Chandigarh Lions

Chandigarh Lions
Coach:	Balwinder Sandhu
Captain:	Chris Cairns
Founded:	2007
Home ground:	N/A

Chandigarh Lions was one of the nine teams played in the defunct 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 ^[1][2].

Former Squad

• Andrew Hall (South Africa)(C.)
• Lou Vincent (New Zealand)
• Daryl Tuffey (New Zealand)
• Matthew Elliott (Australia)
• Karanveer Singh
• Sarabjeet Singh
• T.P. Singh
• Rajesh Sharma
• Ishan Malhotra
• Chetan Sharma Jr
• Manish Sharma
• Love Ablish
• Bipul Sharma
• Karanveer Singh
• Amit Uniyal
• Harpreet Singh
• Gaurav Gupta

Coach

The coach for the Chandigarh Lions is former Indian international Balwinder Sandhu.

Previous performance

Tournament	Placement
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
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09	8th place

Inaugural season

The team competed in the first edition of the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 championship, finishing runners-up to the Chennai Superstars.

References

1. ^ Rediff staff (November 14, 2007). "ICL announces team lists". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/nov/14icl.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 
2. ^ Cricinfo staff (November 14, 2007). "IPlayer roster for six teams finalised". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320289.html. Retrieved 2007-11-14.