Bashar will lead Dhaka Warriors

Calcutta: The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Tuesday announced the composition of the nine teams for the second season of the Twenty20 tournament, commencing October 10.

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Harris will lead defending champions Hyderabad Heroes, while new entrants Dhaka Warriors will be captained by former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar.

Teams

Ahmedabad Rockets: Damien Martyn (C), Jason Gillespie, Murray Goodwin, Heath Streak, Ryan Campbell, Sriram Sridharan, Sanjiv Martin, Parvez Aziz, Anshu Jain, Sachin Dholpure, Abhishek Tamrakar, Sumit Kalia, Reetender Sodhi, Rakesh Patel, Pallav Vora, Bhimarao, Baburao Yadav, Kunal Lall. Coach: John Emburey.

Chandigarh Lions: Chris Cairns (C), M.Elliot, Lou Vincent, Andrew Hall, Daryll Tuffey, T.P. Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Manish Sharma, Chetan Sharma, Dinesh Mongia, Amit Uniyal, Rajesh Sharma, Love Ablish, Bipul Sharma, Karanveer Singh, Gaurav Gupta, Harpreet Singh, Ishant Malhotra. Coach: Chris Cairns.

Chennai Superstars: Stuart Law (C), Ian Harvey, Russel Arnold, Shabir Ahmed, Nantie Hayward, R. Sathish, Hemang Badani, Vasanth Sarvanan, Thiru Kumaran, Tamil Kumaran, V. Devandran, Hemanth Kumar, G. Vignesh, Syed Mohd., J. Hariesh, R. Jesuraj, P.Vivek. Coach: Michael Bevan.

Delhi Giants: Marvan Atapattu (C), A.Gunawardene, Dale Benkenstein, Shane Bond, Paul Nixon, Abbas Ali, J. P. Yadav, T. Sudhindra, Ali Murtaza, Mohnish Mishra, Abhinav Bali, Dhruv Mahajan, D.Yagnik, Abid Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Shalabh Srivastav, Raghav Sachdev. Coach: Madanlal Sharma.

Dhaka Warriors: Habibul Bashar (C), Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali, Md. Nazimuddin, Dhiman Ghosh, Md.Rafique, Md. Sharif, Tapash Baishya, Monjurul Islam, Farhad Reza, Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, Golam Mabud Chowdhury, Mahbubul Karim. Coach: Balwinder Sandhu.

Hyderabad Heroes: Chris Harris (C), Abdul Razzaq, Nicky Boje, Justin Kemp, Jimmy Maher, Alfred Absolom, Ambati Rayudu, Anirudh Singh, Ibrahim Khaleel, Indra Shekar Reddy, P.Kaushik Reddy, P.S. Niranjan, Shashank Nag, Stuart Binny, Syed Shahabuddin, Vinay Kumar, Zakaria Zuffri. Coach: Steve Rixon.

Lahore Badshahs: Inzamam ul Haq (C), Azhar Mahmood, Shahid Yousaf, Imran Farhat, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rana Naveed-ul Hassan, Arshad Khan, Naveed Latif, Shahid Nazir, Hafiz Khalid, Muhammad Sami, Imran Nazir, Riaz Afridi, Tahir Mughal. Coach: Moin Khan.

Mumbai Champs: Nathan Astle (C), Hasan Raza, Johan Van der Wath, Tofeeq Umer, Michael Kasprowicz, Anupam Sanklecha, Avinash Yadav, Dheeraj Jadhav, Kiran Powar, Nikhil Mandale, Pushkaraj Joshi, Ranjeet Khirid, Robbin Morris, Shreyas Khanolkar, Shridhar Iyer, Subhojit Paul, Suyash Burkul, Raviraj Patil. Coach: Sandeep Patil.

Royal Bengal Tigers: Craig McMillan (C), Lance Klusener, Hamish Marshall, Upul Chandana, Andre Adams, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Abu Nechim, Deep Dasgupta, Mihir Diwakar, Pritam Das, Rajiv Kumar, Rohan Gavaskar, Sayeed Eklakh Ahmed, Shiv Sagar Singh, Subhomoy Das, Sujay Tarafdar, Ali Hameed Zaidi. Coach: Daryll Cullinan.