- Mar 4, 2024
- Oct 18, 2023
The second season of the Legends Cricket league is set to start on September 16th. Before the actual league starts there will be a special match between India Maharajas and the Rest of the World.
After this, Gautam Gambhir’s India Capitals will take on Virender Sehwag-led Gujarat Giants at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata to initiate the 20-day-long T20 cricket tournament. This will be the first match in the Legends Cricket league. After Kolkata, the action will move to Lucknow where Harbhajan Singh’s Manipal Tigers will face off against Irfan Pathan’s Bhilwara Kings on September 18th.
The fans will be almost teleported back in time as they will have an opportunity to watch the much-awaited face-offs as some of the biggest T20 specialists in the business such as Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Virender Sehwag, Shane Watson, and Muttiah Muralitharan.
The format will be different from the first edition, the second edition of the LLC has four new franchise-based sides and they will be playing each other twice 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.
All matches are slated to start at 7:30 pm barring the match between India Capitals and Gujarat Giants in New Delhi on September 25 which will have a 4 PM start along with the 1st Qualifier which will also have an early start.
The league stages will be held across five venues: Kolkata – Eden Gardens, Lucknow – Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Stadium, Ekana New Delhi – Arun Jaitley International Stadium, Feroz Shah Kotla Cuttack – Barabati Stadium Jodhpur – Barkatullah Khan Stadium. The first qualifier is slated to be held in Jodhpur, the venue for Qualifier 2 and the grand finale will be announced shortly.
Schedule
Date | Match No. | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue & Timings |
September 16 | Special Match | India Maharajas | World Giants | Eden Gardens; 7:30 PM |
September 17 | League Match 01 – Round 01 | India Capitals | Gujarat Giants | Eden Gardens; 7:30 PM |
September 18 | League Match 02 – Round 01 | Bhilwara Kings | Manipal Tigers | Ekana Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 19 | League Match 03 – Round 01 | Gujarat Giants | Manipal Tigers | Ekana Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 20 | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day |
September 21 | League Match 04 – Round 01 | Bhilwara Kings | India Capitals | Ekana Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 22 | League Match 05 – Round 01 | Gujarat Giants | Manipal Tigers | Arun Jaitley Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 23 | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day |
September 24 | League Match 06 – Round 01 | India Capitals | Bhilwara Kings | Arun Jaitley Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 25 | League Match 07 – Round 02 | India Capitals | Gujarat Giants | Arun Jaitley Stadium
(4 PM start) |
September 26 | League Match 08 – Round 02 | Manipal Tigers | Bhilwara Kings | Barabati Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 27 | League Match 09 – Round 02 | Gujarat Giants | Bhilwara Kings | Barabati Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 28 | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day |
September 29 | League Match 10 – Round 02 | India Capitals | Manipal Tigers | Barabati Stadium; 7:30 PM |
September 30 | League Match 11 – Round 02 | Gujarat Giants | Bhilwara Kings | Barkatullah Khan Stadium; 7:30 PM |
October 1 | League Match 12 – Round 02 | India Capitals | Manipal Tigers | Barkatullah Khan Stadium; 7:30 PM |
October 2 | Qualifier 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Barkatullah Khan Stadium (Early Start) |
October 3 | Eliminator | Rank 3 | Loser of Q1 | TBA |
October 4 | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day |
October 5 | FINAL | Winner of Q 1 | Winner of Eliminator | TBA |
Tv Coverage and Streaming
TV Coverage: Sony Six & Sony Ten 3
Live Streaming: Sony Liv