Masters Champions League 2016 schedule announced

Masters Champions League will consist of six teams at the start where a total 90 players will be taking part with 15 members per squad. Only former international cricketers who have now retired from all forms of the sport can participate in the tournament. The Emirates Cricket Board has given approval of MCL for a period of ten years. Tournament’s inaugural matches will be held in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah over two weeks. The Masters Champions League will provide its fans an opportunity to enjoy the game of their favorite cricket stars that do not play now, once again in the shortest form of cricket. The tournament will be played from January 28 to February 13, 2016. The cricket legends like Adam Gilchrist, Brian Lara and Jacques Kallis are to feature in the league. The inaugural season will be played on round robin basis. The semi-finals will be played between four squads with top points and the final will be contested between the two winners.

Masters Champions League 2016 Teams and their key players

Team                                                            Main Players

Leo Lions                              Brian Lara, Herschelle Gibbs, Robin Peterson

Gemini Arabians                   Muttiah Muralitharan, Virender Sehwag, KumarSangakkara 

Libra Legends                       Jacques Kallis, Brad Hogg, Sourav Ganguly

Sagittarius Strikers                Adam Gilchrist, Shane Bond, Mahela Jayawardene

Virgo Super Kings                 Jonty Rhodes, Azhar Mahmood, Brett Lee

Capricorn Commanders         Andrew Symonds, Abdul Razzaq, Michael Vaughan

Schedule of Masters Champions League

Jan 28-Libra Legends v Gemini Arabians-7:30 PM Local Time-Dubai

Jan 29-3:00 PM–Dubai-Capricorn Commanders v Leo Lions; 7:30 PM–Dubai-Virgo Super Kings v Sagitttarius Strikers

Jan 30-3:00 PM–Dubai-Gemini Arabians v Leo Lions; 7:30 PM–Dubai-Sagitttarius Strikers v Capricorn Commanders

Feb 3-3:00 PM–Sharjah-Libra Legends v Virgo Super Kings; 7:30 PM–Sharjah-Gemini Arabians v Capricorn Commanders

Feb 4-3:00 PM–Sharjah-Libra Legends v Sagitttarius Strikers; 7:30 PM–Sharjah-Leo Lions v Virgo Super Kings

Feb 5-3:00 PM–Sharjah-Sagitttarius Strikers v Gemini Arabians ; 7:30 PM–Sharjah-Capricorn Commanders v Libra Legends

Feb 6-3:00 PM–Sharjah-Gemini Arabians v Virgo Super Kings; 7:30 PM–Sharjah-Leo Lions v Sagitttarius Strikers

Feb 7-3:00 PM–Sharjah-Virgo Super Kings v Capricorn Commanders; 7:30 PM–Sharjah-Libra Legends v Leo Lions

Feb 11 - Semi Final Team 1 v Team 4 - 7:30 PM - Dubai

Feb 12 - Semi Final Team 2 v Team 3 - 7:30 PM - Dubai

Feb 13 - Final - 7:30 PM - Dubai

 

Seven companies offer bid for Pakistan Super League franchises

Technical bids for Pakistan Super League franchises of interested parties were opened at the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters on Wednesday in Lahore where seven companies participated in the bidding process. The franchises rights of Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Islamabad and Quetta are being offered for a period of ten years. Only seven parties presented formal proposals after a number of companies bought the bidding documents which include companies from the Middle East as well.

  

The companies Mobilink, Haier, ARY Media Group, Omar Associates, Arif Habib Group as well as two overseas companies including UAE’s Venture Capital and Qatar’s Premier Oil Company QALCO are in the race officially according to the news. A PSL official said that we are happy that bidding fight of PSL franchises has been participated by seven credible companies who has strong and clean backgrounds. PSL Governing Council has accepted all seven technical bids and financial bids will be opened on Thursday.

The official added that it is pleasing for us that six out of seven parties have submitted bids for all franchises while only Arif Habib Group is interested for Karachi which shows that people are interested in what PSL has to offer. It is still to see that whether the reserved price has been met by any of the bidders when the financial bids open.

 

The official explained that we will hold an auction between all seven parties if none of them meet the price and if the reserved price for a certain franchise is offered by more than one party then there will be rebidding between them and the highest bidder will be given the right. The PSL will be held from February 4-24 in Dubai and Sharjah with likes of Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Kieron Pollard, Shane Watson, Lasith Malinga, Dawyne Bravo, Angelo Mathews and others participating in the event.