Published: Dec 22, 2015, 02:03 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 22, 2015, 05:19 PM (IST)
Former India team-mates Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly will be against each other in the opening match of Masters Champions League (MCL) cricket tournament scheduled to be played between January 28 and February 13, 2016. The opening match of the six-team league will be played between Libra Legends and Gemini Arabians on January 28 in Dubai. Sehwag is a part of the Arabians squad while his former captain Ganguly will appear for the Legends. Read: Masters Champions League: How the teams line up.
The ticket sales for the epic tournament that features some of the best retired players of the game was recently launched by none other than MS Dhoni. India’s limited-overs skipper has been named as the the brand ambassador for MCL’s holding company, Grand Midwest Group, for a period of three years. He set the ticket sales open with a short video message:
“I am in front of you not as a cricketer, but as a cricket fan. I have come here to tell you that our favourite cricketers are coming back to play on the field. Every fan will say one thing for sure…we want sixer.”
The tournament, that will be played across two venues Dubai and Sharjah, will witness participation of some greats of the game such as Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Graeme Smith, Adam Gilchrist, Muttiah Murlitharan, Kumar Sangakkara, Brett Lee and Saqlain Mushtaq amongst others.
