Power-packed Pakistan hot favourites

The Big Picture

The ICL World Series is a battle between teams led by Inzamam-ul-Haq, Chris Harris, Habibul Bashar and R Sathish. Inzamam and Bashar have the advantage of playing with the same team that featured in the ICL 20s Indian Championship whereas Harris will lead the best of the world and Sathish will take charge of the best of the Indian players.

Format

This premium ICL tournament features the top players from a talent pool of over 150 Indian and international players in the recently concluded ICL 20s Indian Championship. The four teams will now take each other on, once in a round-robin format, and then a final between the two top teams. Interestingly, the white ball can be changed after the 15th over if it loses colour.

Prize money

There is Rs 2.74 crore (US$552,931) up for grabs. Winners of this tournament stand to gain Rs 1.25 crore (US$252,250) and the runner-up will cash in Rs 75 lakh (US$151,350). The financial incentive for every win at the league stage will be Rs 10 lakh while the Man of the Match will collect Rs 2 lakh.