2023 Legends League Cricket Masters

Cricket tournament

Legends League Cricket MastersDates| 10 – 20 March 2023

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Administrator(s)| Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Cricket format| T20
Host(s)| Qatar
Champions| Asia Lions (1st title)
Runners-up| World Giants
Participants| 3
Matches| 8
Player of the series| Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions)
Most runs| Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions) (221)
Most wickets| Sohail Tanvir (Asia Lions) (7)
Official website| https://www.llct20.com

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The 2023 Legends League Cricket Masters or LLC Masters[1] was a Twenty20 cricket tournament featuring retired players, many of them former internationals. It featured three teams and was held in Doha in March 2023.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Gautam Gambhir, Shahid Afridi, and Aaron Finch were chosen to be the captains of the three teams.[8] The league featured players such as Harbhajan Singh, Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Aaron Finch, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, and S. Sreesanth.

## Squads[edit]

India Maharajas Coach: Lance Klusener | Asia Lions Coach: Dav Whatmore | World Giants Coach: Lalchand Rajput

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* Gautam Gambhir (c)
* Parvinder Awana
* Stuart Binny
* Manvinder Bisla (wk)
* Ashok Dinda
* Harbhajan Singh
* Mohammad Kaif
* Praveen Kumar
* Pragyan Ojha
* Yusuf Pathan
* Irfan Pathan
* Suresh Raina[9]
* Reetinder Singh Sodhi
* S. Sreesanth
* Pravin Tambe
* Robin Uthappa (wk)
* Murali Vijay

* Shahid Afridi (c)
* Abdul Razzaq
* Abdur Razzak
* Asghar Afghan
* Dhiman Ghosh (wk)
* Tillakaratne Dilshan
* Dilhara Fernando
* Paras Khadka
* Misbah-ul-Haq
* Mohammad Amir
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Nawroz Mangal
* Thisara Perera
* Shoaib Akhtar
* Sohail Tanvir
* Upul Tharanga (wk)
* Isuru Udana

* Aaron Finch (c)
* Hashim Amla
* Tino Best
* Paul Collingwood
* Chris Gayle
* Jacques Kallis
* Brett Lee
* Christopher Mpofu
* Kevin O'Brien
* Monty Panesar
* Ricardo Powell
* Denesh Ramdin (wk)
* Lendl Simmons
* Ross Taylor
* Morné van Wyk (wk)
* Shane Watson
* Samit Patel

* Source: ESPN Cricinfo

## Venue[edit]

The season was hosted by the Qatar Cricket Association at West End Park International Cricket Stadium.[10]

## Points table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR

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1  | World Giants  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 0.001
2  | Asia Lions (C) | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 4  | −0.593
3  | India Maharajas  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 0.512

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

(C) Champions  Advanced to the final  Advanced to the eliminator

## Matches[edit]

The match schedule was published on the official website on 27 February 2023.

### League stage[edit]

All times are according to Arabian Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

10 March 2023

Asia Lions
165/6 (20 overs)

India Maharajas
156/8 (20 overs)

Asia Lions won by 9 runs

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Asia Lions)

Misbah-ul-Haq 73 (50)
Stuart Binny 2/22 (4 overs)

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Gautam Gambhir 54 (39)
Sohail Tanvir 3/27 (4 overs)

* Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

11 March 2023

World Giants
166/8 (20 overs)

India Maharajas
164/5 (20 overs)

World Giants won by 2 runs

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (World Giants)

Shane Watson 55 (32)
Harbhajan Singh 4/13 (2 overs)

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Gautam Gambhir 68 (42)
Ricardo Powell 2/16 (3 overs)

* World Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

13 March 2023

Asia Lions
99/3 (10 overs)

World Giants
64/5 (10 overs)

Asia Lions won by 35 runs

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Asia Lions)

Misbah-ul-Haq 44* (19)
Ricardo Powell 1/17 (2 overs)

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Chris Gayle 23 (16)
Abdur Razzak 2/2 (2 overs)

* World Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.

14 March 2023

Asia Lions
157/5 (20 overs)

India Maharajas
159/0 (12.3 overs)

India Maharajas won by 10 wickets

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (India Maharajas)

Upul Tharanga 69 (48)
Suresh Raina 2/16 (2 overs)

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Robin Uthappa 88* (39)

* India Maharajas won the toss and elected to field.

15 March 2023

India Maharajas
136/9 (20 overs)

World Giants
139/7 (18.4 overs)

World Giants won by 3 wickets

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (World Giants)

Suresh Raina 49 (41)
Brett Lee 3/18 (3 overs)

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Chris Gayle 57 (46)
Yusuf Pathan 2/14 (4 overs)

* World Giants won the toss and elected to field.

16 March 2023

World Giants
150/3 (20 overs)

Asia Lions
130 (19.1 overs)

World Giants won by 20 runs

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (World Giants)

Hashim Amla 68 (59)
Sohail Tanvir 1/31 (4 overs)

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Tillakaratne Dilshan 37 (28)
Christopher Mpofu 3/16 (4 overs)

* Asia Lions won the toss and elected to field.

### Knockout stage[edit]

| Eliminator | | | Final |

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| | | | 1 | World Giants | 147/4 (20 overs) |
| 2 | Asia Lions | 191/5 (20 overs) | | | 2 | Asia Lions | 148/3 (16.1 overs) |
| 3 | India Maharajas | 106 (16.4 overs) | | | |

#### Eliminator[edit]

18 March 2023

Asia Lions
191/5 (20 overs)

India Maharajas
106 (16.4 overs)

Asia Lions won by 85 runs

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17:30
Scorecard

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions)

Upul Tharanga 50 (31)
Pragyan Ojha 2/26 (3 overs)

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Gautam Gambhir 32 (17)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/21 (4 overs)

* Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Final[edit]

20 March 2023
17:30 (N)
Scorecard

World Giants
147/4 (20 overs)

Asia Lions
148/3 (16.1 overs)

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Jacques Kallis 78* (54)
Abdur Razzak 2/14 (4 overs)

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Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (42)
Monty Panesar 1/21 (4 overs)

Asia Lions won by 7 wickets
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
Player of the match: Abdur Razzak (Asia Lions)

* World Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics[edit]

### Most runs[edit]

Player | Team | Matches | Runs | High score

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Upul Tharanga | Asia Lions | 6 | 221 | 69
Gautam Gambhir | India Maharajas | 4 | 215 | 68
Tillakaratne Dilshan | Asia Lions | 6 | 191 | 58
Jacques Kallis | World Giants | 4 | 142 | 78 not out
Robin Uthappa | India Maharajas | 5 | 137 | 88 not out

* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets[edit]

Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling

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Sohail Tanvir | Asia Lions | 6 | 7 |  3/27
Abdur Razzak | Asia Lions | 6 | 6 |  2/2
Brett Lee | World Giants | 4 | 6 |  3/18
Christopher Mpofu | World Giants | 4 | 6 |  3/16
Tino Best | World Giants | 4 | 6 |  3/20

* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Broadcasters[edit]

Star Sports, Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode were the official broadcasters of this league in India.[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Legends League Cricket announces title sponsor of LLC Masters". Hindustan Times. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
2. ^ "Qatar Cricket to Host next season of Legends League Cricket Masters in Doha". Legends League Cricket. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
3. ^ "Legends League Cricket Announces Schedule for LLC Masters in Qatar". News 18. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
4. ^ "Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar set to play for Asia Lions in Legends League Cricket 2023". India Today.
5. ^ "Aaron Finch joins Legends League Cricket Masters". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
6. ^ "DISNEY STAR ACQUIRES TV BROADCAST RIGHTS FOR LLC MASTERS". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
7. ^ "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
8. ^ "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
9. ^ "Suresh Raina to play for India Maharajas in Legends League Cricket". ANI News. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
10. ^ "Legends League Cricket (LLC 2023) Live Streaming: Check full schedule, teams, squads | When and where to watch LIVE match". Zee Biz. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
11. ^ "Legends League Cricket (LLC) Masters becomes the first Indian Cricket League to have two streaming partners- Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.

## External links[edit]

* Series home at Cricbuzz
* Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[NR]: No result
*[Pts]: Points
*[NRR]: Net run rate