ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08

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ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08
Administrator(s) ICL
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin tournament and Knockout
Host(s)India
Champions Hyderabad Heroes
Participants8

The ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08 was a challenge tournament in the first season of the ICL that was made primarily to introduce the all-Pakistan team the Lahore Badshahs and to have them play against the other ICL teams. The tournament commenced on 9 March 2008 and the final match was held on 6 April 2008. The league consisted of eight teams with each team playing each other once. [1] The tournament sponsor was Edelweiss.

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Tournament results

The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2–0 in the best of three final.

Fixtures and results

Match NumberDateVenueTeam 1Team 2ResultMan of the Match
Group Stage
1 9 March Panchkula Chandigarh Lions Ahmedabad Rockets Rockets by 19 runs Wavell Hinds (Rockets)
2 10 March Panchkula Delhi Giants Mumbai Champs Giants by 6 wickets Abbas Ali (Giants)
3 11 March Panchkula Chennai Superstars Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 5 wickets Inzamam-ul-Haq (Badshahs)
4 12 March Panchkula Mumbai Champs Kolkata Tigers Champs by 2 runs Andre Adams (Tigers)
5 13 March Panchkula Hyderabad Heroes Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 9 wickets Azhar Mahmood and Imran Nazir (Both Badshahs)
6 15 March Panchkula Delhi Giants Chandigarh Lions Lions by 34 runs Tejinder Pal Singh (Lions)
7 15 March Hyderabad Hyderabad Heroes Chennai Superstars Heroes by 7 wickets Nicky Boje and Justin Kemp (Both Heroes)
8 16 March Panchkula Ahmedabad Rockets Delhi Giants Giants by 9 wickets Avishka Gunawardene (Giants)
9 16 March Panchkula Chandigarh Lions Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 38 runs Imran Farhat (Badshahs)
10 17 March Hyderabad Chennai Superstars Kolkata Tigers Superstars by 4 wickets Russel Arnold (Superstars)
11 18 March Panchkula Ahmedabad Rockets Mumbai Champs Champs by 6 wickets Avinash Yadav (Champs)
12 19 March Hyderabad Hyderabad Heroes Kolkata Tigers Heroes by 4 wickets Jimmy Maher (Heroes)
13 20 March Hyderabad Chennai Superstars Delhi Giants Superstars by 56 runs Rajagopal Sathish (Superstars)
14 21 March Hyderabad Hyderabad Heroes Ahmedabad Rockets Heroes by 52 runs Alfred Absolom (Heroes)
15 21 March Panchkula Mumbai Champs Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 50 runs Hasan Raza (Badshahs)
16 22 March Hyderabad Kolkata Tigers Ahmedabad Rockets Tigers by 8 wickets Andre Adams (Tigers)
17 22 March Panchkula Chandigarh Lions Chennai Superstars Lions by 4 runs Chris Cairns (Lions)
18 23 March Panchkula Mumbai Champs Chennai Superstars Superstars by 9 wickets Ganapathi Vignesh (Superstars)
19 23 March Gurgaon Delhi Giants Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 8 wickets Mushtaq Ahmed (Badshahs)
20 24 March Gurgaon Delhi Giants Hyderabad Heroes Giants by 7 runs Dhruv Mahajan (Giants)
21 25 March Gurgaon Chandigarh Lions Mumbai Champs Champs by 35 runs Shridhar Iyer (Champs)
22 26 March Gurgaon Chandigarh Lions Kolkata Tigers Tigers by 22 runs Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Abu Nechim (Both Tigers)
23 27 March Gurgaon Chennai Superstars Ahmedabad Rockets Superstars by 22 runs Russel Arnold (Superstars)
24 28 March Hyderabad Kolkata Tigers Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 22 runs Hasan Raza (Badshahs)
25 29 March Hyderabad Chandigarh Lions Hyderabad Heroes Heroes by 33 runs Chris Harris and Ibrahim Khaleel (Both Heroes)
26 30 March Gurgaon Delhi Giants Kolkata Tigers Tigers by 1 run Upul Chandana (Tigers)
27 30 March Hyderabad Ahmedabad Rockets Lahore Badshahs Badshahs by 11 runs Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs)
28 31 March Hyderabad Hyderabad Heroes Mumbai Champs Heroes by 7 runs Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)

Standings

Points Table
TeamMWLNRPtsNRR
Lahore Badshahs 770014+1.890
Hyderabad Heroes 752010+0.161
Chennai Superstars 74308+0.889
Kolkata Tigers 74308+0.020
Delhi Giants 73406-0.546
Mumbai Champs 72504-0.634
Chandigarh Lions 72504-0.779
Ahmedabad Rockets 71602-0.974

Knock-out finals

Match NumberDateVenueTeam 1Team 2ResultMan of the Match
Knock-out Stage
Semi 1 2 April Hyderabad Hyderabad Heroes Chennai Superstars Heroes by 4 runs Nicky Boje (Heroes)
Semi 2 3 April Panchkula Lahore Badshahs Kolkata Tigers Badshahs by 7 runs Lance Klusener (Tigers)
3/4 place 4 April Panchkula Chennai Superstars Kolkata Tigers Superstars by 32 runs Rajagopal Satish (Superstars)
Final 1 4 April Panchkula Lahore Badshahs Hyderabad Heroes Heroes by 6 runs Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes)
Final 2 6 April Hyderabad Lahore Badshahs Hyderabad Heroes Match Tied: Bowl off: 0–3 (Heroes win series 2–0) Naved-ul-Hasan and Ambati Rayudu (Badshahs & Heroes)

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References

  1. "Indian Cricket League 2008 Results (includes the Edelweiss Challenge tournament)". ICL. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2008.