NEW DELHI: Legends League Cricket, a professional league for retired cricketers, on Monday announced former India head coach Ravi Shastri as commissioner of the league.
Shastri completed his term with the Indian cricket team as head coach and he is starting a new innings with Legends League Cricket (LLC). The global league where former cricketers, legends of the game, will be playing competitive cricket is looking at emerging as a professional league, where the legends can relive old rivalries on the field. Shastri, with his successful career as an all-rounder cricketer and then a thriving coach of Team India, brings immense value to the league.
The first season is scheduled to be held in January 2022 in the Gulf.
The first season of LLC is scheduled to be held in January 2022 in the Gulf. The league will have former cricketers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, among other cricket nations divided into 3 teams representing India, Asia and the Rest of the World.
Andrew Leipus who had been associated with Team India and also National Cricket Academy has already joined as the director of Sports Science to oversee the fitness of all the players joining the league.
