ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08
| Administrator(s) | ICL |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament and Knockout |
| Host(s) |
 India |
| Champions | Hyderabad Heroes |
| Participants | 8 |
The ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08 was a challenge tournament in the first season of the ICL that was made primarily to introduce the all-Pakistan team the Lahore Badshahs and to have them play against the other ICL teams. The tournament commenced on the 9 March 2008 and the final match was held on 6 April 2008. The league consisted of eight teams with each team playing each other once.[1] The tournament sponsor was Edelweiss.
Tournament results
The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2-0 in the best of three final.
Fixtures and results
Standings
| Points Table | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| Lahore Badshahs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.890 | |
| Hyderabad Heroes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.161 | |
| Chennai Superstars | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.889 | |
| Kolkata Tigers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.020 | |
| Delhi Giants | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.546 | |
| Mumbai Champs | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.634 | |
| Chandigarh Lions | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.779 | |
| Ahmedabad Rockets | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -0.974 | |
Knock-out finals
| Match Number | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knock-out Stage | ||||||||||||||
| Semi 1 | April 2 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Heroes | Chennai Superstars | Heroes by 4 runs | Nicky Boje (Heroes) | ||||||||
| Semi 2 | April 3 | Panchkula | Lahore Badshahs | Kolkata Tigers | Badshahs by 7 runs | Lance Klusener (Tigers) | ||||||||
| 3/4 place | April 4 | Panchkula | Chennai Superstars | Kolkata Tigers | Superstars by 32 runs | Rajagopal Satish (Superstars) | ||||||||
| Final 1 | April 4 | Panchkula | Lahore Badshahs | Hyderabad Heroes | Heroes by 6 runs | Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes) | ||||||||
| Final 2 | April 6 | Hyderabad | Lahore Badshahs | Hyderabad Heroes | Match Tied: Bowl off: 0-3 (Heroes win series 2-0) | Naved-ul-Hasan and Ambati Rayudu (Badshahs & Heroes) | ||||||||
- Man of the Series: Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)
References
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