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Big Cricket Event at Qutub Minar: Legends League Player Draft Revealed, with Suresh Raina Leading One of the Teams

Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina will captain the new side Urbanrisers Hyderabad in the forthcoming season of Legends League Cricket (LLC), which will be played across five Indian cities from November 18 to December 9, 2023.

Aaron Finch, Robin Uthappa, Hashim Amla, Praveen Kumar, Ravi Bopara, Morne Morkel, and Kevin Pietersen were among the marquee Legends who took part in the player draught on Wednesday at New Delhi's Qutub Minar. This year's Legends League Cricket will be a six-team competition held in five Indian cities: Ranchi, Dehradun, Jammu, Vizag, and Surat.

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The gala event at the historic Qutub Minar was a unique blend of culture and sports, with a plethora of cricketing stars in attendance. A live band performed at the heritage site as part of this one-of-a-kind event. RJ Sammy and Yashika Gupta hosted the Player Draft, which was attended by former Indian cricketers Suresh Raina, Nikhil Chopra, and Robin Singh. Urbanrisers Hyderabad and Manipal Tigers will be coached by Chopra and Singh, respectively.

Aaron Finch will skipper the Southern Super Stars, Harbhajan Singh will head the Manipal Tigers in the Limited-Overseas League following the magnificent event that included a plethora of cricketing talents.

Former Indian batsman Robin Uthappa has also joined the Manipal Tigers. The India Capitals, led by Gautam Gambhir, have signed Kevin Pietersen, Bharat Chipli, and Hashim Amla to improve their batting lineup.

The Gujarat Giants have left no stone untouched in assembling their roster, signing Liam Plunkett and S. Sreesanth after previously retaining Parthiv Patel as captain, Universe Boss Chris Gayle, and Kevin O'Brien.

The Bhilwara Kings, led by Irfan Pathan, selected Lendl Simmons and Tilakaratne Dilshan to form a powerful top-order batting combo. Before to the event, Bhilwara Kings retained Irfan, Yusuf Pathan, and Shane Watson.
Hyderabad also signed veteran Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha and Morne Morkel to strengthen their core. The Southern Super Stars also selected Ross Taylor, Ashoke Dinda, and Johan Botha in the draught.

"Legends League Cricket is not simply a tournament; it's a monument to our nation's enduring love for cricket," said Raman Raheja, Co-Founder & CEO of Legends League Cricket. Every fan's passion and devotion for the legends has propelled our quest.

He further added, "We've maintained inventing throughout the seasons to keep it exciting. The goal has been to recreate and relive the sport's great past and legends. Similarly, the drawing at Qutub Minar represents our endeavour to somehow showcase our country's past while we celebrate cricket."

Bhilwara Kings

Gujarat Giants

India Capitals

Manipal Tigers

Southern Super Stars

Urbanrisers Hyderabad

Irfan Pathan (c)

Parthiv Patel (c)

Gautam Gambhir (c)

Harbhajan Singh (c)

Aaron Finch (c)

Suresh Raina (c)

Yusuf Pathan

Chris Gayle

Pravin Tambe

Mohammad Kaif

Upul Tharanga

Martin Guptil

Shane Watson

Kevin O'Brien

Ashley Nurse

Corey Anderson

Abdur Razzak

Dwanye Smith

Ryan Sidebottom

Elton Chigumbura

Morne van Wyk

Thisara Perera

Jesse Ryder

Peter Trego

Iqbal Abdulla

Richard Levi

Rusty Theron

Robin Uthappa

Cameron White

Chamara Kapugedera

Pinal Shah

Liam Plunkett

Ben Robert Dunk

Hamilton Masakadza

Suranga Lakmal

Morne Morkel

William Porterfield

Seekkuge Prasanna

Ricardo Powell

David White

Manvinder Bisla

Stuart Binny

Tim Murtagh

S. Sreesanth

Fidel Edwards

Amitoze Singh

Ashoke Dinda

Ashgar Afghan

Chirstopher Barmwell

Sarabjit Ladda

Dilhara Fernando

Pankaj Singh

Bipul Sharma

Tino Best

Anureet Singh

Dishant Yagnik

Kirk Edwards

Colin de Grandhomme

Andre McCarthy

Amit Paunikar

Jesal Karia

Dane Piedt

Ishwar Pandey

Chadwick Walton

Rameez Khan

Mohnish Mishra

Solomon Mire

Sulieman Benn

Hashim Amla

Mitchell Mcclenaghan

Amila Aponso

Christopher Mpofu

Lendl Simmons

Nathan Reardon

Kevin Pietersen

Parvinder Awana

Pankaj Kumar Rao

Pawan Suyal

Dhammika Prasad

Rayad Ryan Emrit

K P Appanna

Pravin Gupta

Rajesh Bishnoi

Jerome Taylor

Prosper Utseya

Ahmed Raza

Munaf Patel

Kyle Coetzer

Amit Verma

Sudeep Tyagi

Rahul Sharma

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala

Yalak Ganeshwar Rao

S. Badrinath

Tanmay Srivastava

Yogesh Nagar

Tilakaratne Dilshan

Chirag Khurana

Yashpal Singh

Imran Khan

Farveez Maharoof

Shiva Kant Shukla

Ben Laughlin

Bharat Chipli

Praveen Kumar

Ross Taylor

Pragyan Ojha

Abhimanyu Mithun

Johan Botha

Devendra Bishoo

Shreevats Goswami

Tirumalasetti Suman

Milind Kumar

Story first published: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 19:09 [IST]
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