Twenty20 Champions League

[Funknath]

The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from Australia, England, India, Pakistan and South Africa. The Twenty20 Champions League is Chaired by one of the world's most powerful cricket administrators in Lalit Modi. Modi is also the Chairman and Commisioner of the Indian Premier League, Vice-President of the BCCI, President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association, and the Vice-President of the Punjab Cricket Association. The competition is being launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League. The first edition was set to take place in late September to early October 2008 in India, after the tournament organisers resolved various teething problems that had put the inagaural tournament under some doubt, but it was later announced that the tournament would be held in December.


Preliminary round:

(The two teams from England will be named after the domestic Twenty20 Cup ends in mid-August)

Group A: Deccan Chargers (IND), England 2, Trinidad (WIS)

Group B: New South Wales (AUS), Diamond Eagles (RSA), England 1.

Group C: Royal Challengers (IND), Cape Cobras (RSA), Otago (NZL)

Group D: Delhi Daredevils (IND), Victoria (AUS), Wayamba (SRI)

(Two teams from each group advance to the second round)

Schedule:

• Oct 8: Royal Challengers v Cape Cobras, Bangalore
  
• Oct 9: New South Wales v Diamond Eagles, Delhi
  
• Delhi Daredevils v Victoria, Delhi
  
• Oct 10: Cape Cobras v Otago, Hyderabad
  
• Deccan Chargers v England 2, Hyderabad
  
• Oct 11: New South Wales v England 1, Delhi
  
• Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba, Delhi
  
• Oct 12: England 2 v Trinidad, Bangalore
  
• Royal Challengers v Otago, Bangalore
  
• Oct 13: Victoria v Wayamba, Delhi
  
• Diamond Eagles v England 1, Delhi
  
• Oct 14: Deccan Chargers v Trinidad, Hyderabad
  
  Second round:
  
  League A: A1, A2, B1, B2
  League B: C1, C2, D1, D2
  
  
• Oct 15: C1 v D2, Bangalore
  
• Oct 16: A2 v B2, Hyderabad
  
• A1 v B1, Hyderabad
  
• Oct 17: C2 v D2, Bangalore
  
• C1 v D1, Bangalore
  
• Oct 18: A2 v B1, Hyderabad
  
• A1 v B2, Hyderabad
  
• Oct 19: C2 v D1, Delhi
  
  Semi-finals:
  
• Oct 21: Winner League B v Runners-up League A, Delhi
  
• Oct 22: Winner League A v Runners-up League B, Hyderabad
  
  Final:
  
• Oct 23: Final, Hyderabad

 

[Akash00]

Good one up there Funky.

 

[aditya123]

And the final of this years event will be played in my uni-campus !The D Y Patil Intl stadium! Beauty !

 

[Cricketman]

Cmon Chennai!

 

[vivek19789]

Chennai will be the strongest tesm with every foreign players

 

[vivek19789]

Which Channel will telecast Champions league in Australia?

 

[SaiSrini]

Go Chennai! Dhoni, bring that cup for our city plz!

 

[Funknath]

Rajasthan is going to win!

 

[Akash00]

Which Channel will telecast Champions league in Australia?

ESPN STAR is the official broadcaster for Champions League.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

I will go with Victoria, David Hussey play for VB and KKR

 

[SciD]

RRoyals will win without breaking any sweat.

Middlesex will be runners up.

 

[icyman]

Royals may not take the title.T20 is anybody's game,on a given day,anyone could win.

 

[shubhrayu]

I'll go with Western Warriors

 

[mattfb]

I'll go WA.

 

[m_vaughan]

It would be great if Middlesex won it.