Legends League Cricket is a

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league featuring retired cricket players. Legends League Cricket Masters has been played in Oman and

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and the franchise Legends League Cricket T20 league has been played in India.

Background

Owned by Absolute Legends Sports Pvt Ltd, Legends League Cricket was founded by Raman Raheja and Vivek Khushalani. In November 2021,

Ravi Shastri Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is the former head coach of the India national cricket team, a cricket commentator and former captain of Indian Cricket Team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 19 ...

was appointed as the league's commissioner following his retirement as the head coach of the

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Masters tournament

The 2022 masters season was played in January 2022 at the

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Oman Cricket Academy Ground, also known as the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, is a cricket ground in Muscat, Oman. The ground is owned by the Oman Cricket Board. In January 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) gave accreditation for the Mini ...

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. It featured three teams: India Maharajas; Asia Lions; and World Giants. World Giants won the final against Asia Lions. The second season was held at

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in March 2023. Asia Lions defeated World Giants in the final. The third season is set to take place with the same three teams in

in February 2024.

Teams

Results

Franchise tournament

The first season of the franchise tournament was held from 17 September to 5 October 2022, and featured four privately owned teams. A special match was also held at

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in Kolkata between Indian Maharajas and World Giants before the start of the league, and a total of 15 matches were played. India Capitals emerged victorious, beating Bhilwara Kings by 104 runs in the final at the

Sawai Mansingh Stadium The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is a cricket stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was named after Sawai Man Singh II, the former Maharaja of the state of Jaipur. It is situated at one corner of the PKMB. The stadium seats 30,000. As of July 2013 ...

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. The second season of the tournament was held between 18 November and 9 December 2023. Two new teams joined the league.

Teams

Source
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Results

References

External links

* {{Authority control Sports leagues established in 2021 Twenty20 cricket leagues International cricket competitions in Oman 2021 in Omani cricket 2022 in Omani cricket