The upcoming season of the Legends League Cricket is set to run from March 11 to March 27, 2026. Six franchise-based teams will compete in this edition of the tournament. The league plans to take the action across seven cities, including Gwalior, Udaipur, Patna, Coimbatore, the Amritsar-Jalandhar region, Kochi, and an international leg in Sharjah or Doha.
This season marks the largest on-ground reach in LLC history. Each team will face the other five sides during the league stage. The top teams will advance to the playoffs, with the final deciding the champion. The six franchises collectively spent INR 30.56 crore at the player auction to pick up 97 former international cricketers.
List of Teams Participating in Legends League Cricket 2026
The tournament features a star-studded lineup of retired international cricketers. Big names like Chris Gayle, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Carlos Brathwaite, Aaron Finch, and Robin Uthappa will all take the field this season.
| Name | Key Players |
|---|---|
| Mumbai Spartans | Suresh Raina, S. Sreesanth, and Carlos Brathwaite |
| India Capitals | Hashim Amla, Irfan Pathan, and Asela Gunaratne |
| Royal Riders Punjab | Thisara Perera, Asghar Afghan, and Rishi Dhawan |
| India Tigers | Chris Gayle, Shikhar Dhawan, and Aaron Finch |
| Konark Suryas Odisha | Ross Taylor, Piyush Chawla, and Ben Dunk |
| Southern Super Stars | Dinesh Karthik, Martin Guptill, and Harbhajan Singh |
Team-by-Team Breakdown
Here is the team-by-team breakdown of the Legends League Cricket 2026 teams:
Mumbai Spartans
Chadwick Walton, Bipul Sharma, Suresh Raina, Carlos Brathwaite, Bharath Chipli, Isuru Udana, S. Sreesanth, Amit Verma, Shoaib Khan, Subodh Bati, KC Cariappa, Asad Pathan, Faiz Fazal, Ishwar Choudhury
India Capitals
Hashim Amla, Priyank Panchal, Parvinder Awana, Iqbal Abdullah, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sheldon Jackson, Hamilton Masakadza, Shreevats Goswami, Asela Gunaratne, Diwesh Pathania, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Abhishek Sakuja, Kuldeep Hooda, Robin Bist, Irfan Pathan, Rajesh Bishnoi
Royal Riders Punjab
Asghar Afghan, Seekkuge Prasanna, Mohammad Shahzad, Samiullah Shinwari, Thisara Perera, Rishi Dhawan, Angelo Perera, Chaturanga De Silva, Anureet Singh, Aftab Alam, Mark Deyal, Sarule Kanwar, Trevon Griffith, Pawan Suyal, Ayaan Khan
India Tigers (Manipal)
Aaron Finch, Amitoze Singh, Pawan Negi, Robin Uthappa, Parveez Rasool, Tino Best, Shadab Jakati, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Neil Wagner, Andrew Tye, Samit Patel, Manan Sharma, Denesh Ramdin, Abhimanyu Mithun, Navin Stewart, Akalanka Ganegama, Samar Quadri, Javon Searles, Anup Ahlawat
Konark Suryas Odisha
Ben Dunk, Vinay Kumar, Ross Taylor, Miguel Cummins, Malinda Pushpakumara, Jermaine Blackwood, Gurkeerat Singh, Naman Ojha, Chandrapal Hemraj, Jesal Karia, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Akshay Wakhare, Lasith Lakshan, Raghav Dhawan, Imtiaz Ahmad, Vikas Tokas, Monu Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Rayad Emrit, Rituraj Rajeev Singh, Junaid Siddiqui
Southern Super Stars
Martin Guptill, Chirag Gandhi, Hamid Hassan, Harbhajan Singh, Dilshan Munaweera, Saurabh Tiwary, Sarajit Ladda, Adeesha Thilanchana, Waqarullah Ishaq, Sidharth Trivedi, Rahul Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Sudeep Tyagi
FAQs
The upcoming season of the Legends League Cricket will run from March 11 to March 27, 2026. The league plans to host matches across seven cities, including Gwalior, Udaipur, Patna, Coimbatore, the Amritsar-Jalandhar region, Kochi, and an international venue in Sharjah or Doha.
Six franchise-based teams will compete in this edition of the Legends League Cricket.
Each team plays the other five sides during the league stage. The top teams then advance to the playoff rounds, leading up to the final.
The full match schedule has not yet been confirmed. The league will announce city-wise fixtures, venue details, and ticket timelines closer to the start of the season.
The tournament will showcase several celebrated retired cricketers. Chris Gayle, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Aaron Finch, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, and Carlos Brathwaite are among the headline names this season.