The ICL will officially commence on the 30th of November. One wonders how much exposure it would get with the India-Pakistan series underway and the second test match commencing on the 30th as well. The full schedule for the inaugural tournament is as below. All matches will be played at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula which is a town near Chandigarh.

Nov 30
Chandigarh Lions v Delhi Jets - Highlights

Dec 1
Chennai Superstars v Kolkata Tigers
Mumbai Champs v Hyderabad Heroes

Dec 2
Delhi Jets v Hyderabad Heroes
Chandigarh Lions v Kolkata Tigers

Dec 3
Mumbai Champs v Chennai Superstars

Dec 5
Hyderbad Heroes v Chandigarh Lions

Dec 7
Mumbai Champs v Delhi Jets

Dec 8
Chennai Superstars v Chandigarh Lions
Delhi Jets v Kolkata Tigers

Dec 9
Hyderabad Heroes v Chennai Superstars
Mumbai Champs v Chandigarh Lions

Dec 10
Mumbai Champs v Kolkata Tigers

Dec 12
Chennai Superstars v Delhi Jets
Hyderbad Heroes v Kolkata Tigers

Dec 14
Semi-final I

Dec 15
5/6 classification
Semi-final II

Dec 16
3/4 classification
Final

In other news it is believed that the BCCI may lift a ban on foreign players contracted to the ICL to move to its own Twenty20 league. This decision could prove to be a further blow to the ICL organizers. To be quiet honest, I just want to know what the hell was Suresh Chandra thinking when he decided to go against the BCCI. The ICL is going to struggle for most of its life. The only positive this brought out was that the Indian board finally got its own act together to launch a professional T20 league.

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