Recently retired England's former World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan is set to return to cricket field as he is set to take part in the second edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), which will played from September 20 to October 10.
Morgan will join the likes of Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan in the league which would feature four Privately owned Franchisees. The upcoming season of the LLC will be staged in Muscat, Oman.
"It feels great and I am super excited to be part of Legends. I am looking forward to play in season 2," Morgan, who had captained England to the 2019 World Cup win, said in a release.
On Morgan’s joining Season 2, Raman Raheja, co-founder and CEO Legends League Cricket said, “we welcome Eoin to the team and looking forward to experience his all rounded performance in the field in season 2. His participation will surely make season 2 exciting as well as entertaining.”
Opening up on the new season of the league, Raheja added: “We have 4 Franchisees owned teams, playing 15 matches between September 20 to October 10, 2022, at Oman. Currently, we have 110 top-class players in the pool who would be put in 4 teams through a Player Draft process in early August 2022. So about 80 top players, essentially Legends of Cricket, would be playing in the upcoming season. Players like Sehwag, Irfan & Yusuf Pathan amongst others from India. Australia, England, Pakistan, SA, Sri Lanka, etc are going to be playing together. The format is such that it would make us an International T20 League with the highest number of International Cricketers in the playing eleven”
Morgan the captain of 2019 ICC World Cup winning team is the only second player in the history of cricket to score ODI hundreds for two different countries. The Irish born cricketer was a ODI and T20 captain and middle order batsman, right arm medium bowler and left handed batsman.
Former cricketers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, and England, among other cricket nations, competed in the first season of Legends League Cricket, divided into three teams representing India, Asia, and the Rest of the World. During the first season, cricket fans all over the world witnessed the Legends of Cricket compete at their best.
