Champions League Twenty20 - Sep 23 to Oct 9

[ajaybaskar]

The Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) cricket is scheduled to begin in India from September 23 and go till October 9.

The tournament returns to India this year with matches in Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata, as well as a qualifying event in Hyderabad from September 19-21.

The tournament will have 10 teams competing. Seven teams have already qualified for the event. A six-team qualifying event will be held for the first time to determine the final three participants.

The teams will be divided into two pools and the top team from each pool qualifies for the group stage, and the third would be the next highest ranked team based on points and then net run rate.

In the group stage, 10 teams have been divided into two groups for a round robin phase. The top two teams from each group would progress to the semifinals.

The group stage matches will be held in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, and MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Bangalore will host the first semifinal (October 7) while the other semifinal (October 8), and the final (Octover 9) will be held in Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings, the defending CLT20 Champions, have been drawn in Group A along with Cape Cobras (South Africa's Pro20 Series Champions), 2009 Champions NSW Blues and Mumbai Indians. The fifth team from the group will be the team that finishes top of Pool B in the qualifier.

Group B contains Royal Challengers Bangalore (IPL runners-up), Warriors of South Africa (2010 CLT20 runner-up), and South Australian Redbacks (Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash Champions). The remaining two places will come from the Qualifiers (the top of pool A and the next highest qualifier).

The tournament starts in Bangalore with a group B clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Warriors at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

[ajaybaskar]

CLT20 tickets available online...The tickets of the Nokia CLT20 2011 will be available on www.clt20.com, from 3:00 pm on Thursday, 25 August 2011

[Plum]

i yAm boycottting Sembiam League-yA. I wish this tournament a terrible failure

[raghavendran]

death to IPL & CL

[scorpio]

Thoosi thatting the CL thread...inimEl idha vechu thaan time pass paNNanum

[littlemaster1982]

I'm boycotting this too

P.S: Sachin not playing made it easy.

[SoftSword]

i am not boycotting(prefer girl-cot-ing though)...
padhinettu pattiya vittu thalli irundhaa dhaan ungalukku theriyum... vera enna panradhu?

[scorpio]

Sachin aadathathaala CL-ai follow paNNadha MI fans ellaruM CSK-kku unconditional aadharavu kodunga

Dhoni, Raina and Hussey are in great form. 16Kg suthamaana veLLi-la senja andha kOppai CSK-kku thaan

[scorpio]

BCCI terminate Kochi franchise

Controversy-ridden, IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala was terminated for non-payment of bank guarantee. The BCCI took the decision at its Annual General Meeting, in Mumbai.

The consortium, which was mired in a bitter ownership dispute after its very inception, defaulted on a Rs 156 crore annual payment it was to make as bank guarantee despite reported reminders from the IPL authorities.

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news...ochi-franchise

CSK - Plis get Murali back into the Chennai team

[ajaybaskar]

I am sure CSK will be licking their lips right now.. BTW, Saw Stephen Fleming, Jakati and Anirudha in Chepauk today when I went to collect the ticket for the final.