LLC is a professional cricket league for retired players.
New Delhi, SRT Sports Management Pvt Ltd on Saturday clarified that batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is not a part of the upcoming Legends League Cricket (LLC). LLC is a professional cricket league for retired players. It has recently announced its Indian team. Tendulkar is also seen in one of its promotional videos featuring actor Amitabh Bachchan, which also talks about his participation in the league.
An official spokesperson of SRT Sports, which handles Tendulkar’s management, however, denied his involvement in the league. An official spokesperson of SRT Sports Management Pvt Ltd said, “The news of Tendulkar participating in ‘Legends League Cricket’ is not true. Organizers should refrain from misleading cricket fans and Amitabh Bachchan.”
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The LLC will consist of three teams that will face each other in a league that begins on January 20. The Indian team will be represented by Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan along with other players. The name of India’s team will be ‘The India Maharaja’. The other two teams in the league are from the Rest of the World and Asia Lions.
Asia Lions have players from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan including Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Romesh Kaluvitarna, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Azhar Mahmood, Upul Tharanga, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik , Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Gul and Asghar are Afghans. (agency)