The game-changing captain Sourav Ganguly will lead India once again in a special match as India Maharajas take on Eoin Morgan-led World Giants as part of celebration of India's Independence. The special match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on September 16.
The World Giants team will feature players from as many as 10 countries including legendary players like Dale Steyn, Brett Lee, Sanath Jayasuriya. For India, Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh and others will be seen turning back the clock.
“This is a proud moment for us that we are celebrating 75th year of our independence. As a proud Indian, it gives me immense satisfaction to share that we have decided to dedicate this year league to the 75th year of Independence celebration,” former India head coach Ravi Shastri said.
Raman Raheja, Co-Founder & CEO, Legends League Cricket said, “We took this decision to be part of this year Independence Celebrations, considering that it’s a moment of pride for every Indian. Further, India Maharajas will be led by Sourav Ganguly and World Giants will be led by Eoin Morgan for the Social cause match on September 16. Thereafter the 4 Franchise owned teams would be competing in the league over 22 days. We will soon be announcing the complete list of players in the overall pool of 100+ players available for pick up by the team franchises.”
The league will commence on September 17. The four franchises will take on each other in a total of 15 matches in the season will be played across six different venues over 22 days.
Here are the squads for the exhibition match -
India Maharajas: Sourav Ganguly (c), Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Subramaniam Badrinath, Irfan Pathan, Parthiv Patel (wk), Stuart Binny, S Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Naman Ojha, Ashoke Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajay Jadeja, RP Singh, Joginder Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi
World XI: Eoin Morgan, Lendl Simmons, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Sanath Jayasuriya, Matt Prior, Nathan McCullum, Jonty Rhodes, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dale Steyn, Hamilton Masakadza, Mashrafe Mortaza, Asghar Afghan, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Kevin O Brien, Denesh Ramdin (wk)
There can be further additions to the squad as well.
