The 2023 Legends League Cricket or LLC Season 2 was the second franchise season of the
Legends League Cricket
Legends League Cricket is a Twenty20 cricket league featuring retired cricket players. Legends League Cricket Masters has been played in Oman and Qatar and the franchise Legends League Cricket T20 league has been played in India.
Background
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, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The tournament took place from 18 November to 9 December 2023.
In this season, two new teams were added namely Southern Super Stars and Urbanrisers Hyderabad.
In the final, Manipal Tigers defeated Urbanrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets to win their maiden title.
Venue
A total of 19 matches were played across five cities in India:
Ranchi
Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...
,
Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...
,
Jammu
Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi Ri ...
,
Vizag
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, and
Surat
Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...
.
Teams
The following teams and their owners were announced as taking part in the tournament:
Source
LLCT20.com
Squads
On October 18, 2023, the squads for the tournament were selected through a draft that was held at
Qutub Minar
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi’s oldest fortified city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. It is a UNESCO Worl ...
,
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
.
Points table
Format
Each team played against every other team once in the league stage of the tournament in a single round robin. Following the group stage, the top four teams qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.
* The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
* Advances to Qualifier 1.
* Advances to Eliminator.
Matches
League stage
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Play-offs
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Final
Statistics
* Player of the tournament:
Thisara Perera
Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera ( si, තිසර පෙරේරා; born 3 April 1989), popularly as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also capt ...
(Manipal Tigers)
* Leading Run Scorer:
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a former Barbadian international cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all three formats of the game. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls m ...
(234) (Urbanrisers Hyderabad)
* Leading Wicket-Taker:
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
(9) (Manipal Tigers) and
Isuru Udana (9) (India Capitals)
''Source''
ESPNcricinfo
Broadcasters
Star Sports Network was the broadcasting partner of the league while
Disney+ Hotstar
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
and
Fancode were the digital streaming partners.
References
{{Reflist
External links
Official WebsiteLLC 2023 on ESPNcricinfo
2023 in Indian cricket
Twenty20 cricket leagues