ICL 20-20 Cricket Series Live Streaming
The ICL Season 2 begins with a high octane opening ceremony on October 10, 2008 in Hyderabad. The Season 2 will see a total of 41 pulsating matches being played at four international standard stadiums in - Hyderabad, Panchkula, Gurgaon & Ahmedabad. ICL promises to make this Season 2 an unforgettable experience for TV viewers, spectators & cricket lovers across the globe.
The 9 teams comprising of the newly added Dhaka Warriors will play against each other once in every city. Every game promises to be a memorable one as each team has international players who have in the past single handedly won many matches for their respective countries. The teams to watch out for the ICL Season 2 are - the defending champions Hyderabad Heroes, the newly formed exciting team from Bangladesh -Dhaka Warriors, the strong Pakistan contingent - Lahore Badshahs and the first T20 team from Gujarat - Ahmedabad Rockets. All matches are scheduled to be played late evening with double headers on every week-end.
The key matches to look out for will be played on the opening weekend on October 10th, the defending champions Hyderabad Heroes will take on runners up Lahore Badshahs. This match promises to be an out and out thriller. Inzaman, the captain of the Lahore Badshahs had promised that this round he wants to win the ICL trophy. The Pakistani’s boys are raring to play. The first weekend of ICL Season 2 is going to be pace setter and promises to usher in Diwali a little early.
The best of 3 finals will be played from 13th to 16th of November. The tournament kicks off on October 10th 2008 and will witness strategic transfer of players across the eight existing teams. ICL Season-2 will also witness the induction of new players (international & domestic) along with the strong fourteen member Dhaka Warriors side, strengthening the cricket talent pool in the ICL. Season-2 also sees a couple of international players like Paul Nixon & Hamish Marshall making their returns on the ICL platform.New players who have been inducted this season at ICL are-Hafiz Khaleel (Lahore Badshahs), Shahid Yousaf (Lahore Badshahs), Tahir Mahmood Mughal (Lahore Badshahs), Ryan Campbell (Ahmedabad Rockets) & Kunal Lal (Ahmedabad Rockets), while players like Mornantau (Nantie) Hayward (from Royal Bengal Tigers) has been transferred to Chennai Superstars and Hasan Raza & Taufeeq Umar (both from Lahore Badhshas) have been transferred to Mumbai Champs team.
The Captains of the 9 ICL Teams are
Ahmedabad Rockets - Damien Martyn
Chandigarh Lions - Chris Cairns
Chennai Superstars - Stuart Law
Delhi Giants - Marvan Atapattu
Dhaka Warriors - Habib Ul Bashar
Hyderabad Heroes - Chris Harris
Lahore Badshahs - Inzamam Ul Haq
Mumbai Champs - Nathan Astle
Royal Bengal Tigers - Craig McMillan
