Asian Legends League 2026: Teams, Players, Schedule, Venue, and Match Timings

The Asian Legends League 2026 is set to bring together some of the biggest retired and former international cricketers from across Asia in a franchise-based T20 competition. After the original June 2–14 schedule was postponed due to technical reasons, the organisers announced a revised window from July 30 to August 10, 2026.

The Asian Legends League teams include Indian Royals, Pakistan Panthers, Sri Lankan Lions, Bangladesh Tigers, Afghanistan Pathans, and Asian Stars, with a total of 19 matches to be played at the Lotus Sports Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya. Each team will face every other side once during the league stage before the top four qualify for the playoffs, which include Qualifier 1, the Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and the Final.

The competition is expected to showcase some of the best cricketers in the world, such as Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Hafeez, Shakib Al Hasan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thisara Perera, Naman Ojha, Rishi Dhawan, and Mohammad Shahzad.

Asian Legends League 2026 Schedule

One of the biggest highlights will be the IND vs PAK Asian Legends League fixture, scheduled for August 2. This will add another chapter to one of the greatest rivalries in cricket, as the clash between these two teams always brings out the best from players of both sides.

However, the Asian Legends League venue will remain the same for the entire tournament, as all the matches are scheduled at Lotus Sports Club Ground in Nairobi. Defending champions Asian Stars will also return to defend their title after winning the inaugural edition.

Asian Legends League 2026 Squads

Some of the best cricketers in the world of their era will be present at the Asian Legends League 2026. The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina will also feature in the tournament.

Indian Royals

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Naman Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, Yusuf Pathan, Rishi Dhawan, Saurabh Tiwari, Harbhajan Singh, Shadab Jakati, Abhimanyu Mithun, Sudeep Tyagi, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Yadav, Framan Ahmed, Subodh Bhati, Pawan Negi, Shahbaz Nadeem.

Asian Stars

Suresh Raina (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, CP Rizwan, Angelo Perera, Dilshan Munaweera, Rohan Mustafa, Sheldon Jackson, Mehran Khan, Asela Gunaratne, Bipul Sharma, Isuru Udana, Zahoor Khan, Pawan Suyal, Munish Ansari, Sandeep Singh, Amitose Singh, Swapnil Patil.

Sri Lankan Lions

Thisara Perera (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Upul Tharanga, Milinda Siriwardane, Gihan Rupasinghe, Chaturanga de Silva, Jeevan Mendis, Ajantha Mendis, Seekuge Prasanna, Malintha Pushpakumara, Akalanka Ganegama, Thilana Thushara, Vikum Sanjaya, Mevan Fernando, TM Sampath, Nishan Samarkkody.

Bangladesh Tigers

Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mehedy Maruf, Nazmues Sadat, Alok Kapali, Dhiman Ghosh, Abul Hassan Raju, Arafat Sunny, Muktar Ali, Saqlain Shojib, Shafiul Islam, Rubbel Hossain, Taposh Ghosh, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Nasir Hossain, Ariful Haque, Farhad Hussain.

Afghanistan Pathans

Mohammad Shahzad (c), Asghar Afghan, Shoaib Khan, Munir Kakar, Shabir Noori, Shamiullah Shinwari, Ghami Zadran, Khyber Umar, Khakid Khan Sangarkhil, Zahid Shirzad, Sahejad Pathan, Khalid Kail, Rokhan Barekzai, Mausif Khan, Batin Shah, Waqarullah Ishaq.

Pakistan Panthers

Mohammad Hafeez (c), Sharjeel Khan, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Imran Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Shah, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Irfan, Zulfiqar Babar, Rahat Ali, Hassan Raza, Yasir Bhatt, Rana Naeem Anwar.