Legends League Cricket 2023 begins on November 18 - watch live in India

The Legends League Cricket 2023 is scheduled to start on November 18 and run till  December 9 across four different venues in India.

The second edition of Legends League Cricket will see six teams playing a total of 19 T20s over a span of three weeks.

Bhilwara Kings, Gujarat Giants, India Capitals, Manipal Tigers, Southern Super Stars and Urbanisers Hyderabad are the six teams that will battle for the Legends League Cricket 2023 title.

As per the Legends League Cricket 2023 schedule, each team will play the other sides once in a round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings after all the league matches will advance to the playoffs.

The top two teams will clash in the Qualifier 1 for a place in the final, while the third and fourth-placed sides will square off in the Eliminator.

The winner of the Eliminator will later face the loser of Qualifier 1 in Qualifier 2 for the other spot in the final clash.

The Legends League Cricket 2023 final will be held on December 9.

Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Jammu’s Molana Azad Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam are the four venues that will host LLC 2023 matches.

India Capitals are the defending champions of Legends League Cricket after beating Bhilwara Kings by 104 runs in the 2022 final.

Meanwhile, Irfan Pathan will captain Bhilwara Kings while Gujarat Giants will be led by Parthiv Patel in LLC 2023.

Gautam Gambhir has been appointed the captain of India Capitals and Harbhajan Singh will lead Manipal Tigers.

Aaron Finch will captain Southern Super Stars while Suresh Raina has been given leadership responsibility of Urbanrisers Hyderabad.

Where to watch the Legends League Cricket 2023 live in India?

The Legends League Cricket 2023 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network’s TV channels in India.

Live streaming of the Legends League Cricket 2023 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode in India.

Legends League Cricket 2023 schedule and live match start times

All match timings are in India Standard Time (IST)

Legends League Cricket 2023 teams and squads

Bhilwara Kings: Irfan Pathan (captain), Lendl Simmons, Shane Watson, Solomon Mire, William Porterfield, Chris Barnwell, Iqbal Abdulla, Jesal Karia, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yusuf Pathan, Pinal Shah (wicket-keeper), Anureet Singh, Dhammika Prasad, Prosper Utseya, Rahul Sharma, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Murtagh

Gujarat Giants: Parthiv Patel (captain/wicketkeeper), Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Chris Gayle, Nathan Reardon, Richard Levi, Ahmed Raza, Chirag Khurana, Elton Chigumbura, Kevin O'Brien, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dishant Yagnik (wicket-keeper), Abhimanyu Mithun, Ben Laughlin, Dane Piedt, Liam Plunkett, Rayad Emrit, Sarabjit Ladda, Sreesanth, Sulieman Benn

India Capitals: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Bharat Chipli, Hashim Amla, Kevin Pietersen, Kirk Edwards, Ricardo Powell, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Ben Dunk (wicket-keeper), Morne van Wyk (wicket-keeper), Ashley Nurse, Dilhara Fernando, Fidel Edwards, Ishwar Pandey, Kotarangada Appanna, Munaf Patel, Pravin Tambe, Rusty Theron

Manipal Tigers: Harbhajan Singh (captain), Amitoze Singh, David White, Hamilton Masakadza, Kyle Coetzer, Mohammad Kaif, Subramaniam Badrinath, Colin de Grandhomme, Corey Anderson, Thisara Perera, Chadwick Walton (wicket-keeper), Robin Uthappa (wicket-keeper), Imran Khan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Pankaj Singh, Parvinder Awana, Praveen Gupta, Praveen Kumar

Southern Super Stars: Aaron Finch (captain), Andre McCarthy, Cameron White, Rajesh Bishnoi, Rameez Khan, Ross Taylor, Tanmay Srivastava, Upul Tharanga, Amit Verma, Bipul Sharma, Farveez Maharoof, Jesse Ryder, Johan Botha, Manvinder Bisla (wicket-keeper), Shreevats Goswami (wicket-keeper), Abdur Razzak, Amila Aponso, Ashok Dinda, Pankaj Rao, Suranga Lakmal

Urbanrisers Hyderabad: Suresh Raina (captain), Asghar Afghan, Martin Guptill, Mohnish Mishra, Peter Trego, Shivakant Shukla, Tirumalasetti Suman, Dwayne Smith, Milind Kumar, Stuart Binny, Yogesh Nagar, Amit Paunikar (wicket-keeper), Chamara Kapugedera (wicket-keeper), Chris Mpofu, Devendra Bishoo, Jerome Taylor, Morne Morkel, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Tino Best

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