Former India greats such as Virendra Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, and Harbhajan Singh will form a part of team India Maharaja when they will battle it out with two other teams in the inaugural edition of Legends League Cricket.
The League, which is made for retired players, will take place in the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Oman.
Three power-packed teams will take part in this tournament.
Apart from India Maharaja, two teams representing Asia and the rest of the World are also there.
Apart from the above-mentioned players, others include Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Badrinath, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Naman Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Hemang Badani, Venugopal Rao, Munaf Patel, Sanjay Bangar, Nayan Mongia, and Amit Bhandari.
Commissioner of Legends League Cricket and former India Head Coach, Ravi Shastri gave his comments and showed excitement for the forthcoming league.
Like true Kings, they will come, they would see and they would conquer. The Cricket Maharajas from India are coming together to take on the battle against the other top two teams from Asia and rest of the World.
He further added,
It would be the mother of all rivalries when Sehwag, Yuvraj, Bhajji play against Afridi, Murali, Chaminda, Shoaib, this will be a blast from the past for the fans.
The second team Asia Lions will have a mix of Pakistani and Sri Lankan players such as Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kamran Akmal, Chaminda Vaas, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Azhar Mahmood, Upul Tharanga, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Yousuf, and Umar Gul.
Asghar Afghan, former Afghanistan captain will also be part of the team.
The third team, the rest of the World has yet to announce its players.
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