ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08

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
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 the 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

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

Standings

Points Table
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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Cricket League 2008 Results (includes the Edelweiss Challenge tournament)". ICL.
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