Chandigarh Lions

Chandigarh Lions

Captain:	Chris Cairns
Coach:	Balwinder Sandhu
Founded:	2007
Home ground:	Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium
Capacity:	7, 000

Chandigarh Lions was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League. They were one of the six founding teams and were the runners-up in the inaugural Twenty20 Championship, which was won by Chennai Superstars. The team represents the Punjab state capital Chandigarh, and the captain is Chris Cairns, the former New Zealand all-rounder.

Former Squad

• Chris Cairns (New Zealand) (C.)
• Andrew Hall (South Africa)
• Lou Vincent (New Zealand)
• Daryl Tuffey (New Zealand)
• Matthew Elliott (Australia)
• Karanveer Singh
• Sarabjeet Singh
• Indiver Sen
• Rajesh Sharma (Hamirpur)(Himachal cricket Association, Dharamshala)
• Ishan Malhotra
• Chetan Sharma Jr
• Shubham Arora (Himachal Pradesh cricket Association, Adharmashala)
• Ravinder Singh
• Bipul Sharma
• Karanveer Singh
• Amit Uniyal
• Shivam Ahluwalia (H.P.C.A, Dharmashala)
• Arjun Sharma (Himachal Pradesh Cricket association, Dharmashala)

Coach

The coach for the Chandigarh Lions is former Indian international Balwinder Sandhu.

Previous performance

Tournament	Placement
2007 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship	2nd place
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s	3rd place
2008 Indian Cricket League Edelweiss 20s Challenge	7th place
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament	Winners
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09	8th place

Inaugural season

The team competed in the first edition of the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 championship, finishing runners-up to the Chennai Superstars.