New Delhi, March 22: The KhiladiX Legends Cricket Trophy – a T20 tournament involving top former international and domestic cricketers – is set to start on Wednesday (March 22).
The competition, which is being organised by Board for Veteran Cricket in India (BVCI), comprises six teams. A total of 18 games, including the finals, will be held in the inaugural edition, which is being sponsored by KhiladiX – a premium sports platform in India.
The nine-day tournament’s first edition will be played at Ghaziabad’s VVIP Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium between March 22-30. It will conclude a day before Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 begins i.e. March 31.
Preparations at the venue in the Western-Uttar Pradesh city has been in full swing to make the ground match-ready and images of the same have also been shared by the LCT Twitter handle.
Legends Cricket Trophy Full Squads and Captains for 2023
According to the information present on the Legends Cricket Trophy website, the six teams which will be participating in this tournament, their respective squad and their captains are as follows:
Chandigarh Champs: Irfan Pathan (C), Ross Taylor, Praveen Kumar, Robin Bist, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dharmendra Rana (wk), Praveen Thapar, Bhanu Seth, Mukesh Saini, Jyoti Bagesh, Amit Sanan, Raman Dutta, Kuldeep Singh, Puneet Kumar, Ranjit Dilip Khirid.
Nagpur Ninjas: Harbhajan Singh (C), Richard Levi, Dilhara Fernando, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Parvinder Awana, Abhimanyu Khod (wk), Vinod Kumar, Kuldeep Hooda, Satnam Singh, Prince, Vishwajeet Singh Solanki, Maninder Singh, Virender Singh, Nagendra Chaudhary, Hemant, Vinod Wilson.
Patna Warriors: Robin Uthappa (C & wk), Rikki Clarke, Farveez Mahroof, Pragyan Ojha, Chris Mpofu, Manvinder Bisla, Vikram Singh, Kalim Khan, Ompal Boken, Vineet Rathi, Dheeraj Govind, Muhammad Mudassar Ali, Hari Singh, Praveen, Kapil Mehta, Rajinder Anant.
Vizag Titans: Virender Sehwag (C), Thisara Perera, Nick Compton, Isuru Udana, Stuart Binny, Sunny Singh (wk), Rajesh Kumar, Malkhan Singh, Pradip Tanaji, Ishan Malhotra, Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Bharat Awasthi, Ali Murtaza, Ashish Nuniwal.
Indore Knights: Suresh Raina (C), Phil Mustard, Dilshan Munaweera, Ishwar Pandey, S Sreesanth, Parvinder Singh, Ashish Sharma, Sandeep More, Kapil Rana, Jitendra Giri, Sunil, Parmesh Kumar, Rajesh Dhabi, Sachin Hooda, Rajiv Tyagi, Deepak Sharma (wk), Jitendra Kumar.
Guwahati Avengers: Yusuf Pathan (C), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Peter Trego, Tino Best, Monty Panesar, Anureet Singh, Amit Tomar, Rahul Yadav (wk), Prashant Tagade, Shafiq Khan, RA Swaroop, Chandrakant Ghadi, Vishu Khatri, Nirwan Atri, Pintu Kumar, Sonu Nagar, Varun Khanna, KS Rana.