Legends League Cricket 2022: Results, Points Table, Most Runs, Most Wickets, Best Performers, Other Stats

New Delhi, Sep 17: The second season of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2022 has began on September 16 in a completely new format. Cricketing greats from several nations are participating in this franchise-based league which comprises four teams now.

Gautam Gambhir's India Capitals faced Virender Sehwag-led Gujarat Giants at the iconic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata and initiated the 20-day-long T20 cricket tournament. After Kolkata leg, the teams will move to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium (Ekana), Luckknow where Harbhajan Singh-led Manipal Tigers will face on Irfan Pathan's Bhilwara Kings on September 18.

The opening match between India Capitals and Gujarat Giants witnessed a century in both the innings of a high scoring contest. Batting for India Capitals, Nurse scorched the ground with an innings of 103 not out off 43 balls to help the team post 179/7 in 20 overs. In response, Kevin O'Brien slammed 61-ball 107 runs and helped his team secure a big win.

The fans are getting an opportunity to watch mouth-watering contests as some of the biggest T20 specialists in the business such as Kevin O'Brien, Ashley Nurse, Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Graeme Swann, Imran Tahir, Virender Sehwag, and Muttiah Muralitharan are participating in the league.

Format for new season of LLC

The second edition of the LLC has four new franchise-based teams and they will be playing each other twice during the 12-match league stage. There will be 4 rest days in between the matches.

The top two teams at the end of the league stage will play in the Qualifier at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on October 2 with the winner directly advancing to the final to be played on October 5. The loser of the Qualifier will get another bite of the cherry for they will get to fight with the third-placed team on October 3 to seal a place in the final.

Results

Match 1: September 17: Gujarat Giants beat India Capitals by 5 wickets

Match 2: September 18: Bhilwara Kings beat Manipal Tigers by 3 wickets

Match 3: September 19: Gujarat Giants beat Manipal Tigers by 2 wickets

Match 4: September 21: India Capitals beat Bhilwara Kings by 78 runs

Match 5: September 22: Gujarat Giants vs Manipal Tigers: Match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Match 6: September 24: Bhilwara Kings vs India Capitals: Match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Match 7: September 25: Gujarat Giants vs India Capitals: India Capitals won by 6 wickets

Match 8: September 26: Manipal Tigers vs Bhilwara Kings: Manipal Tigers won by 3 runs

Match 9: September 27: Bhilwara Kings vs Gujarat Giants: Bhilwara Kings won by 57 runs

Match 10: September 29: India Capitals vs Manipal Tigers: India Capitals won by 7 wickets

Match 11: September 30: Gujarat Giants vs Bhilwara Kings: Kings won by 5 wickets

Match 12: October 1: India Capitals vs Manipal Tigers: Tigers won by 3 wickets

Match 13: October 2: Bhilwara Kings vs India Capitals: Capitals won by 4 wickets

Match 14: October 3: Bhilwara Kings vs Gujarat Giants: Kings won by 6 wickets

Points Table

Sr. No./ Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Points	NRR
1. India Capitals	6	3	2	0	1	7	+1.001
2. Bhilwara Kings	6	3	2	0	1	5	-0.142
3. Gujarat Giants	6	2	3	0	1	5	-0.366
4. Manipal Tigers	6	2	3	0	1	5	-0.467