| ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08 | |
| Administrator: | ICL |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin tournament and Knockout |
| Host: | India |
| Champions: | Hyderabad Heroes |
| Participants: | 8 |
The ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08 was a challenge tournament in the first season of the ICL that was made primarily to introduce the all-Pakistan team the Lahore Badshahs and to have them play against the other ICL teams. The tournament commenced on 9 March 2008 and the final match was held on 6 April 2008. The league consisted of eight teams with each team playing each other once.[1] The tournament sponsor was Edelweiss.
The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2–0 in the best of three final.
| Match Number | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | ||||||||
| 1 | 9 March | Rockets by 19 runs | Wavell Hinds (Rockets) | |||||
| 2 | 10 March | Giants by 6 wickets | Abbas Ali (Giants) | |||||
| 3 | 11 March | Badshahs by 5 wickets | Inzamam-ul-Haq (Badshahs) | |||||
| 4 | 12 March | Champs by 2 runs | Andre Adams (Tigers) | |||||
| 5 | 13 March | Badshahs by 9 wickets | Azhar Mahmood and Imran Nazir (Both Badshahs) | |||||
| 6 | 15 March | Lions by 34 runs | Tejinder Pal Singh (Lions) | |||||
| 7 | 15 March | Heroes by 7 wickets | Nicky Boje and Justin Kemp (Both Heroes) | |||||
| 8 | 16 March | Giants by 9 wickets | Avishka Gunawardene (Giants) | |||||
| 9 | 16 March | Badshahs by 38 runs | Imran Farhat (Badshahs) | |||||
| 10 | 17 March | Superstars by 4 wickets | Russel Arnold (Superstars) | |||||
| 11 | 18 March | Champs by 6 wickets | Avinash Yadav (Champs) | |||||
| 12 | 19 March | Heroes by 4 wickets | Jimmy Maher (Heroes) | |||||
| 13 | 20 March | Superstars by 56 runs | Rajagopal Sathish (Superstars) | |||||
| 14 | 21 March | Heroes by 52 runs | Alfred Absolom (Heroes) | |||||
| 15 | 21 March | Badshahs by 50 runs | Hasan Raza (Badshahs) | |||||
| 16 | 22 March | Tigers by 8 wickets | Andre Adams (Tigers) | |||||
| 17 | 22 March | Lions by 4 runs | Chris Cairns (Lions) | |||||
| 18 | 23 March | Superstars by 9 wickets | Ganapathi Vignesh (Superstars) | |||||
| 19 | 23 March | Badshahs by 8 wickets | Mushtaq Ahmed (Badshahs) | |||||
| 20 | 24 March | Giants by 7 runs | Dhruv Mahajan (Giants) | |||||
| 21 | 25 March | Champs by 35 runs | Shridhar Iyer (Champs) | |||||
| 22 | 26 March | Tigers by 22 runs | Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Abu Nechim (Both Tigers) | |||||
| 23 | 27 March | Superstars by 22 runs | Russel Arnold (Superstars) | |||||
| 24 | 28 March | Badshahs by 22 runs | Hasan Raza (Badshahs) | |||||
| 25 | 29 March | Heroes by 33 runs | Chris Harris and Ibrahim Khaleel (Both Heroes) | |||||
| 26 | 30 March | Tigers by 1 run | Upul Chandana (Tigers) | |||||
| 27 | 30 March | Badshahs by 11 runs | Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs) | |||||
| 28 | 31 March | Heroes by 7 runs | Abdul Razzaq (Heroes) | |||||
| Points Table | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| Lahore Badshahs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.890 | |
| Hyderabad Heroes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.161 | |
| Chennai Superstars | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.889 | |
| Kolkata Tigers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.020 | |
| Delhi Giants | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.546 | |
| Mumbai Champs | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.634 | |
| Chandigarh Lions | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.779 | |
| Ahmedabad Rockets | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -0.974 | |
| Match Number | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result | Man of the Match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knock-out Stage | ||||||||||||||
| Semi 1 | 2 April | Heroes by 4 runs | Nicky Boje (Heroes) | |||||||||||
| Semi 2 | 3 April | Badshahs by 7 runs | Lance Klusener (Tigers) | |||||||||||
| 3/4 place | 4 April | Superstars by 32 runs | Rajagopal Satish (Superstars) | |||||||||||
| Final 1 | 4 April | Heroes by 6 runs | Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes) | |||||||||||
| Final 2 | 6 April | Match Tied: Bowl off: 0–3 (Heroes win series 2–0) | Naved-ul-Hasan and Ambati Rayudu (Badshahs & Heroes) | |||||||||||