ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08
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. 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 |
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March 9 |
Panchkula |
Chandigarh Lions |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Rockets by 19 runs |
Wavell Hinds (Rockets) |
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March 10 |
Panchkula |
Delhi Giants |
Mumbai Champs |
Giants by 6 wickets |
Abbas Ali (Giants) |
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March 11 |
Panchkula |
Chennai Superstars |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 5 wickets |
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Badshahs) |
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March 12 |
Panchkula |
Mumbai Champs |
Kolkata Tigers |
Champs by 2 runs |
Andre Adams (Tigers) |
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March 13 |
Panchkula |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 9 wickets |
Azhar Mahmood and Imran Nazir (Both Badshahs) |
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March 15 |
Panchkula |
Delhi Giants |
Chandigarh Lions |
Lions by 34 runs |
Tejinder Pal Singh (Lions) |
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March 15 |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Chennai Superstars |
Heroes by 7 wickets |
Nicky Boje and Justin Kemp (Both Heroes) |
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March 16 |
Panchkula |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Delhi Giants |
Giants by 9 wickets |
Avishka Gunawardene (Giants) |
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March 16 |
Panchkula |
Chandigarh Lions |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 38 runs |
Imran Farhat (Badshahs) |
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March 17 |
Hyderabad |
Chennai Superstars |
Kolkata Tigers |
Superstars by 4 wickets |
Russel Arnold (Superstars) |
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March 18 |
Panchkula |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Mumbai Champs |
Champs by 6 wickets |
Avinash Yadav (Champs) |
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March 19 |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Kolkata Tigers |
Heroes by 4 wickets |
Jimmy Maher (Heroes) |
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March 20 |
Hyderabad |
Chennai Superstars |
Delhi Giants |
Superstars by 56 runs |
Rajagopal Sathish (Superstars) |
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March 21 |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Heroes by 52 runs |
Alfred Absolom (Heroes) |
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March 21 |
Panchkula |
Mumbai Champs |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 50 runs |
Hasan Raza (Badshahs) |
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March 22 |
Hyderabad |
Kolkata Tigers |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Tigers by 8 wickets |
Andre Adams (Tigers) |
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March 22 |
Panchkula |
Chandigarh Lions |
Chennai Superstars |
Lions by 4 runs |
Chris Cairns (Lions) |
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March 23 |
Panchkula |
Mumbai Champs |
Chennai Superstars |
Superstars by 9 wickets |
Ganapathi Vignesh (Superstars) |
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March 23 |
Gurgaon |
Delhi Giants |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 8 wickets |
Mushtaq Ahmed (Badshahs) |
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March 24 |
Gurgaon |
Delhi Giants |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Giants by 7 runs |
Dhruv Mahajan (Giants) |
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March 25 |
Gurgaon |
Chandigarh Lions |
Mumbai Champs |
Champs by 35 runs |
Shridhar Iyer (Champs) |
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March 26 |
Gurgaon |
Chandigarh Lions |
Kolkata Tigers |
Tigers by 22 runs |
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Abu Nechim (Both Tigers) |
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March 27 |
Gurgaon |
Chennai Superstars |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Superstars by 22 runs |
Russel Arnold (Superstars) |
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March 28 |
Hyderabad |
Kolkata Tigers |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 22 runs |
Hasan Raza (Badshahs) |
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March 29 |
Hyderabad |
Chandigarh Lions |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Heroes by 33 runs |
Chris Harris and Ibrahim Khaleel (Both Heroes) |
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March 30 |
Gurgaon |
Delhi Giants |
Kolkata Tigers |
Tigers by 1 run |
Upul Chandana (Tigers) |
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March 30 |
Hyderabad |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Lahore Badshahs |
Badshahs by 11 runs |
Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) |
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March 31 |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Mumbai Champs |
Heroes by 7 runs |
Abdul Razzaq (Heroes) |
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Standings
Points Table |
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Team |
Lahore Badshahs |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Chennai Superstars |
Kolkata Tigers |
Delhi Giants |
Mumbai Champs |
Chandigarh Lions |
Ahmedabad Rockets |
Knock-out finals
Match Number |
Date |
Venue |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Result |
Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knock-out Stage |
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April 2 |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Chennai Superstars |
Heroes by 4 runs |
Nicky Boje (Heroes) |
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April 3 |
Panchkula |
Lahore Badshahs |
Kolkata Tigers |
Badshahs by 7 runs |
Lance Klusener (Tigers) |
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April 4 |
Panchkula |
Chennai Superstars |
Kolkata Tigers |
Superstars by 32 runs |
Rajagopal Satish (Superstars) |
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April 4 |
Panchkula |
Lahore Badshahs |
Hyderabad Heroes |
Heroes by 6 runs |
Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes) |
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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) |
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- Man of the Series: Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)