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Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and list of cricket legends who will play Cricket All Stars T20 matches in USA

The Cricket All Stars three T20 matches will take place in November.

Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are among the 28 retired cricketers who will feature in the Cricket All Stars games © Getty Images
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are among the 28 retired cricketers who will feature in the Cricket All Stars games © CricketCountry

Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Ricky Ponting and Brain Lara are among the 28 retired cricketers who will seen in action along with Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in the Cricket All Stars Twenty20 matches scheduled to be played in USA next month. The iconic cricketers who will be divided into two teams led by Warne and Tendulkar will play three T20 matches in US baseball stadiums. The tour in partnership with US sports marketing company Leverage Agency will feature T20 matches at New York’s Citi Field on November 7, Houston’s Minute Maid Park on November 11, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 14. READ: Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne to play T20 cricket in USA in November

According to Zeenews, the Indian big names who will be playing the T20 matches along with Tendulkar are Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar. Kumar Sangakkara who recently retired from international cricket will also be seen along with countrymen  Muttiah Muralitharan and Mahela Jayawardena. However, the cricketers are yet to be divided into the two teams.

Earlier, Tendulkar shared a picture on Twitter with the Australian legend, saying, “Am Coming to America in exactly a month with Cricket All Stars!” The former Indian cricketer had admitted that he would want to see more number of Americans pick up cricket bats along with the baseball bats. “You’ll only learn things if you give them a try. Americans are used to watching baseball, and it’s very similar to that,” he told Time magazine. If Americans can start coming to the stadium, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them following cricket from here on,” he further added. READ: Sachin Tendulkar: I’m coming to America in exactly a month with Cricket All Stars

Here is the complete list of the 28 legendary cricketers who are going to take part in the Cricket All Stars T20 games:

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar

England: Michael Vaughan, Graeme Swann

Australia: Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Glen McGrath, Mathew Hayden, Andrew Symonds

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori

Sri Lanka: Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara

Pakistan: Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq

South Africa: Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock

West Indies: Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Courtney Walsh, Curtley Ambrose

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