Stage set for an exciting finish to Legends League Cricket with the final to be held at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium

By K.R. Nayar in Cuttack

The final of the SKY247.net Legends League Cricket final has been scheduled to be held at the Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium on October 5. This historic stadium, which hosted an India-Pakistan contest as the ground’s first One Day International in 1983 and its first Test match in 1987, will be the stage of another first – the final of the Legends League Cricket held in India for the first time.



Raman Raheja, co-founder and CEO of Legends League Cricket, while announcing the event’s final, said “Jaipur was chosen as the venue for the big match keeping in mind the historical relevance of the ground and the city that has witnessed world-class cricket being played in the past.”

Raman Raheja... aiming for a top-class final  

Jaipur, known as the Pink City, will have the ideal setting for a final at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium.  Raman Raheja then elaborated about the venue: “It is a great stadium and we hope fans will thoroughly enjoy the experience of seeing the legends of the game competing for the winner’s trophy. As we have seen, the league has been as competitive as the best of the T20 leagues around the world, and the players, be it the bowlers or the batters, have been enthralling everyone with their outstanding performances. We have seen tense finishes in the league stage and expect the final to be no less."

 


Though the event’s final was being planned to be held in Cuttack, the organisers had to change the venue owing to festivities to held in the city around October 5.

 The final will be played in Jaipur after four matches including the qualifier and eliminator matches that will be held in Jodhpur. It will be a special moment for The Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur as international cricketing stars are visiting this city for the first time after 2012.

The qualifier will be played on October 2 wherein the Top 2 from the two teams from the league stage will clash for a place in the final. However, the Eliminator game, on October 3, will be contested between the third-placed team and the loser of the qualifier.

 

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