Chandigarh Lions was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League

Indian Cricket League

The Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...

. They were one of the six founding teams and were the runners-up in the inaugural Twenty20

Twenty20

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 Championship, which was won by Chennai Superstars

Chennai Superstars

Chennai Superstars was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League founded in 2007. The team is based in Chennai, coached by Michael Bevan and captained by Stuart Law, both reputed Australian cricketers....

. The team represents the Punjab state capital Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

, and the captain is Chris Cairns, the former New Zealand

New Zealand cricket team

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 all-rounder .

Former Squad

• Andrew Hall
  Andrew Hall
  Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
  
   (South Africa)(C.)
• Lou Vincent
  Lou Vincent
  Lou Vincent is a professional New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket and Worcestershire and Lancashire in English domestic cricket.-Early and...
  
   (New Zealand)
• Daryl Tuffey
  Daryl Tuffey
  Daryl Raymond Tuffey is a New Zealand cricketer who has represented New Zealand at Test and ODI level, and plays domestic first class cricket for Northern Districts Knights. He is playfully known as Daryl "Huffy-Puffy" Tuffey by his Northern Districts team mates due to his heavy breathing when...
  
   (New Zealand)
• Matthew Elliott (Australia)
• Karanveer Singh
• Sarabjeet Singh
• T.P. Singh
• Rajesh Sharma
  Rajesh Sharma
  Rajesh Sharma is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently Punjab Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.-Early life:Rajesh Sharma was born in Toronto in Canada, to Devinder and Ranbir Sharma...
  
  
• Ishan Malhotra
  Ishan Malhotra
  Ishan Dhillon Malhotra is an Indian cricketer who played for the Chandigarh Lions in the Indian Cricket League having previously represented Punjab cricket team...
  
  
• Chetan Sharma Jr
• Manish Sharma
  Manish Sharma
  Manish Sharma is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Chandigarh Lions in the Indian Cricket League. He is a right-hand middle order batsman....
  
  
• Love Ablish
  Love Ablish
  mirza keharwalia is crickter Indian first-class cricketer. He is currently a member of Indian World Team in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition....
  
  
• Bipul Sharma
• Karanveer Singh
• Amit Uniyal
  Amit Uniyal
  Amit Uniyal is an Indian first-class cricketer. An all rounder, he plays for Punjab in first-class cricket, and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.A left-handed all-rounder, Uniyal made his debut in 2001–02 for Punjab...
  
  
• Harpreet Singh
• Gaurav Gupta

Coach

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

Balwinder Sandhu

Balwinder Singh Sandhu is a former Indian Test cricketer. He represented India in eight Test matches as a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball and was a useful batsman....

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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

Indian Cricket League

The Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...

's Twenty20

Twenty20

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 championship, finishing runners-up to the Chennai Superstars

Chennai Superstars

Chennai Superstars was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League founded in 2007. The team is based in Chennai, coached by Michael Bevan and captained by Stuart Law, both reputed Australian cricketers....

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