NEW DELHI: Innovations have been part and parcel of cricket. Time and again, to make it more appealing to the masses, the game has been tweaked. From timeless Tests to T20s, the Gentleman's game has come a long way. The latest innovation to have hit the game is
T10 Cricket League.
As is clear from the name, it's cricket with each team facing 10 overs with a typical game lasting 90 minutes. Aimed to "maximise audience's leisure", the league will last just four days and is already underway since December 14 with the final to be played on December 17.
All the matches are being played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Several former and current cricket stars from across the globe are part of the league including
Virender Sehwag,
Shahid Afridi,
Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Chandimal, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik among others. Six teams will vie for the title.
Here's all you need to know about the four-day extravaganza
Name of the tournament: T10 Cricket League
Schedule: December 14, 2017 to December 17, 2017
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Teams: Maratha Arabians, Pakhtoons, Punjabi Legends, Bengal Tigers, Kerala Kings, Colombo Lions
COMPLETE SQUADSMaratha Arabians: Virender Sehwag (Icon), Mohammad Amir, Alex Hales, Mohammad Sami, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Shaiman Anwar, Rilee Rossouw, Imad Wasim, Kamran Akmal, Ross Whiteley, Reolf Van der Merwe, Zahoor Khan, Krishmar Santokie, Hardus Viljoen
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Pakhtoons: Shahid Afridi (Icon), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmad Shahzad, Dwayne Smith, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Liam Dawson, Amjad Javed, Najibullah Zadran, Sohail Khan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Irfan, Saqlain Haider, Shaheen Afridi
Punjabi Legends: Shoaib Malik (Icon), Misbah-ul-Haq, Carlos Brathwaite, Hasan Ali, Fahim Ashraf, Chris Jordan, Luke Ronchi, Dawlat Zadran, Rangana Herath, Umar Akmal, Adil Rashid, Abdul Razzaq, Ghulam Shabber, Shareef Asadullah, Usama Mir
Bengal Tigers: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Icon), Andre Fletcher, Johnson Charles, Rameez Shahzad, Darren Sammy, Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine, Mohammad Nawaz, Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, Hasan Khan, Mustafizur Rahman, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Cameron Delport, Mohammad Naveed, Nabeel Baig, Mujeeb Zadran
Kerala Kings: Eoin Morgan (Icon), Liam Plunkett, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Samuel Badree, Ryad Emrit, Rohan Mustafa, Kieron Pollard, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Babar Hayat, Nicholas Pooran, Shakib Al Hasan, Paul Stirling, Imran Haider, Chadwick Walton
Colombo Lions: Dinesh Chandimal (Icon), Thisara Perera, Nipun Karunanayake, Angelo Perera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Alankara Asanka Lahiru Thirimanne, Dilshan Munaweera, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Angelo Jaya Singhe, Wanidu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay
UPDATED SCHEDULEDecember 14, 2017Group A - Bengal Tigers v Kerala Kings (9:30 pm IST)
Group B - Maratha Arabians v Pakhtoons (11:30 IST)
December 15, 2017 Group A - Bengal Tigers v Punjabi Legends (5:30 pm IST)
Group B - Maratha Arabians v Team Sri Lanka (7:30 pm IST)
Group A - Kerala Kings v Punjabi Legends (9:30 pm IST)
Group B - Pakhtoons v Team Sri Lanka (11:30 pm IST)
December 16, 2017 Play-off - Bengal Tigers v Pakhtoons (5:30 pm IST)
Play-off - Kerala Kings v Team Sri Lanka (7:30 pm IST)
Play-off - Maratha Arabians v Punjabi Legends (9:30 pm IST)
5th place Play-off - TBD v TBD (11:30 pm IST)
December 17, 2017 1st Semi-Final - TBD v TBD (7:00 pm IST)
2nd Semi-Final - TBD v TBD (9:00 pm IST)
Final – TBD v TBD (11:00 pm IST)