ICL announces teams for upcoming Twenty20 tourney

Mumbai, Nov 14 (UNI) The Indian Cricket League (ICL), a venture by the Essel Group, today announced the names of players in each of the six teams and their respective coaches for the upcoming ICL Twenty 20 tournament.

The announcement came along with the news of third practice camp, starting November 16, in which each team will practice in their respective cities. The coaches of the teams will meet to decide the captains of the teams within a week, a release said here today.

ICL chairman (Executive Board) Kapil Dev said, ''We are thrilled to make this announcement as we reckon this is the most important piece of information before the tournament begins. We have ensured that the teams are balanced in every way and receive best facilities in terms of coaching, showcasing of their talent and exposure to international cricket. I wish all the players best of luck for the tournament.'' The teams are as follows: Chennai Superstars: Ian Harvey, V Devendran, R Sathish, Hemang Badani, Chris Read, Tamil Kumaran, Hemant Kumar, R Arnold, Sriram Sridharan, Syed Mohammed, Shabir Ahmed, Thiru Kumaran, J Hareish, Vasanth Sarvanan, R Jesuraj, Sanjeev Martin, G Vignesh, P Vivek. Coach: Michael Bevan Hyderabad Heroes: Anirudh Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Abdul Razzak, Azhar Mahmood, Syed Shahubuddin, Chris Harris, Nicky Boje, Stuart Binny, Inder Shekhar Reddy, Vinay Kumar, Ibrahim Khaleel, Kaushik Reddy, Bheema Rao, Alfred Absolom, Shashank Nag, P S Niranjan, Baburao Yadav, Zakaria Zuffri. Coach: Moin Khan.

Kolkata Tigers: Pervez Aziz, Darren Maddy, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Lance Klusener, Rohan Gavaskar, Upul Chandana, Deep Dasgupta, Abu Nechim, Shiv Sagar Singh, Boyd Rankin, Mihir Diwakar, Rajiv Kumar, Sayed Akhlakh Ahmed, Subhomoy Das, Sujay Tarafdar, Pritam Das, Anshu Jain, Ali H Zaidi. Coach: Darryl Cullinan.

Delhi Jets: Niall O'Brien, Mohnish Mishra, Tofeeq Umer, Abbas Ali, Paul Nixon, Dale Benkenstein, J P Yadav, Ali Murtaza, T Sudhindra, Abid Nabi Ahanger, Sachin Dholpure, Abhishek Tamrakar, Shalabh Srivastav, Abhishek Sharma, Dishant Yagnik, Dhruv Mahajan, Abhinav Bali, Raghav Sachdev. Coach: Madan Lal.

Mumbai Champs: Vikram Solanki, Robin Morris, Nathan Astle, Kiran Powar, Shreyas Khanolkar, J.Van der Wath, Rakesh Patel, Avinash Yadav, Nantie Hayward, Subhojit Paul, Dheeraj Jadhav, Anupam Sanklecha, Ranjeet Kirid, Pushkaraj Joshi, Suyash Burkul, Raviraj Patil, Nikhil Mandale, Sridher Iyer. Coach: Sandeep Patil.

Chandigarh Lions: Sarabjeet Singh, Imran Farhat Dinesh Mongia, Hamish Marshall, T P Singh, Andrew Hall, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Rajesh Sharma, Ishan Malhotra, Daryl Tuffey, Sumit Kalia, Chetan Sharma, Manish Sharma, Love Ablish, Bipul Sharma, Karanveer Singh, Amit Uniyal, Gaurav Gupta, Harpreet Singh, Coach: Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

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