The Legends Cricket Trophy 2024 began on March 8 and will continue until March 19 in Pallekele, Sri Lanka.
The second edition of LCT features seven teams competing in 22 games in a 90-ball format.
The first season of the LCT featured six teams competing in T20 format matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Indore Knights and Guwahati Avengers were the joint inaugural winners in 2023 after the final was rained out.
Meanwhile, the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium will host all of the 2024 Legends Cricket Trophy matches.
The seven teams competing in the LCT 2024 are Colombo Lions, Delhi Devils, Dubai Giants, Kandy Samp Army, New York Superstar Strikers, Punjab Royals, and Rajasthan Kings.
All teams will face the other six sides once in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in the standings after all league matches are completed qualifying for the LCT 2024 final.
Chris Gayle (Colombo Lions), Suresh Raina (Delhi Devils), Harbhajan Singh (Dubai Giants), Aaron Finch (Kandy Samp Army), Yuvraj Singh (New York Superstar Strikers), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Punjab Royals), and Robin Uthappa (Rajasthan Kings) have been named skippers and icons for the second LCT season.
Other well-known former players who will compete in this tournament include Ross Taylor, Shahid Afridi, Shaun Marsh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Dan Cristian, Martin Guptill, Lendl Simmons, and Imran Tahir.
Here is a complete list of the Legends Cricket Trophy 2024 teams and squads.
Legends Cricket Trophy 2024 teams and squads
Colombo Lions: Chris Gayle (c), Ross Taylor, Ben Dunk (wk), Darren Bravo, Jesse Ryder, Asghar Afghan, Nowruz Mangal, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Dawlat Zadran, Robert Frylinck, Muhammad Irfan, Khalid Usman, Khawar Ali
Delhi Devils: Suresh Raina (c), Shahid Afridi, Jacob Oram, Ambati Rayudu, Sohail Tanvir, Matt Prior (wk), Anureet Singh, Praveen Gupta, Saman Jayantha, Ishan Malhotra, Pravin Tambe, Iqbal Abdullah, Nagendra
Dubai Giants: Harbhajan Singh (c), Shaun Marsh, Richard Levi, Solomon Mire, Thisara Perera, Jonathan Carter, Samuel Badree, Suranga Lakmal, Sachith Pathirana, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Fidel Edwards, Gurkeerat Mann, Vernon Philander, Saurabh Tiwari, Ben Laughlin
Kandy Samp Army: Aaron Finch (c), Stuart Binny, Joe Burns, Upul Tharanga (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Kulasekara, Jonathan Wells, Kevin O’Brien, Tino Best, Christopher Mpofu, Liam Plunkett
New York Superstar Strikers: Yuvraj Singh (c), Dan Christian, Isuru Udana, Chadwick Walton (wk), Jerome Taylor, Ricardo Powell, Alviro Petersen, Nuwan Pradeep, Asela Gunarathne, Chamara Kapugedara, Rahul Sharma, Lahiru Thirimanne
Punjab Royals: Tillakaratne Dilshan (c), Martin Guptill, Naman Ojha (wk), Miguel Cummins, Dilshan Munaweera, Abdul Razzaq, Monty Panesar, Asad Shafiq, Javon Searles, Phil Mustard, Neil Broom, Siddhartha Trivedi, Upul Indrasiri
Rajasthan Kings: Robin Uthappa (c & wk), Lendl Simmons, Imran Tahir, Angelo Perera, Sreesanth, Ashley Nurse, Hamilton Masakadza, Chaturanga De Silva, Parvinder Awana, Peter Trego, Pawan Negi, Hamid Hassan, Bipul Sharma, Rajesh Bishnoi
