Teams

Chandigarh Lions

Expect the Chandigarh Lions to gain the maximum amount of props, since the tournament is being played in the province of Panchkula, which is a neighbour to the great city of Chandigarh. A power-packed team will take to the field and offer terrific amusement to the crowds.

Their captain Chris Cairns - one of the most exhilarating cricketers of the 90s will look to lead from the front and pass on his proficiency to the talented young players in the team. The Kiwi all-rounder held the record for the maximum sixes in Test cricket for a long time, which clearly indicates the extent of his capability

Former India batsman Dinesh Mongia, one of the star batsmen of the team will help his team with his familiarity of the local conditions. New Zealand batsman Hamish Marshall will look to give his team the early impetus alongside former Pakistan opener Imran Farhat. The Lions have a couple of resourceful all-rounders in their team - South African Andrew Hall and Reetinder Singh Sodhi.

Kiwi fast bowler Daryll Tuffey will spearhead the bowling attack alongside Love Ablish and Gaurav Gupta. Hall, Cairns and Sodhi are also more than capable of sharing the new ball. Former India fast bowler Balwinder Singh Sandhu, who played a vital role for the national team during the 1983 World Cup triumph, will coach the Chandigarh Lions.

TEAM

Balwinder Sandhu(Coach)

Chris Cairns(Captain)

Amit Uniyal

Andrew Hall

Bipul Sharma

Darell Tuffey

Chetan Sharma

Dinesh Mongia

Gaurav Gupta

Hamish Marshall

Imran Farhat

Harpreet Singh

Ishan Malhotra

Karanveer Singh

Love Ablish

Manish Sharma

Rajesh Sharma

Reetinder Sodhi

Sarabjeet Singh(Wicket Keeper)

Sumit Kalia

TP Singh

Chennai Superstars

The Chennai Superstars possess perhaps the most compelling batting lineup in the tournament. Captain Stuart Law, a former Australian player and seasoned campaigner who has scored heaps of runs in England and Australia, was one of the pioneers of the Twenty20 format when it first began half a decade ago. The Superstars will be coached by former Australian great Michael Bevan – who is a connoisseur of the shorter version of the sport. Bevan will look to pass on his credible skills to his teammates.

Law will be ably supported by another T20 adept Aussie superstar Ian Harvey. The all-rounder was an integral component of the Australian teams which won the World Cup in 1999 and 2003. Harvey has reaped affluent success in England’s domestic T20 tournament, with both bat and ball.

The Superstars will also have in their outfit three solid left-handed batsmen in the middle order – Sri Lankan veteran Russel Arnold, former Indian batsmen Sridharan Sriram and Hemang Badani.

English wicket-keeper and Chris Read will feature as a useful lower-order batsman alongside all-rounder R Satish. Pakistan’s Shabbir Ahmed, former Indian bowler Thiru Kumaran and Jesurj will formulate the fast bowling attack.

TEAM

Maichael Bevan(Coach)

Stuart Law(Captain)

Chris Read(Wicket Keeper)

G Vignesh

Hemang Badani

Hemant Kumar

Ian Harvey

J. Harish

P. Vivek

R. Jesuraj

R. Sathish

Russel Arnold

Sanjeev Martin

Shabbir Ahmed

Sriram Sridaran

Syed Mohammad

Tamil Kumaran

Thiru Kumaran

V Devendra

Vasanth Sarvanan

Delhi Jets

On behalf of the capital of the nation, the Delhi Jets will bring to the ICL plenty of priceless experience from high profile international and domestic players. They will be captained by former Sri Lankan skipper Marvan Atapattu - who has amassed plenty of runs in all Test playing nations and will bring to the Jets all his know-how.

He will be competently supported by Pakistan opener Taufiq Umar, South African veteran Dale Benkenstein and Irish batsman Niall O'Brien. The Jets will be coached by former India all-rounder and national coach Madan Lal.

Yashpal Singh and Abbas Ali, two of the most prolific run-getters in the domestic circuit will put on view their talent in a superior stage, the new face of Indian cricket, the ICL. England old hand and wicket-keeper batsman Paul Nixon will bring his Twenty20 expertise into the team and will be supported by former India all-rounder JP Yadav to strengthen the lower-middle order.
Abhishek T and Shalabh Srivastav will share the new ball and will be supported by the spin duo of Abishek Sharma and Abhinav Bali.

Team

Madan Lal(Coach)

Marvan Atapattu(Captain)

Abbas Ali

Abhinav Bali

Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Tamrakar

Abid Nabi Ahanger

JP Yadav

Dishat Yagnik

Dhruv Mahajan

Dale Belkenstein

Ali Murtaza

Neil O'Brien

Paul Nixon(Wicket Keeper)

Raghav Sachdev

Sachin Dholpure

Shalabh Srivastav

Taufiq Umar

T. Sudindra

Hyderabad Heroes

The city of the Nawabs, the flush architecture and multilingual culture has produced some fine cricketers in the times gone by. A strong faction of players will embody the Hyderabad Heroes during the foundational Indian Cricket League.
The Heroes will be led by Pakistan living legend Inzamam-ul-Haq and coached by former Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Moin Khan. They will also have in their regime versatile all-rounders of the caliber of Abdul Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood. Both Pakistani players are well known for their big hitting and abilities to swing the new ball.
One of the finest outfielders of the contemporary era, Chris Harris, will add more potency to the Heroes outfit. Harris has played some match-winning knocks for New Zealand over the years and his 'dibbly dobby' seamers can never be underestimated.
Nicky Boje, a fine left-arm orthodox bowler and belligerent lower-order batsman is another crucial member of the team that will vie to capture the inaugural ICL Twenty20 championship.
Talented young batsmen Ambati Rayudu and Anirudh Singh will add more firepower to the batting. Stuart Binny, son of former India all-rounder Roger Binny, will hope that the ICL is the perfect launching pad to exhibit his skills. Kaushik Reddy and Alfred Absolam will partner with Razzaq and Mahmood to comprise of the fast bowling attack.

Team

Moin Khan(Coach)

Inzamam Ul Haq(Captain)

Abdul Razzak

Alfred Absolom

Ambati Rayadu

Anirudh Singh

Azhar Mahmood

Chris Harris

Bheema Rao

Baburao Yadav

Ibrahim Khaleel(Wicket Keeper)

Inder Shekhar Reddy

Kaushik Reddy

Nicky Boje

PS Niranjan

Shashank Nag

Stuart Binny

Syed Shahbuddin

Vinay Kumar

Zakharia Zuffri

Kolkata Tigers

The Kolkata Tigers will be a force to reckon with during the introductory season of the Indian Cricket League. They have a cluster of versatile all-rounders and hard-hitting batsmen. The Tigers will be captained by former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan.

T20 specialist and opening batsman Darren Maddy will open the batting and will have alongside him former India opener Deep Dasgupta. The Kolkata Tigers possess one of the biggest draws of the league – 1999 World Cup hero Lance Klusener, whose abilities the cricketing fraternity is very aware of. ‘Zulu’ is capable of single handedly taking the Kolkata Tigers to sensation.

The Tigers also have in their ranks former Sri Lanka all-rounder and leg spinner Upul Chandana, former India batsman Rohan Gavaskar and talented middle-order batsman Abishek JhunJhunwala. Ireland Boyd Rankin will lead the pace attack and will be supported by Abu Nacheem, Sayed Ahmed and Sujoy Tarafder.

TEAM

Daryll Cullinan(Coach)

Craig McMillan(Captain)

Sujay Tarafdar

Upul Chandana

Subhomoy das

Shiv Sagar Singh

Rohan Gavaskar

Parviz Aziz

Pritam Das

Rajiv Kumar

Syed Akhlakh Ahmed

Mihir Diwakar

Nantie Hayward

Lance Klusner

Deep Dasgupta(Wicket Keeper)

Darren Maddy

Boyd Rankin

Anshu Jain

Ali H Zaidi

Abu Nechim

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala

Mumbai Champs

The city that never sleeps has produced some of the finest cricketers in the history of Indian cricket. The Mumbai Champs will aspire to replicate these achievements and live up to tradition. They will be coached by Sandeep Patil and will be led by West Indian great Brian Lara when they compete for the coveted inaugural ICL Twenty20 Championships.

The Champs also have in their lineup New Zealand great Nathan Astle, who is one of the Black Caps’ most successful batsman of all-time, especially in the shorter version of the game. They also have the destructive English opening batsman Vikram Solanki and South African all-rounder Johan van der Wath in their star studded assemble.

Prolific run-scorers like Robin Morris and Dheeraj Jadhav are also an integral component of the Champs team. Jadhav has in the past come desperately close to representing the national team on a few occasions. Rakesh Patel, Anupam Sanklecha and South Africa’s Nantie Hayward will comprise of the pace battery.

TEAM

Sandeep Patil(Coach)

Brian Lara(Captain)

Anupam Sanklecha

Avinash Yadav

Dheeraj Jhadhav

Nathan Astle

Johan van der Wath

Kiran Powar

Mervin Dillon

Nikhil mandale

Pushkaraj Joshi

Rakesh Patel

Raneet Kirid

Raviraj Patil

Robin Morris

Shreyas Khanolkar

Sridher Iyer

Subhojit Paul(Wicket Keeper)

Suyash Burkal

Vikram Solanki