2022 Legends League Cricket
Dates16 September – 5 October 2022
Administrator(s)Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Cricket formatT20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin, Eliminator, and Final
Host(s)India
ChampionsIndia Capitals
Runners-upBhilwara Kings
Participants4
Matches16
Player of the seriesYusuf Pathan (Bhilwara Kings)
Most runsWilliam Porterfield (267) (Bhilwara Kings)
Most wicketsPravin Tambe (11) (India Capitals)
Official websitellct20.com
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The 2022 Legends League Cricket, or LLC Season 1, was the inaugural season of the Legends League Cricket Franchise event, hosted in India. The tournament was exclusively for retired cricket players. It brought together former international and domestic cricket players to step on the field.[1]

The season was held in India between 16 September to 5 October 2022. The League featured four teams - India Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Bhilwara Kings, and Manipal Tigers.[2]

The tournament was won by India Capitals, who beat the Bhilwara Kings in the final.[3]

Venue

The matches were played in six different cities - Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Cuttack, Jodhpur, and Jaipur.[4]

The qualifiers were played in Jodhpur, and the final match was played in Jaipur.

Kolkata Lucknow Delhi Cuttack Jodhpur Jaipur
Eden Gardens
Capacity: 66,000
Matches: 2 		Ekana Stadium
Capacity: 50,000
Matches: 3 		Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 41,842
Matches: 3 		Barabati Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
Matches: 3 		Barkatullah Khan Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Matches: 4 		Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Matches: 1
(Final)

Special match

A special commemorative match was played between India Maharajas and World Giants to honor the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration marking the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence.[5] The match was played on September 16, 2022, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.[6]

Teams

The following teams and their owners were announced as taking part in the tournament:

Team Owner Captain Coach
Bhilwara Kings LNJ Bhilwara Group[7] Irfan Pathan Lalchand Rajput[8]
Gujarat Giants Adani Sportsline Virender Sehwag Venkatesh Prasad[9]
India Capitals GMR Group Gautam Gambhir Pravin Amre[10]
Manipal Tigers Manipal Education and Medical Group Harbhajan Singh John Buchanan[11]

Squads

Squads for the main tournament were selected through a draft which took place on 2 September 2022.[12][13]

Bhilwara Kings India Capitals Gujarat Giants Manipal Tigers

Points table

A total of 12 league matches were played in a double round robin format with each team playing against every other team twice. Of the four teams, the top three teams that qualified for the playoffs.[14]

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India Capitals 6 3 2 1 7 1.001
2 Bhilwara Kings 6 3 2 1 7 −0.142
3 Gujarat Giants 6 2 3 1 5 −0.366
4 Manipal Tigers 6 2 3 1 5 −0.467
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Matches

League stage

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration special match

16 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
World Giants
170/8 (20 overs)
v
India Maharajas
175/4 (18.4 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 52 (31)
Pankaj Singh 5/26 (4 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 54 (39)
Tim Bresnan 3/21 (3 overs)
India Maharajas won by 6 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Gayatri Venugopalan (Ind) and Kim Cotton (NZ)
Player of the match: Pankaj Singh (India Maharajas)
  • World Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 1

Match 1
17 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
179/7 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
180/7 (18.4 overs)
Ashley Nurse 103* (43)
Thisara Perera 2/16 (3 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 107 (61)
Liam Plunkett 2/23 (3 overs)
Gujarat Giants won by 3 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Kim Cotton (NZ)
Player of the match: Ashley Nurse (India Capitals)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 2
18 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
153/7 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
156/7 (19.4 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 73 (59)
Fidel Edwards 4/30 (4 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 44 (28)
Ryan Sidebottom 3/38 (4 overs)
Bhilwara Kings won by 3 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Gayathrii Venugopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Fidel Edwards (Bhilwara Kings)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 3
19 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
120/8 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
121/8 (17.2 overs)
Ravikant Shukla 32 (32)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/18 (2 overs)
Parthiv Patel 34 (17)
Muthiah Muralidaran 2/10 (2.2 overs)
Gujarat Giants won by 2 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shubhda Bhosle (Ind)
Player of the match: Parthiv Patel (Gujarat Giants)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 4
21 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
198/5 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
120 (19.2 overs)
Solomon Mire 82 (38)
Yusuf Pathan 3/28 (4 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 27* (30)
Rajat Bhatia 2/6 (1.2 overs)
India Capitals won by 78 runs
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Gayathrii Venugopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Solomon Mire (India Capitals)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 5
22 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
v
Manipal Tigers
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Kim Cotton (NZ)
  • No toss.
Match 6
24 September 2022
19:30
Scorecard
India Capitals
v
Bhilwara Kings
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Gayathrii Venugopal (Ind)
  • No toss.

Round 2

Match 7
25 September 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
152/7 (20 overs)
v
India Capitals
153/4 (18.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 75* (59)
Ashley Nurse 2/28 (4 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 50 (34)
Ajantha Mendis 2/26 (4 overs)
India Capitals won by 6 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shubhda Bhosle (Ind)
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (India Capitals)
  • India Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 8
26 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
175/8 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
172/9 (20 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 54 (30)
Tino Best 3/20 (3 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 42 (21)
Dilhara Fernando 4/31 (4 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 3 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Shubhda Bhosle (Ind)
Player of the match: Dilhara Fernando (Manipal Tigers)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 9
27 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Bhilwara Kings
222/4 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
165 (19.4 overs)
William Porterfield 64 (33)
Graeme Swann 1/34 (4 overs)
Yashpal Singh 57 (29)
Sreesanth 3/36 (4 overs)
Bhilwara Kings won by 57 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: William Porterfield (Bhilwara KIngs)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10
29 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
161/5 (20 overs)
v
India Capitals
162/3 (17.2 overs)
Jesse Ryder 79 (56)
Liam Plunkett 2/31 (4 overs)
India Capitals won by 7 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Shubhda Bhosle (Ind)
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (India Capitals)
  • India Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • India Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[15]
Match 11
30 September 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
186/7 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
187/5 (19.4 overs)
Chris Gayle 68 (40)
Yusuf Pathan 2/34 (2 overs)
William Porterfield 40 (37)
Graeme Swann 2/21 (3 overs)
Bhilwara Kings won by 5 wickets
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Bhilwara Kings)
  • Bhilwara Kings win toss and elected to field.
  • Bhilwara Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[16]
Match 12
1 October 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
183/2 (20 overs)
v
Manipal Tigers
186/7 (20 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 64 (51)
Corey Anderson 1/11 (2.1 overs)
Ricardo Powell 96 (52)
John Mooney 2/39 (4 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 3 wickets
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Ricardo Powell (Manipal Tigers)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Gujarat Giants qualified for the playoffs and Manipal Tigers were eliminated as a result of this match.

Play-offs

QualifierEliminatorFinal
1India Capitals231/6 (19.3 overs)1India Capitals211/7 (20 overs)
2Bhilwara Kings226/5 (20 overs)2Bhilwara Kings107 (18.2 overs)
3Gujarat Giants194/9 (20 overs)
2Bhilwara Kings195/4 (18.3 overs)
Qualifier
2 October 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Bhilwara Kings
226/5 (20 overs)
v
India Capitals
231/6 (19.3 overs)
Shane Watson 65 (39)
Mitchell Johnson 2/51 (4 overs)
Ross Taylor 84 (39)
Fidel Edwards 2/54 (4 overs)
India Capitals won by 4 wickets
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Ross Taylor (India Capitals)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Eliminator
3 October 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
194/9 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
195/4 (18.3 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 45 (24)
S. Sreesanth 2/28 (4 overs)
William Porterfield 60 (43)
Sreenath Arvind 2/48 (4 overs)
Bhilwara Kings won by 6 wickets
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: William Porterfield (Bhilwara Kings)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and chose to bat.

Final

5 October 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
211/7 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
107 (18.2 overs)
Ross Taylor 82 (41)
Rahul Sharma 4/30 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 27 (19)
Pankaj Singh 2/14 (3 overs)
India Capitals won by 104 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Ross Taylor (India Capitals)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • India Capitals became the champions of the 1st season of Legends League Cricket franchise event.

Statistics

Broadcasters

The league was broadcast on the leading Star Sports Network, which acquired the rights for the Indian territory.[18]

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