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MUMBAI:
Subhash Chandra’s Indian Cricket League (ICL) has announced
its forthcoming tournament, ICL 20's Grand Championship. Starting
from 9 March to 7 April, the matches will be held in three
locations – Hyderabad, Chandigarh (Panchkula) and Gurgaon.
Besides,
the tournament will see two new teams - Ahmedabad Rockets
and Lahore Badshahs - in addition to the existing six teams.
 The
grand championship will feature eight teams - Chennai Superstars,
Delhi Giants, Mumbai Champs, Hyderabad Heroes, Kolkata Tigers,
Chandigarh Lions, Ahmedabad Rockets and Lahore Badshahs.
The
20-20 format matches will be live on Ten Sports and Zee Sports.
With a match every evening and double-headers on specific
weekends, the tournament will have 34 matches. The teams will
play against each other once in the league format, followed
by semi-finals, third-position classification match and concluding
with the best of three match finals.
ICL
executive board chairman Kapil Dev said, “Our first two
tournaments have produced some high-quality cricket. We are
delighted to have added a new impressive player base which
includes some quality fast bowlers, crafty spinners and explosive
batsmen. Their participation in the league will provide the
younger generation of cricketers valuable insights which will
help them with their game. Personally, I am happy to see Pakistan
being represented by the Lahore Badshah. We all have some
great cricketing moments playing with them and I would like
to see history repeat itself in the ICL.”
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