Dates | 18 November – 9 December 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd. |
Cricket format | T20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin, Eliminator, and Final |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | Manipal Tigers (1st title) |
Runners-up | Urbanrisers Hyderabad |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Player of the series | Thisara Perera (Manipal Tigers) |
Most runs | Dwayne Smith (234) (Urbanrisers Hyderabad) |
Most wickets | Imran Khan (9) (Manipal Tigers) Isuru Udana (9) (India Capitals) |
Official website | llct20.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.
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 |
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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 |
The following teams and their owners were announced as taking part in the tournament:
Team | Captain | Owner |
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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
On October 18, 2023, the squads for the tournament were selected through a draft that was held at Qutub Minar, Delhi. [9] [10]
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 |
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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 |
India Capitals 228/8 (20 overs) | v | Bhilwara Kings 229/7 (19.2 overs) |
Manipal Tigers 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Giants 163/9 (20 overs) |
Urbanrizers Hyderabad 156 (19.2 overs) | v | Southern Superstars 143 (19.2 overs) |
Gujarat Giants 172/6 (20 overs) | v | Bhilwara Kings 169/7 (20 overs) |
Urbanrizers Hyderabad 189/5 (20 overs) | v | India Capitals 186/6 (20 overs) |
Manipal Tigers 211/3 (20 overs) | v | Bhilwara Kings 122/8 (20 overs) |
Southern Super Stars 163/6 (20 overs) | v | India Capitals 167/3 (16.4 overs) |
Gujarat Giants 193/5 wickets (20 overs) | v | Urbanrizers Hyderabad 192/7 (20 overs) |
Manipal Tigers 124/9 (20 overs) | v | Southern Super Stars 125/5 (19.4 overs) |
Bhilwara Kings 117/6 (17 overs) | v | Southern Super Stars |
India Capitals | v | Gujarat Giants |
Bhilwara Kings 144/6 (20 overs) | v | Urbanrizers Hyderabad 148/3 (17.3 overs) |
India Capitals 186/9 (20 overs) | v | Manipal Tigers 187/6 (19.5 overs) |
Southern Super Stars 159/8 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Giants 160/5 (18.4 overs) |
Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Urbanrisers Hyderabad | 253/6 (20 overs) | Q1W | Urbanrisers Hyderabad | 187/5 (20 overs) | ||||||||
2 | Manipal Tigers | 178 (16.3 overs) | Q2W | Manipal Tigers | 193/5 (19 overs) | ||||||||
Q1L | Manipal Tigers | 181/4 (18.4 overs) | |||||||||||
EW | India Capitals | 177/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
3 | Gujarat Giants | 211/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | India Capitals | 223/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Urbanrisers Hyderabad 253/6 (20 overs) | v | Manipal Tigers 178 (16.3 overs) |
India Capitals 223/7 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Giants 211/7 (20 overs) |
India Capitals 177/9 (20 overs) | v | Manipal Tigers 181/4 (18.4 overs) |
Urbanrisers Hyderabad 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Manipal Tigers 193/5 (19 overs) |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Star Sports Network was the broadcasting partner of the league while Disney+ Hotstar and Fancode were the digital streaming partners. [11]
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