Legends League Cricket 2023 is to be held between March 10 and 20 in Doha, Qatar – below is the full list of confirmed players so far.
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Legends League Cricket is a T20 league featuring recently retired professionals, many of whom are former internationals.
The first edition of the competition was held in January last year in Muscat, Oman and featured three teams before the tournament expanded to four teams for the second edition of the competition that was played in India in September 2022.
This version of the competition is set to be played in Qatar and will once again feature three teams: India Maharajas (led by Gautam Gambhir), Asia Lions (Shahid Afridi), and World Giants (Aaron Finch).
The teams are representative of, in that order, India, Asia (except India), and the World (except Asia). The tournament will also feature recently retired cricketers like Finch and Joginder Sharma as well as uncapped cricketers.
The teams will play in a double round-robin league format. The last two teams will play in an Eliminator, the winner of which will meet the table topper in the final.
Below are the full list of players confirmed so far for the 2023 edition.
Legends League Cricket 2023: All players confirmed so far
India Maharajas
Gautam Gambhir (c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, M Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, Reetinder Sodhi, Manvinder Bisla, Pragyan Ojha, Robin Uthappa, Ashok Dinda, Joginder Sharma, Parvinder Awana, Pravin Tambe.
Asian Lions
Shahid Afridi (c), Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan); Tillakaratne Dilshan, Isuru Udana, Thisara Perera, Upul Tharanga, Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka); Rajin Saleh, Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh); Asghar Afghan (Afghanistan); Paras Khadka (Nepal).
World Giants
Aaron Finch (c), Shane Watson, Brett Lee (Australia), Chris Gayle, Ricardo Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Tino Best (West Indies), Hashim Amla, Albie Morkel, Jacques Kallis, Morne van Wyk (South Africa), Ross Taylor (New Zealand), Monty Panesar (England), Kevin O’Brien (Ireland).
*Article last updated March 5, 2023*
