Chandigarh Lions are a team playing in the Indian Cricket League. They were one of the six founding teams and were the runners-up in the inaugural Twenty20 Championship, which was won by Chennai Superstars. The team represents the Punjab state capital Chandigarh, and the captain is Chris Cairns, the former New Zealand all-rounder
Chandigarh Lions Team
Chris Cairns (New Zealand) (C.), Andrew Hall (South Africa), Lou Vincent (New Zealand), Daryl Tuffey (New Zealand), Matthew Elliott (Australia), Dinesh Mongia, Sarabjeet Singh, T.P. Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Ishan Malhotra, Chetan Sharma, Manish Sharma, Love Ablish, Bipul Sharma, Karanveer Singh, Amit Uniyal, Harpreet Singh, Gaurav Gupta.
Previous performance
2007 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship: 2nd place
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s: 3rd place
2008 Indian Cricket League Edelweiss 20s Challenge: 7th place
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament: Winners
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
