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The inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket is all set to commence from 20 January and three teams- Asia Lions, India Maharaja, and World Giants- will battle it out for the coveted title. The legends of the game will be back in action taking on each other. All three teams will play four games each and the final over a time period of 10 days.
The complete squads for the three teams have also been confirmed and the names only add to the excitement of the fans. Indian legends like Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh will feature for India Maharaja, while the Asia Lions squad has Shoaib Akhtar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asghar Afghan. Bangladesh legend Habibul Bashar was added a few days ago and the former Tigers' captain is all set to roar in front of his rivals.
While the squads of Asia Lions have players from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the World Giants Squad has players from England, Australia, Ireland, Zimbabwe, West Indies, New Zealand, and South Africa. On the other hand, the India Maharaja squad features former Indian cricketers. And Asia Lions' Habibul Bashar thinks that this will give India Maharajas an edge over their opponents in the tournament.
While answering a question to SportsTiger, Bashar emphasized the team bonding the India Mahrajas' players will share and how they will be benefitted from it. "India Maharajas will have an edge in the tournament because of the team bonding," said Habibul Bashar.
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While Habibul Bashar's comments seem relevant to an extent, a testimony for the same will remain to be seen when the two teams face each other in the opening match of the tournament. The first match will be played on 20 January at the Oman Cricket Stadium, Muscat.
Fixtures
20 January 2022 – India Maharajas vs Asia Lions
21 January 2022 – World Giants vs Asia Lions
22 January 2022 – World Giants vs India Maharajas
24 January 2022 – Asia Lions vs India Maharajas
26 January 2022 – India Maharajas vs World Giants
27 January 2022 – Asia Lions vs World Giants
29 January 2022 – Final
India Maharaja Squad: Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Badrinath, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Naman Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Hemang Badani, Venugopal Rao, Munaf Patel, Sanjay Bangar, Nayan Mongia, Amit Bhandari, Stuart Binny, Mohammad Kaif
Asia Lions Squad: Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Misbah ul Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Umar Gul, Asghar Afghan, Upul Tharanga, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Yousuf, Nuwan Kulasekara, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Azhar Mahmood, Habibul Bashar, Ajantha Mendis and Dilhara Fernando.
World Giants Squad: Kevin Pietersen, Jonty Rhodes, Brett Lee, Daren Sammy, Herschelle Gibbs, Imran Tahir, Daniel Vettori, Corey Anderson, Morne Morkel, Brad Haddin, Kevin O’Brien, Brendan Taylor, Monty Panesar, Albie Morkel, Owais Shah