Legends League Cricket

Legends League Cricket is a pair of Twenty20 cricket leagues featuring retired cricket players. Legends League Cricket Masters has been played in Oman and Qatar and the franchise Legends League Cricket T20 league has been played in India.

For another T20 cricket league featuring former international cricketers, see Road Safety World Series.
Legends League Cricket
CountriesIndia
AdministratorAbsolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd.
FormatT20
Websitellct20.com

Background

Owned by Absolute Legends Sports Pvt Ltd, Legends League Cricket was founded by Raman Raheja and Vivek Khushalani.[1][2] In November 2021, Ravi Shastri was appointed as the league's commissioner following his retirement as the head coach of the India national cricket team.[3][4]

Masters tournament

The 2022 masters season was played in January 2022 at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat. It featured three teams: India Maharajas; Asia Lions; and World Giants.[5][6] World Giants won the final against Asia Lions.

The second season was held at Doha in March 2023. Asia Lions defeated World Giants in the final.

Franchise tournament

The first season of the franchise tournament was held in India in September 2022, and featured four privately owned teams. A total of 15 matches were played. The second season of the tournament is scheduled to be held between 18 November and 9 December 2023 featuring six teams.

References
  1. "LLC to be hosted by Oman Cricket in January 2022". Times of India, Times of Oman.
  2. "Howzat Legends League Cricket". Howzat. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. "Ravi Shastri's next assignment is LLC". Times of India, The Times of India.
  4. "Ravi Shastri gets appointed as Commissioner of Legends League Cricket". Crictracker. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. "Legends League Cricket 2022: Players, teams, full schedule, live streaming, telecast and more". Times Now. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. "Legends League Cricket 2022: Squads, Schedule, Live Streaming, and Broadcasting details". Crictracker. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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