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Masters Champions League live on Geo Super and Geo Tez today

By Mohammad Nasir
January 28, 2016

The league of extraordinary

KARACHI: The most awaited Masters Champions League is about to start today (Thursday) live on Pakistan's first sports channel Geo Super and Geo Tez followed by stunning live performances in the grand opening ceremony.

The Masters Champions League (MCL) is established with the objective of bringing together the real legends of modern-day cricket to participate in an action-packed Twenty20 tournament that is unlike anything seen before.

Many cricketing superstars from all of the world’s cricket playing nations will be participating in this tournament together and in the same teams for the first time ever.

One more chance for millions of cricket fans to see their favourite heroes in action such as Andrew Symonds, Abdul Razzak, Paul Collingwood, Brian Lara, Jonty Rhodes, Saqlain Mushtaq, Jacques Kallis, Shane Bond and many more.

In the inaugural season of the MCL, as many as six franchised teams will make their debut. The teams will constitute the top cricket legends and all-time stars who no longer play international cricket. The teams will compete using a round robin format. Each team will play each other once.

The four teams with the highest points after playing five games each will qualify for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will proceed to play the prestigious grand finale of the MCL. The entire event will be celebrated as a new festival in the region with an opening and closing ceremony.

There are total of six teams participating in the league namely: Capricorn Commanders, Gemini Arabians, Leo Lions, Libra Legends, Sagittarius Strikers and Virgo Super Kings. The important element of the league is the participation of Pakistan star power from different league teams such as Abdul Razzak, Muhammad Yousuf, Azhar Mehmood, Hasan Raza, Saleem Elahi, Taufeeq Umer, Yasir Hameed, Rana Naved, Saqlian Mushtaq and Humayon Farhat.

The first day of the event will be followed by a grand opening ceremony where famous celebrities from the world of showbiz will perform and showcase their performances in dancing and singing.

A high impact, visually charged spectacle of light, colour, sound and audio visual messaging, the MCL 2016 opening ceremony is a celebration of the fun and excitement set to the heartbeat of T20 cricket, music. Combining cutting edge technical solutions the ceremony aims to deliver a visually spectacular solution, unlike anything seen before. Whilst embedded in entertainment, the ceremony also identifies and showcases each team and their journey to the tournament.

Only one match will be played on the first day of the event between Libra Legends and Gemini Arabians where Taufiq Umer will be in action from Libra Legends while Saqlian Mushtaq and Rana Naveedul Hassan will be in action Gemini Arabians.

Geo Super has made special arrangements to provide its viewers in depth analysis and ever changing match condition through Super Eye to be hosted by famous sports journalist Waheed Khan with a panel of experts. Super Eye: 6:00pm-7:00pm (pre match), Opening Ceremony: 7:00pm-8:00pm. Super Eye 8:00pm-8:30pm (pre-match). Match (Libra Legends and Gemini Arabians): 8:30pm onwards. Super Eye (post match): 12:00am-1:30am.