owais Shah, Tino Best, Sudeep Tyagi.
Team #BhilwaraKings have locked their fantastic 15 players and they are all set to rule the ground at #LLCT20! Stay tuned for the most anticipated #BossGame. #LegendsLeagueCricket #BossLogoKaGame #BhilwaraGroup @owaisshah203@tinobest@sudeeptyagi005 pic.twitter.com/UFRojczzvd
— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 2, 2022
India Capitals Squad
Gautam Gambhir, Ravi Bopara, Pravin Tambe, Denesh Ramdin, Ashgar Afghan, Mitchell Johnson, Liam Plunkett, Rajat Bhatia, Hamilton Masakazda, Mashrafe Mortaza, John Mooney, Prosper Utseya, Ross Taylor, Jacques Kallis, Farveez Maharoof, Pankaj Singh.
Team #IndiaCapitals has picked their 16 fantastic legends and they are all set to raise the temperature on the ground. Stay tuned as more thrilling action comes.@sports_gmr#LLCT20 #LegendsLeagueCricket #BossLogonKaGame #BossGame pic.twitter.com/JpfqgK9rBQ
— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 2, 2022
Gujarat Giants Squad
Virender Sehwag (C), Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Ajantha Mendis, Manvinder Bisla, Lendl Simmons, Mitchell McClenaghan, Stuart Binny, Kevin O’Brien, Daniel Vettori, Ashoke Dinda, Joginder Sharma, Graeme Swann, Richard Levi, Chris Tremlett, Elton Chigumbura.
Team #GujaratGiants has chosen their remarkable 15 Legends! Watch them showcase some exemplary action on the grounds of #LLCT20! Stay tuned for the Legendary game!@MJoginderSharma @Swannyg66@ChrisTremlett33 @eltonchigumbura #LegendsLeagueCricket #BossLogoKaGame #BossGame pic.twitter.com/vs2QIsl8NT
— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 2, 2022
Manipal Tigers Squad
Harbhajan Singh (C), Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Phil Mustard, Md. Kaif, Ryan Sidebottom, Lance Klusener, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Romesh Kaluwithrana, Darren Sammy, Corey Anderson, Imran Tahir, Reetinder Sodhi, Parvinder Awana, VRV Singh.
Team #ManipalTigers is ready to take over the field with their 12 roaring Legends! Watch our players throw some scintillating action at #LLCT20! Stay tuned for the #BossGame.#ManipalGroup #LegendsLeagueCricket #BossLogoKaGame #Update pic.twitter.com/EHDZ2BOf8S
— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 2, 2022
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