Indian Cricket League (ICL) 2008 Online Live Score

Posted by Biplob Kishore Deb on October 10th, 2008 in Cricket | 6 Comments

If you want to get the online live score and updates of the ICL India XI vs Pakistan XI match then visit the following link:
ICL 20s World Series, 2008/09: India-Pakistan Match Updates

Creating a lot of attractions among the cricket fans, ICL cricket extravaganza is going to start once again. The second season of Indian Cricket League (ICL) kicks off today (10 October 2008) with the first tournament, ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09, gets underway. On the first day, defending champion Hyderabad Heroes will take on Lahore Badshahs at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad. The first tournament will be followed by the second tournament, Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament. The second season of ICL seems to be bigger and better compared to its opening season.

There will be nine teams this time with the new team ‘Dhaka Warriors’ joining previous season’s eight teams. Dhaka Warriors consists of 14 Bangladeshi players who signed contract with ICL last month. Indian Cricket League (ICL) offers a fabulous amount of money as prize money for the inaugural tournament of the second season, ICL 20-20 Indian Championship. In total, ICL offers Rs.13.72crore for this tournament with the champion team receiving Rs. 2crore and the runner-up team winning Rs.1crore. Rs. 2 lakh is in offer for each man of the match award, while the man of the series will receive Rs.40Lakh. In the league stage, the winning team in each match will receive Rs. 25lakh, while the losing semi finalists will be awarded Rs. 50 Lakh each. The total prize money in offer is much more than the prize money offered in the first season.

So, you can see there are a number of things in the second season of Indian Cricket League (ICL) that will catch your attention. Moreover, there will be huge television coverage of ICL this season. A number of television channels both India as well as in abroad will telecast the ICL matches live this season. For the Hindi language viewers, Zee Sports will telecast the matches with Hindi commentary, while Ten Sports, one of the most popular television channels in South Asia, will broadcast the match live with English commentary. For the first time, two Bangladeshi channels- BTV & ATN Bangla- will also telecast the matches live for the Bangladeshi viewers. With Dhaka Warriors participating in the match, there will be many Bangladeshi viewers who will follow the tournament this time. Gateway television channel will air the ICL matches live in North Africa, while Telkom-Malysia & Astro will bring the live action of the ICL second season matches in Malaysia. Ten Sports will cover Pakistan & Middle East. Cricket fans from Australia, UK, Africa and USA will be able to watch the ICL matches live in Fox Sports, Zee Music, Zee TV and Zee Sports respectively. Caribbean Media Corporation will air the matches live for the West Indies and Caribbean cricket fans.

However, still if you can not enjoy the ICL matches because of your busy personal and professional schedule, then I think, you should visit the following websites in order to get the live score and updates of the ICL matches. However, I will request you to go through all the websites first before deciding which website you are going to follow from time to time. So, here are the websites you should follow for the live score and updates of the matches of ICL second season:

Indian Cricket League Official Website

Cricinfo

The Twenty20 Cup

ICL Information

Indiancricketleague Cricket

Stick Cricket

Cricpoint

Cricbuzz

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