ICL 20s Grand Championship Tournament Schedule

Amidst all the hype and hoopla surrounding the IPL, the rebel Indian Cricket League has announced its new T20 tournament called "ICL 20s Grand Championship" which features new teams, venues and a new broadcaster as well. The new teams are one from Pakistan, Lahore Badshahs and the other Ahmedabad Rockets apart from the six teams that featured in the previous tournament. Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Panchkula will be the venues for the matches. Ten Sports, owned partly by the Zee group will telecast the matches live along with Zee Sports. The tournament is to be played from March 9 to April 7.

Here is the tournament schedule.

1st Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Chandigarh Lions at Panchkula - Mar 9, 2008

2nd Match: Delhi Giants v Mumbai Champs at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 10, 2008

3rd Match: Chennai Superstars v Lahore Badshahs at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 11, 2008

4th Match:Hyderabad Heroes v Lahore Badshahs at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 12, 2008

5th Match: Kolkata Tigers v Mumbai Champs at Panchkula - Mar 13, 2008

6th Match: Chandigarh Lions v Delhi Giants at Panchkula - Mar 15, 2008

7th Match: Chennai Superstars v Hyderabad Heroes at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 15, 2008

8th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Delhi Giants at Panchkula - Mar 16, 2008

9th Match: Chandigarh Lions v Lahore Badshahs at Panchkula - Mar 16, 2008

10th Match: Chennai Superstars v Kolkata Tigers at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 17, 2008

11th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Mumbai Champs at Panchkula - Mar 18, 2008

12th Match: Hyderabad Heroes v Kolkata Tigers at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 19, 2008

13th Match: Chennai Superstars v Delhi Giants at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 20, 2008

14th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Hyderabad Heroes at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 21, 2008

15th Match: Lahore Badshahs v Mumbai Champs at Panchkula - Mar 21, 2008

16th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Kolkata Tigers at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 22, 2008

17th Match: Chandigarh Lions v Chennai Superstars at Panchkula - Mar 22, 2008

18th Match: Chennai Superstars v Mumbai Champs at Panchkula - Mar 23, 2008

19th Match: Delhi Giants v Lahore Badshahs at Gurgaon - Mar 23, 2008

20th Match: Delhi Giants v Hyderabad Heroes at Gurgaon - Mar 24, 2008

21st Match: Chandigarh Lions v Mumbai Champs at Panchkula - Mar 25, 2008

22nd Match: Kolkata Tigers v Lahore Badshahs at Gurgaon - Mar 26, 2008

23rd Match: Chandigarh Lions v Kolkata Tigers at Gurgaon - Mar 27, 2008

24th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Chennai Superstars at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 28, 2008

25th Match: Chandigarh Lions v Hyderabad Heroes at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 29, 2008

26th Match: Ahmedabad Rockets v Lahore Badshahs at Gurgaon - Mar 30, 2008

27th Match: Delhi Giants v Kolkata Tigers at Gurgaon - Mar 30, 2008

28th Match: Hyderabad Heroes v Mumbai Champs at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 31, 2008

Semi Final 1: at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan- Apr 2, 2008

Semi Final 2: at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh - Apr 3, 2008

1st Final: at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh - Apr 4, 2008

3rd Place Play-off: at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh - Apr 4, 2008

2nd Final: at Teri Oval, Gual Pahari, Gurgaon - Apr 6, 2008

3rd Final: at Teri Oval, Gual Pahari, Gurgaon - Apr 7, 2008