The Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship 2007/08 was the first tournament in the debut season of the ICL. The season commenced on 30 November 2007 and the final match was held on 16 December 2007. The league consisted of six teams and each team played each other once prior to classification matches.

2007 season

The inaugural season for the Indian Cricket League was scheduled to begin in October 2007 but later shifted to start from 30 November with six club teams. The Chennai Superstars emerged as the inaugural ICL champions, beating the Chandigarh Lions by 12 runs in the final. Superstars bowler Shabbir Ahmed was declared Man of the Match for claiming four wickets, including a hat-trick while Superstars batsman Ian Harvey was declared Player of the Tournament for scoring 266 runs in 7 matches and taking 9 wickets.

Fixtures and results

Standings

* Semi-finals * 5th Place Play-off

Knock-out

** All Games played at 'Home Ground' -

Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium Tau Devi Lal Stadium is a multi-sport complex in located in Sector 3, Panchkula, a satellite town in the outskirts of Chandigarh. The stadium is capable of holding around 7000 spectators and came into picture because of the Indian Cricket Leagu ...

Panchkula Panchkula (PKL) is a planned city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district, part of the Ambala division in Haryana, India. The origin of the name Panchkula came from the place where five irrigation canals meet. Panchkula establis ...

** Man of the Series: Ian Harvey

References

External links

ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2007–08
at ESPNcricinfo {{DEFAULTSORT:ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007-08 Indian Cricket League seasons 2008 in Indian cricket