ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08
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Administrator(s) | ICL |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament and Knockout |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | Hyderabad Heroes |
Participants | 8 |
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.
Tournament results
[edit]The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2–0 in the best of three final.
Fixtures and results
[edit]Standings
[edit]Points Table | |||||||
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Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
Lahore Badshahs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.890 | |
Hyderabad Heroes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.161 | |
Chennai Superstars | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.889 | |
Kolkata Tigers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.020 | |
Delhi Giants | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.546 | |
Mumbai Champs | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.634 | |
Chandigarh Lions | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.779 | |
Ahmedabad Rockets | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -0.974 |
Knock-out finals
[edit]Match Number | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||||||||
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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) |
- Man of the Series: Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)
References
[edit]- ^ "Indian Cricket League 2008 Results (includes the Edelweiss Challenge tournament)". ICL. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2008.