2023 Legends League Cricket
Dates18 November – 9 December 2023
Administrator(s)Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Cricket formatT20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin, Eliminator, and Final
Host(s)India
ChampionsManipal Tigers (1st title)
Runners-upUrbanrisers Hyderabad
Participants6
Matches19
Player of the seriesThisara Perera (Manipal Tigers)
Most runsDwayne Smith (234) (Urbanrisers Hyderabad)
Most wicketsImran Khan (9) (Manipal Tigers)
Isuru Udana (9) (India Capitals)
Official websitellct20.com

The 2023 Legends League Cricket or LLC Season 2 was the second franchise season of the Legends League Cricket, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India.[1] The tournament took place from 18 November to 9 December 2023.[2][3]

In this season, two new teams were added namely Southern Super Stars and Urbanrisers Hyderabad.[4]

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, Dehradun, Jammu, Vizag, and Surat.[5][6]

Ranchi Dehradun Jammu Vizag Surat
JSCA International Stadium Complex
Capacity: 50,000
Matches: 5
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Capacity: 25,000
Matches: 3
Maulana Azad Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 4
ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,500
Matches: 3
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium
Capacity: 7,000
Matches: 4

Teams

The following teams and their owners were announced as taking part in the tournament:

Team Captain Owner
Bhilwara Kings Irfan Pathan The LNJ Bhilwara Group
Gujarat Giants Parthiv Patel Adani Sportsline
India Capitals Gautam Gambhir GMR Sportsline
Manipal Tigers Harbhajan Singh The Manipal Education and Medical Group
Southern Super Stars Ross Taylor KLO Sports[7]
Urbanrisers Hyderabad Suresh Raina Urbanrise Group in collaboration with Mr. J.C. Reddy[8]

Source: LLCT20.com

Squads

On October 18, 2023, the squads for the tournament were selected through a draft that was held at Qutub Minar, Delhi.[9][10]

Bhilwara Kings Gujarat Giants India Capitals Manipal Tigers Southern Super Stars Urbanrisers Hyderabad

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.

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Manipal Tigers 5 3 1 0 1 7 1.224
2 Urbanrisers Hyderabad 5 3 1 0 1 7 0.514
3 Gujarat Giants 5 3 1 0 1 7 0.083
4 India Capitals 5 1 3 0 1 3 0.303
5 Southern Super Stars 5 1 3 0 1 3 −0.652
6 Bhilwara Kings 5 1 3 0 1 3 −1.424
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2023. Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
  •   Advances to Qualifier 1.
  •   Advances to Eliminator.

Matches

League stage

18 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
228/8 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
229/7 (19.2 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 63 (35)
Anureet Singh 4/29 (4 overs)
Solomon Mire 70 (40)
Isuru Udana 3/51 (4 overs)
Bhilwara Kings won by 3 wickets
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Bhilwara Kings)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.

20 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
173/8 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
163/9 (20 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 37 (18)
Rajat Bhatia 3/31 (4 overs)
Jacques Kallis 56 (42)
Parvinder Awana 4/19 (3 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 10 runs
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Parvinder Awana (Manipal Tigers)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.

21 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Urbanrizers Hyderabad
156 (19.2 overs)
v
Southern Superstars
143 (19.2 overs)
Martin Guptill 46 (28)
Hamid Hassan 4/30 (4 overs)
Dilshan Munaweera 34 (27)
Pawan Suyal 3/23 (4 overs)
Urbanrisers Hyderabad won by 13 runs
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Pawan Suyal (Urbanrisers Hyderabad)
  • Southern Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.

22 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
169/7 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 52 (27)
Jesal Karia 2/16 (4 overs)
Lendl Simmons 99* (61)
Rayad Ryan Emrit 2/30 (4 overs)
Gujarat Giants won by 3 runs
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Lendl Simmons (Bhilwara Kings)
  • Bhilwara King's won the toss and elected to field.

23 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Urbanrizers Hyderabad
189/5 (20 overs)
v
India Capitals
186/6 (20 overs)
Gurkeerat Singh Mann 89 (54)
Isuru Udana 4/28 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 77 (48)
Chris Mpofu 2/34 (4 overs)
Urbanrizers Hyderabad won by 3 runs.
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Gurkeerat Singh (Urbanrisers Hyderabad)
  • India Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

24 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
211/3 (20 overs)
v
Bhilwara Kings
122/8 (20 overs)
Chadwick Walton 104 (55) 
Christopher Barnwell 2/45 (4 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 26 (16)
Imran Khan 3/31 (4 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 89 runs.
Dehradun Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Sunil N (Ind)
Player of the match: Chadwick Walton (Manipal Tigers)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to field.

25 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Southern Super Stars
163/6 (20 overs)
v
India Capitals
167/3 (16.4 overs)
Chaturanga de Silva 56 (34) 
Rusty Theron 2/19 (4 overs)
Ricardo Powell 100 (57)
Pawan Negi 1/15 (1 over)
India Capitals won by 7 wickets.
Dehradun Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Sunil N (Ind)
Player of the match: Ricardo Powell (India Capitals)
  • India Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

26 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Giants
193/5 wickets (20 overs)
v
Urbanrizers Hyderabad
192/7 (20 overs)
Richard Levi 49 (19) 
Stuart Binny 2/28 (4 overs)
Peter Trego 59 (25)
S. Sreesanth 2/28 (3 overs)
Gujarat Giants won by 1 runs
Dehradun Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Sunil N (Ind)
Player of the match: S. Sreesanth (Gujarat Giants)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

27 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
124/9 (20 overs)
v
Southern Super Stars
125/5 (19.4 overs)
Angelo Perera 47* (34)
Pawan Negi 2/12 (1 over)
Jesse Ryder 30 (31)
Praveen Gupta 2/9 (3 overs)
Southern Superstars won by 5 wickets
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (Southern Superstars)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

29 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Bhilwara Kings
117/6 (17 overs)
v
Southern Super Stars
Iqbal Abdulla 40 (33)
Abdur Razzak 2/24 (2 overs)
No Result
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
  • Southern Super Stars won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

30 November 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
v
Gujarat Giants
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
  • Bhilwara Kings have won the toss and elected to bat.

1 December 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Bhilwara Kings
144/6 (20 overs)
v
Urbanrizers Hyderabad
148/3 (17.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (37)
Pawan Suyal 2/27 (4 overs)
Rikki Clarke 73 (44)
Christopher Barnwell 2/46 (4 overs)
Urbanrizers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Dinesh Kumar Saravanan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rikki Clarke (Urbanrizers Hyderabad)
  • Bhilwara Kings won the toss and elected to bat
  • Bhilwara Kings were eliminated as a result of this match.

2 December 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
186/9 (20 overs)
v
Manipal Tigers
187/6 (19.5 overs)
Bharat Chipli 65 (51)
Pankaj Singh 2/25 (4 overs)
Colin de Grandhomme 58 (35)
KP Appanna 1/12 (2 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 4 wickets
ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Colin de Grandhomme (Manipal Tigers)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

3 December 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Southern Super Stars
159/8 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
160/5 (18.4 overs)
Upul Tharanga 34 (31)
Trent Johnston 3/30 (4 overs)
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 81 (49)
Hamid Hassan 2/17 (4 overs)
Gujarat Giants won by 5 wickets
ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Ajay Varma (Ind) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
Player of the match: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (Gujarat Giants)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
  • Gujarat Giants qualified for the playoffs and Southern Super Stars were eliminated as a result of this match.
  • India Capitals advanced to Eliminator having a better net run rate than the Southern Super Stars

4 December 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Manipal Tigers
v
Urbanrizers Hyderabad
Match abandoned due to rain.
ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Play-offs

Qualifier 1 / EliminatorQualifier 2Final
1Urbanrisers Hyderabad253/6 (20 overs)Q1WUrbanrisers Hyderabad187/5 (20 overs)
2Manipal Tigers178 (16.3 overs)Q2WManipal Tigers193/5 (19 overs)
Q1LManipal Tigers181/4 (18.4 overs)
EWIndia Capitals177/9 (20 overs)
3Gujarat Giants211/7 (20 overs)
4India Capitals223/7 (20 overs)
Qualifier 1
5 December 2023
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Urbanrisers Hyderabad
253/6 (20 overs)
v
Manipal Tigers
178 (16.3 overs)
Dwayne Smith 120 (53)
Pankaj Singh 2/47 (4 overs)
Angelo Perera 73 (30)
Peter Trego 3/8 (1.3 overs)
Urbanrisers Hyderabad won by 75 runs
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Dinesh Kumar Saravanan (Ind) and Goutham S (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Urbanrisers Hyderabad)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator
6 December 2023
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
223/7 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Giants
211/7 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 51 (30)
Rajat Bhatia 2/37 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 84 (55)
Ishwar Pandey 2/34 (4 overs)
India Capitals won by 12 runs
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle (Ind) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Isuru Udana (India Capitals)
  • Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2
7 December 2023
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
India Capitals
177/9 (20 overs)
v
Manipal Tigers
181/4 (18.4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 56 (27)
Thisara Perera 3/20 (4 overs)
Asela Gunaratne 39* (25)
Isuru Udana 1/23 (3.4 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 6 wickets
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Dinesh Kumar Saravanan (Ind) and Ajay Varma (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell McClenaghan (Manipal Tigers)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Final
9 December 2023
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Urbanrisers Hyderabad
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Manipal Tigers
193/5 (19 overs)
Rikki Clarke 80* (52)
Pankaj Singh 2/43 (4 overs)
Asela Gunaratne 51* (29)
Stuart Binny 3/20 (4 overs)
Manipal Tigers won by 5 wickets
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Goutham Narayan (Ind) and Ajay Varma (Ind)
Player of the match: Asela Gunaratne (Manipal Tigers)
  • Manipal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Broadcasters

Star Sports Network was the broadcasting partner of the league while Disney+ Hotstar and Fancode were the digital streaming partners.[11]

References

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