2024 Legends Cricket Trophy

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2024 Legends Cricket Trophy
Dates8 – 19 March 2024
Administrator(s)LCT T20 League Private Limited
Cricket format 90-ball cricket
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)Sri Lanka
Participants7
Matches21
Official website https://www.lct90.com/
2023

The 2024 Legends Cricket Trophy or LCT Season 2, will be the second edition of the Legends Cricket Trophy (LCT), a Twenty20 cricket tournament featuring retired cricketers, many of them former internationals.The tournament will take place from 8 March to 19 March, 2024 at Pallekelle Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The tournament will bring together cricketing legends from around the world for the first time to Sri Lanka. The tournament will be played in a 90-ball format. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Venue

A total of 21 matches will be played at the Pallekelle Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Format

Overs Per Bowler

Power Play

Strategic Time-Out

Overs Timing

Teams

Seven teams will take part in the competition: [6]

Squads

Squads for the tournament were selected through a draft which took place on 15 February 2024 [7]

Yuvraj Singh, TM Dilshan, Aaron Finch, Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa and Suresh Raina were named as the icon players for the tournament. [8] [9]

Colombo LionsDelhi DevilsDubai GiantsKandy Samp Army
New York Superstar StrikersPunjab RoyalRajasthan Kings

Points Table

Each team will play the other six sides once in a single round-robin format. The top two teams in the standings after all the league matches will qualify for the final.

Pos.TeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Colombo Lions000
2Delhi Devils000
3Dubai Giants000
4Kandy Samp Army000
5New York Superstar Strikers000
6Punjab Royal000
7Rajasthan Kings000

Matches

The schedule for the tournament was announced on 4 March 2024. [10] [11]

League Stage

Final

Broadcasters

Star Sports Network is the broadcasting partner of the league while Disney+ Hotstar is the digital streaming partner. [12] [13]

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