Legends League Cricket: Legends League Cricket 2024 is starting from 20 September. Most of the players who have retired from international cricket will be seen playing in it. In such a situation, fans will get a chance to see their heroes once again. This time 6 teams will be seen playing in the tournament and now the captains of all the 6 teams have been announced. Shikhar Dhawan had recently retired from international cricket. Now he will be seen playing in the Legends League. He has been made the captain (captains ) of Gujarat Greats. 5 former Indian players became captains in Legends League
Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh has been given the responsibility of captaining Manipal Tigers, Irfan Pathan Konark Surya Odisha, Suresh Raina Toyam Hyderabad, Dinesh Karthik Southern Superstars and Ian Bell India Capitals. The command of the teams in the league is in the hands of five former Indian players. At the same time, one foreign captain is included.
The first match in the Legends League Cricket 2024 will be played between the team of Konark Surya Odisha and Manipal Tigers at the Barkatulla Khan Stadium in Jodhpur. A total of 6 matches of the league will be played in Jodhpur and for this big cricketers have started reaching Jodhpur. Preparations have started for the first match and online tickets have also started selling. Last time a total of 4 teams participated in the league. This time the number of teams has increased to 6. Konark Surya Odisha and Southern Superstars are new teams added. The LLC 2024 tournament will start from September 20 and will run till October 26.
Squad of all teams playing in Legends League Cricket 2024:
India Capitals: Ian Bell, Dwayne Smith, Ashley Nurse, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dhruv Raval, Barinder Sran, Ravi Bopara, Parvinder Awana, Naman Ozhak, Christopher Mpofu, Iqbal Abdullah, Kirk Edwerks, Pankaj Singh, Pawan Suyal, Rahul Sharma, Ganeshwara Rao, Faiz Fazal, Colin de Grandhomme, Bharat Chipli, Ben Dunk
Gujarat Greats: Chris Gayle, Liam Plunkett, Morne van Wyk, Lendl Simmons, Asohar Afohan, Jerome Taylor, Paras Khada, Seekuge Prasanna, Kamau Leverock, Sybrand Anoelbrecht, Shannon Gabriel, Samar Quadri, Mohammad Kaif, Sreesanth and Shikhar Dhawan
Konark Surya Odisha: Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Kevin O’Brien, Ross Taylor, Vinay Kumar, Richard Levi, Dilshan Munaweera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Fidel Edwards, Ben Laughlin, Rajesh Bishnoi, Praveen Tambe, Divesh Pathania, KP Appanna, Ambati Rayudu and Naveen Stewart
Manipal Tigers: Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Thisara Perera, Sheldon Cottrell, Dan Christian, Angelo Perera, Manoj Tiwary, Asela Gunaratne, Solomon Meyer, Anureet Singh, Abu Nechim, Amit Verma, Imran Khan, Rahul Shukla, Amitoj Singh, Praveen Gupta and Saurabh Tiwary
Southern Superstars: Dinesh Karthik, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Pawan Negi, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Shreevats Goswami, Hamid Hassan, Nathan Coulter Nile, Chirag Gandhi, Suboth Bhati, Robin Bisht, Jesal Kari, Chaturanga de Silva and Monu Kumar.
TOYAM Hyderabad: Suresh Raina, Gurkeerat Singh, Peter Trego, Samiullah Shinwari, George Worker, Isuru Udana, Rikki Clarke, Stuart Binny, Jaskaran Malhotra, Chadwick Walton, Bipul Sharma, Nuwan Pradeep and Yogesh Nagar.