| ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2008/09 | |
| Administrator: | ICL |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin tournament and Knockout |
| Host: | India |
| Champions: | Lahore Badshahs |
| Count: | Inaugural |
| Participants: | 9 |
| Matches: | 41 |
| Player Of The Series: | Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) |
| Most Runs: | Imran Nazir (Badshahs) |
The ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2008/09 was the second tournament of the second ICL season, it was also the second 20-20 Indian Championship. The tournament commenced on 10 October 2008, with the final match to be held on 16 November 2008. Both the opening and closing fixtures were played in Hyderabad, India. The league consisted of nine teams. Each team playing each other once.[1]
The 2008/09 season saw the introduction of a new team, the Dhaka Warriors.
The season opener consisted of this calendar year's Edelweiss 20s Challenge finalists the Lahore Badshahs and the Hyderabad Heroes.
Each winning teams gets 2,500,000 Rupees; while each Man of the match receives 200,000 Rupees, a trophy and an electric motobike.
All the games were played at one of the following stadiums:
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Telangana
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon, Haryana
Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Haryana
| Scorecard | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | ||||||||
| 1 | 10 October | Hyderabad | Heroes won by 18 runs (VJD method) | Ambati Rayudu (Heroes) | ||||
| 2 | 11 October | Hyderabad | Superstars won by 6 wickets | Syed Mohammed (Superstars) | ||||
| 3 | 12 October | Hyderabad | Giants won by 13 runs | Paul Nixon (Giants) | ||||
| 4 | 12 October | Hyderabad | Tigers won by 8 wickets | Hamish Marshall (Tigers) | ||||
| 5 | 13 October | Hyderabad | Lions won by 2 wickets | Sarabjit Singh (Lions) | ||||
| 6 | 14 October | Hyderabad | Superstars won by 35 runs (VJD method) | Russel Arnold (Superstars) | ||||
| 7 | 15 October | Hyderabad | Heroes won by 4 wickets | Alok Kapali (Warriors) | ||||
| 8 | 16 October | Hyderabad | Tigers won by 35 runs | Craig McMillan (Tigers) | ||||
| 9 | 17 October | Ahmedabad | Rockets won by 9 wickets | Ryan Campbell (Rockets) | ||||
| 10 | 18 October | Ahmedabad | Lions won by 8 runs | Daryl Tuffey (Lions) | ||||
| 11 | 19 October | Ahmedabad | Tigers won by 12 runs | Rohan Gavaskar ((Tigers)) | ||||
| 12 | 19 October | Ahmedabad | Badshahs won by 31 runs | Azhar Mahmood (Badshahs) | ||||
| 13 | 20 October | Ahmedabad | Warriors won by 62 runs | Nazimuddin (Warriors) | ||||
| 14 | 21 October | Ahmedabad | Superstars won by 18 runs | Ian Harvey (Superstars) | ||||
| 15 | 22 October | Ahmedabad | Rockets won by 10 wickets | Bhima Rao (Rockets) | ||||
| 16 | 23 October | Ahmedabad | Badshahs won by 8 wickets | Imran Nazir (Badshahs) | ||||
| 17 | 24 October | Gurgaon | Superstars won by 5 runs | Hemang Badani (Superstars) | ||||
| 18 | 25 October | Gurgaon | Tigers won by 8 wickets | Deep Dasgupta (Tigers) | ||||
| 19 | 26 October | Gurgaon | Heroes won by 9 wickets | Abdul Razzaq (Heroes) | ||||
| 20 | 26 October | Gurgaon | Giants won by 6 wickets | Ali Murtaza (Giants) | ||||
| 21 | 27 October | Gurgaon | Warriors won by 6 wickets | Alok Kapali (Warriors) | ||||
| 22 | 28 October | Gurgaon | Lions won by 8 wickets | Tejinder Pal Singh (Lions) | ||||
| 23 | 29 October | Gurgaon | Heroes won by 3 runs | Ambati Rayudu (Heroes) | ||||
| 24 | 30 October | Gurgaon | Champs won by 58 runs | Ranjit Khirid (Champs) | ||||
| 25 | 31 October | Panchkula | Warriors won by 8 wickets | Shahriar Nafees (Warriors) | ||||
| 26 | 1 November | Panchkula | Giants won by 1 run | Abbas Ali (Giants) | ||||
| 27 | 2 November | Panchkula | Superstars won by 75 runs | Ganapathi Vignesh (Superstars) | ||||
| 28 | 2 November | Panchkula | Badshahs won by 7 wickets | Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) | ||||
| 29 | 3 November | Panchkula | Dhaka Warriors won by 13 runs | Mahbubul Karim(Dhaka), Nazimuddin(Dhaka) | ||||
| 30 | 4 November | Panchkula | Royal Bengal Tigers won by 9 wickets | Hamish Marshall (Tigers) | ||||
| 31 | 5 November | Panchkula | Match tied, Delhi Giants won in bowl out | Manish Mishra (Giants) | ||||
| 32 | 6 November | Panchkula | Hyderabad Heroes won by 79 runs | Nicky Boje (Heroes) | ||||
| 33 | 7 November | Ahmedabad | Lahore Badshahs won by 5 wickets | Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) | ||||
| 34 | 8 November | Ahmedabad | Hyderabad Heroes won by 9 wickets | PIS Reddy (Heroes) | ||||
| 35 | 9 November | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Rockets won by 39 runs | Murray Goodwin (Rockets) | ||||
| 36 | 9 November | Ahmedabad | Lahore Badshahs won by 13 runs | Imran Farhat and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) | ||||
| Points Table | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| Hyderabad Heroes | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | +0.97 | |
| Lahore Badshahs | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.78 | |
| Chennai Superstars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.77 | |
| Royal Bengal Tigers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -0.27 | |
| Dhaka Warriors | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | +0.21 | |
| Delhi Giants | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -0.84 | |
| Ahmedabad Rockets | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | +0.31 | |
| Chandigarh Lions | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.48 | |
| Mumbai Champs | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | -1.34 | |
| Match Number | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knock-out Stage | ||||||||||||||
| Semi 1 | 10 November | Lahore Badshahs won by 6 wickets | Inzamam-ul-Haq | |||||||||||
| Semi 2 | 11 November | Motera | Hyderabad Heroes won by 3 wickets | Stuart Binny | ||||||||||
| Final 1 | 13 November | Lahore Badshahs won by 4 wickets | Imran Farhat | |||||||||||
| Final 2 | 15 November | Hyderabad Heroes won by 8 runs | Jimmy Maher | |||||||||||
| Final 3 | 16 November | Lahore Badshahs won by 8 wickets | Imran Nazir | |||||||||||