Karbonn Smart CLT20.....
After all the match-fixing and betting controversies in the Pepsi IPL-6, 4 of
the IPL teams will be rearing to have a go at the Champions League T-20, which
will be played in India during 22nd Sept. to 6th Oct. 2013! Qualifiers will be
played before the main tournament kicks off!
Mumbai Indians (Champions of IPL-6),
Chennai Super Kings (Runners of IPL-6) and Rajasthan Royals (finished 3rd in
IPL-6) will directly play the main tournament, while Sunrisers Hyderabad will
have to fight their way to make it to the main matches! The teams who will play
Qualifier round are-
1.Faislabad
Wolves (Pakistan)
2.Otago
Volts (New Zealand)
3.Kandurata
Maroons (Sri Lanka)
4.Sunrisers
Hyderabad (India)
These
4 teams will fight for the two spots in the 2 groups formed as follows-
Group
A
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Mumbai
Indians (India)
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Rajasthan
Royals (India)
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Highveld
Lions (South Africa)
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Perth
Scorchers (Australia)
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One
of the two teams qualifying from the qualifier round
Group B
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Chennai
Super Kings (India)
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Brisbane
Heat (Australia)
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Titans
(South Africa)
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Trinidad
& Tobago (West Indies)
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One
of the two teams qualifying from the qualifier round
All the qualifier round matches will be held on Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, while the group stage matches will be held on Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur ; JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi ; Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad and Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi! Knock out stage matches will be played in Delhi and Jaipur!
The big names of World Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid will retire from any kind of T-20 cricket after this tournament ends! Rahul Dravid will not be seen playing cricket at professional level, while Sachin Tendulkar will play Test Cricket. So this tournament will be surely followed by every cricket fan.
Another important thing for Rajasthan Royals will be, they will play all their matches in Jaipur, remember they did not lose a single match in the IPL-6! Chennai Super Kings will play 2 of their group stage matches in Ranchi which is also the home ground of CSK's captain M.S.Dhoni! Undoubtedly the Ranchi crowd will come in numbers to support their hero and his team!
All the teams have already announced their 15 members squads. To see the squads please visit the official website of the Champions League T20!
To all my readers of this blog, Thank You very much for your reviews, suggestions, wishes! And I am really very sorry for not writing the reports of last couple of very important matches and as well as some of the group stage matches! Hope you all enjoy reading my blog!
This time around I will not be able to write match reports of every single match, or of any match in that case. But will surely try to write my views in every 3-4 days. Do give your suggestions if any!
Once Again Thank You!! I will need your support to keep writing about cricket (at least cricket)!
