ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08

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. The tournament sponsor was Edelweiss.

ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08

Administrator(s)	ICL
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Hyderabad Heroes
Participants	8

Tournament results

The Hyderabad Heroes won the Edelweiss 20's Challenge defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2–0 in the best of three final.

Fixtures and results

Match Number	Date	Venue	Team 1	Team 2	Result	Man of the Match
Group Stage
1	9 March	Panchkula	Chandigarh Lions	Ahmedabad Rockets	Rockets by 19 runs	Wavell Hinds (Rockets)
2	10 March	Panchkula	Delhi Giants	Mumbai Champs	Giants by 6 wickets	Abbas Ali (Giants)
3	11 March	Panchkula	Chennai Superstars	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 5 wickets	Inzamam-ul-Haq (Badshahs)
4	12 March	Panchkula	Mumbai Champs	Kolkata Tigers	Champs by 2 runs	Andre Adams (Tigers)
5	13 March	Panchkula	Hyderabad Heroes	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 9 wickets	Azhar Mahmood and Imran Nazir (Both Badshahs)
6	15 March	Panchkula	Delhi Giants	Chandigarh Lions	Lions by 34 runs	Tejinder Pal Singh (Lions)
7	15 March	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Chennai Superstars	Heroes by 7 wickets	Nicky Boje and Justin Kemp (Both Heroes)
8	16 March	Panchkula	Ahmedabad Rockets	Delhi Giants	Giants by 9 wickets	Avishka Gunawardene (Giants)
9	16 March	Panchkula	Chandigarh Lions	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 38 runs	Imran Farhat (Badshahs)
10	17 March	Hyderabad	Chennai Superstars	Kolkata Tigers	Superstars by 4 wickets	Russel Arnold (Superstars)
11	18 March	Panchkula	Ahmedabad Rockets	Mumbai Champs	Champs by 6 wickets	Avinash Yadav (Champs)
12	19 March	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Kolkata Tigers	Heroes by 4 wickets	Jimmy Maher (Heroes)
13	20 March	Hyderabad	Chennai Superstars	Delhi Giants	Superstars by 56 runs	Rajagopal Sathish (Superstars)
14	21 March	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Ahmedabad Rockets	Heroes by 52 runs	Alfred Absolom (Heroes)
15	21 March	Panchkula	Mumbai Champs	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 50 runs	Hasan Raza (Badshahs)
16	22 March	Hyderabad	Kolkata Tigers	Ahmedabad Rockets	Tigers by 8 wickets	Andre Adams (Tigers)
17	22 March	Panchkula	Chandigarh Lions	Chennai Superstars	Lions by 4 runs	Chris Cairns (Lions)
18	23 March	Panchkula	Mumbai Champs	Chennai Superstars	Superstars by 9 wickets	Ganapathi Vignesh (Superstars)
19	23 March	Gurgaon	Delhi Giants	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 8 wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (Badshahs)
20	24 March	Gurgaon	Delhi Giants	Hyderabad Heroes	Giants by 7 runs	Dhruv Mahajan (Giants)
21	25 March	Gurgaon	Chandigarh Lions	Mumbai Champs	Champs by 35 runs	Shridhar Iyer (Champs)
22	26 March	Gurgaon	Chandigarh Lions	Kolkata Tigers	Tigers by 22 runs	Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Abu Nechim (Both Tigers)
23	27 March	Gurgaon	Chennai Superstars	Ahmedabad Rockets	Superstars by 22 runs	Russel Arnold (Superstars)
24	28 March	Hyderabad	Kolkata Tigers	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 22 runs	Hasan Raza (Badshahs)
25	29 March	Hyderabad	Chandigarh Lions	Hyderabad Heroes	Heroes by 33 runs	Chris Harris and Ibrahim Khaleel (Both Heroes)
26	30 March	Gurgaon	Delhi Giants	Kolkata Tigers	Tigers by 1 run	Upul Chandana (Tigers)
27	30 March	Hyderabad	Ahmedabad Rockets	Lahore Badshahs	Badshahs by 11 runs	Naved-ul-Hasan (Badshahs)
28	31 March	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Mumbai Champs	Heroes by 7 runs	Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)

Standings

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

Knock-out finals

Match Number	Date	Venue	Team 1	Team 2	Result	Man of the Match
Knock-out Stage
Semi 1	2 April	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Heroes	Chennai Superstars	Heroes by 4 runs	Nicky Boje (Heroes)
Semi 2	3 April	Panchkula	Lahore Badshahs	Kolkata Tigers	Badshahs by 7 runs	Lance Klusener (Tigers)
3/4 place	4 April	Panchkula	Chennai Superstars	Kolkata Tigers	Superstars by 32 runs	Rajagopal Satish (Superstars)
Final 1	4 April	Panchkula	Lahore Badshahs	Hyderabad Heroes	Heroes by 6 runs	Ambati Rayudu & Stuart Binny (Heroes)
Final 2	6 April	Hyderabad	Lahore Badshahs	Hyderabad Heroes	Match Tied: Bowl off: 0–3 (Heroes win series 2–0)	Naved-ul-Hasan and Ambati Rayudu (Badshahs & Heroes)

• • Man of the Series: Abdul Razzaq (Heroes)