ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08

ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08
Administrator(s)	ICL
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Hyderabad Heroes
Participants	8

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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.^[1] The tournament sponsor was Edelweiss.

Tournament results[edit]

The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2-0 in the best of three final.

Fixtures and results[edit]

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

Standings[edit]

Points Table
Team	M	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Lahore Badshahs	7	7	0	0	14	+1.890
Hyderabad Heroes	7	5	2	0	10	+0.161
Chennai Superstars	7	4	3	0	8	+0.889
Kolkata Tigers	7	4	3	0	8	+0.020
Delhi Giants	7	3	4	0	6	-0.546
Mumbai Champs	7	2	5	0	4	-0.634
Chandigarh Lions	7	2	5	0	4	-0.779
Ahmedabad Rockets	7	1	6	0	2	-0.974

Knock-out finals[edit]

Match Number	Date	Venue	Team 1	Team 2	Result	Man of the Match
Knock-out Stage
Semi 1	April 2	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Chennai Superstars	Heroes by 4 runs	Nicky Boje (Heroes)
Semi 2	April 3	Panchkula	Lahore Badshahs	Kolkata Tigers	Badshahs by 7 runs	Lance Klusener (Tigers)
3/4 place	April 4	Panchkula	Chennai Superstars	Kolkata Tigers	Superstars by 32 runs	Rajagopal Satish (Superstars)
Final 1	April 4	Panchkula	Lahore Badshahs	Hyderabad Heroes	Heroes by 6 runs	Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes)
Final 2	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)

- Man of the Series: Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)

References[edit]

↑ "Indian Cricket League 2008 Results (includes the Edelweiss Challenge tournament)". ICL. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[1] "Indian Cricket League 2008 Results (includes the Edelweiss Challenge tournament)". ICL. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

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