ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08

ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007/08
Administrator(s)	ICL
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Chennai Superstars
Participants	6

The Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship 2007/08 was the first tournament in the debut season of the ICL. The season commenced on the 30 November 2007 and the final match was held on 16 December 2007. The league consisted of six teams and each team played each other once prior to classification matches.^[1]

2007 season[]

The inaugural season for the Indian Cricket League was scheduled to begin in October 2007 but later shifted to start from November 30 with six club teams. The Chennai Superstars emerged as the inaugural ICL champions, beating the Chandigarh Lions by 12 runs in the final.^[2] Superstars bowler Shabbir Ahmed was declared Man of the Match for claiming four wickets, including a hat-trick while Superstars batsman Ian Harvey was declared Player of the Tournament for scoring 266 runs in 7 matches and taking 9 wickets.

Fixtures & Results[]

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Result
Group Stage
1st Match^{[permanent dead link]}	November 30	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Lions by 9 runs
2nd Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 1	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Superstars by 6 runs
3rd Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 1	Hyderabad Heroes	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Heroes by 33 runs
4th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 2	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Hyderabad Heroes	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Jets by 5 wickets
5th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 2	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Tigers by 43 runs
6th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 4	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Superstars by 38 runs
7th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 5	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Hyderabad Heroes	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Lions by 6 wickets
8th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 7	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Jets by 24 runs
9th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 8	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Superstars by 4 wickets
10th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 8	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Tigers by 4 wickets
11th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 9	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Hyderabad Heroes	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Heroes by 7 wickets
12th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 9	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Lions by 38 runs
13th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 10	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Champs by 7 runs
14th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 12	Chennai Superstars	Rajagopal Sathish	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Jets by 6 wickets
15th Match^{[permanent dead link]}	December 12	Hyderabad Heroes	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Tigers by 53 runs

Standings[]

Points Table
Team	M	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Kolkata Tigers	5	3	2	0	6	0.93
Delhi Jets	5	3	2	0	6	0.35
Chandigarh Lions	5	3	2	0	6	0.32
Chennai Superstars	5	3	2	0	6	0.18
Hyderabad Heroes	5	2	3	0	4	-0.054
Mumbai Champs	5	1	4	0	2	-1.240

Semi-finals
5th Place Play-off

Knock-out[]

Match	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Result	Man of the Match
Knock-Out Phase
Semi-Final^{[permanent dead link]}	December 14	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Superstars by 93 runs	Rajagopal Sathish (Superstars)
5th/6th Place Play-Off^{[permanent dead link]}	December 15	Hyderabad Heroes	Ambati Rayudu	Mumbai Champs	Brian Lara	Heroes by 25 runs	Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)
Semi-Final^{[permanent dead link]}	December 15	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Lions by 4 wickets	Abbas Ali (Jets)
3rd/4th Place Play-Off^{[permanent dead link]}	December 16	Delhi Jets	Marvan Atapattu	Kolkata Tigers	Craig McMillan	Jets by 5 wickets	Marvan Atapattu (Jets)
Final	December 16	Chandigarh Lions	Chris Cairns	Chennai Superstars	Stuart Law	Superstars by 12 runs	Shabbir Ahmed (Superstars)

- All Games played at 'Home Ground' - Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula
- Man of the Series: Ian Harvey

References[]

^ "Indian Cricket League 2007 Results". ICL. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
^ "Shabbir Ahmed Takes Hat-Trick As Superstars Win ICL". Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

External links[]

ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2007–08 at ESPNcricinfo

[1] "Indian Cricket League 2007 Results". ICL. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[2] "Shabbir Ahmed Takes Hat-Trick As Superstars Win ICL". Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

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