SachDan Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 will it be played in India? Yup...In Delhi,Jaipur and Mohali Link to comment
Sachinism Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Champions Twenty20 League Dhoni likely to miss Champions League final Chennai Super Kings, the IPL team that has qualified for the Champions Twenty20 League in December, is likely to release captain MS Dhoni in the later stages of the tournament to help him prepare for India's Test series against England, a top franchise official has said. The Champions League, jointly organised by the BCCI, Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA), will be held from December 3-10, and will be sandwiched between the India-England ODI and Test series. The first Test begins on December 11 and VB Chandrasekar, director of cricket operations for Super Kings, suggested Dhoni might make himself unavailable for the final to turn out for India. "More weightage should be given to Indian team," Chandrasekar told Cricinfo. The Australian and South African players taking part in the Champions League - Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Makhaya Ntini for Super Kings and Graeme Smith for Rajasthan Royal Challengers - will also be involved in international encounters till December 2, one day before the Twenty20 tournament starts. While Hayden and Hussey are expected to be part of the Australian Test squad in a Test series against New Zealand, Smith and Ntini are likely to be involved in a home series against Bangladesh. Chandrasekar said the franchise expected the event to be held in Mohali, Delhi and Jaipur, the venues that were announced last month before the tournament organisers put that decision on hold to evaluate other offers. Looking ahead to the team's chances and preparations for the Champions League, Chandrasekar said, "I would rate all teams equal. Any team can win a Twenty20 game on their day. We might hold a preparatory camp without the key players like Dhoni, Michael Hussey and Matthew Hayden." He also said that it's highly unlikely that Super Kings will recruit new players for the tournament as most of the big players would be available to play. Apart from Chennai Super Kings, the IPL runners-up, the inaugural Champions Twenty20 tournament comprises Rajasthan Royals, the IPL winner, Western Australia and Victoria, Australia's domestic twenty20 finalists, Nashua Titans and Dolphins, the South African finalists, Middlesex, England's champion, and Pakistan's Sialkot Stallions. Link to comment
SachDan Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Incase Chennai Super Kings wins first edition of the CL,can all the players who represented them in the earlier stages of the competition be part of the prize money? Link to comment
Feed Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 2009 Champions League scheduled for September-October The second Champions Twenty20 League will take place next year between September 25 and October 11, and will feature 12 teams, four more than the first edition to be held between December 3-10, 2008. More... Champions Twenty20 League 2009 Champions League scheduled for September-October Cricinfo staff September 5, 2008 The second Champions Twenty20 League will take place next year between September 25 and October 11, and will feature 12 teams, four more than the first edition to be held between December 3-10, 2008. Next year's league has been scheduled in the same month the ICC proposes to hold its Champions Trophy, which was postponed from September 2009 after five of the eight participating nations said they would not send their teams for the event given security concerns in Pakistan. The dates were announced in a release issued by the three founding members - the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. The 2008 Champions Twenty20 League was initially due to begin on September 29, the reserve day of the Champions Trophy final, but the ICC expressed its unhappiness over the scheduling. It asked the Champions League organisers to rethink the programme after which the tournament was shifted to December. The 2009 Champions League will involve 12 teams and 23 matches, while this year's competition has eight teams - the winners and runners-up from domestic Twenty20 competitions in India, Australia and South Africa plus the winner of 2008 Twenty20 championships from Pakistan and the reigning Twenty20 Cup champion from England, Middlesex. According to the Future Tours Programme, Australia are scheduled to play seven one-day internationals in Octover 2009. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 was just about to post this so does that confirm there will be no Champions Trophy? Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 just to be postponed again.. Link to comment
Feed Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Champions League, Trophy clash THE second Twenty20 Champions League will be held in September-October 2009, dealing another blow to the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Pakistan. More... Champions League, Trophy clash From correspondents in New Delhi, India September 08, 2008 THE second Twenty20 Champions League will be held in September-October 2009, dealing another blow to the crisis-ridden International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Pakistan. The scheduling sees the multi-million-dollar tournament set to clash with the Champions Trophy, which Pakistan is due to stage in October 2009 after the ICC cancelled its second-biggest tournament after the Cricket World Cup due to security concerns in Pakistan. India, Australia and South Africa set themselves on a collision course with the ICC by saying the next edition of inter-club T20 Champions League would be held from September 25 to October 11 next year. With Australia due to tour India for seven one-day internationals from mid-October next year, the ICC now faces tough negotiations to go through with the Champions Trophy on the allotted dates. "The Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa today announced the dates of the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20 from September 25th to October 11th, 2009," the three boards announced in a joint release. "The 2009 edition will feature 12 teams and will see 23 matches played. It is scheduled during the prime Indian festive season." ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat, in New Delhi to announce the nominees for the 2008 international awards, said the governing body would meet in Dubai on Thursday to discuss the calendar. "A framework for the existing Future Tours Program exists and we will work within this framework," Lorgat said. "I do not agree with the implication that the FTP is going out of control due to new events." The inaugural eight-nation Twenty20 Champions League, boasting a $US6 million purse, is due to take place from December 3-10 this year, at a venue yet to be determined. The event will be contested by the top two teams of the domestic Twenty20 competitions in India, Australia and South Africa, and one team each from England and Pakistan. The tournament was initially scheduled for September but it was put back to December following ICC objections that it was being held too close to the now postponed Champions Trophy. The recent boom in Twenty20 cricket, sparked by the lucrative Indian Premier League this year, has led to concern in some quarters about the future of traditional Test and one-day cricket. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=117485 Link to comment
Feed Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Champions League rights sell for $900 million The Champions League Twenty20 has become the highest valued cricket tournament on a per-game basis after EPSN-Star Sports secured the ten-year commercial rights for US$900 million. More... Champions Twenty20 League Champions League rights sell for $900 million Cricinfo staff September 11, 2008 The Champions League Twenty20 has become the highest valued cricket tournament on a per-game basis after EPSN-Star Sports secured the ten-year commercial rights for US$900 million. The deal gives the network the global commercial rights for every Champions League match from this year's inaugural event in December until 2017. The ICC confirmed the deal when it opened all the bids in Dubai on Wednesday. ESPN-Star Sports was preferred ahead of DIC, who offered $751.3 million, and the Abu Dhabi Sports Club, whose bid was disqualified for being conditional. Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, said the bidding process had been "fair and transparent". "We have what we believe to be the best commercial deal for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 season and for cricket fans across the world," Modi said. "All the bids received were of a very high standard." No venues have yet been named for the 2008 series, which will take place from December 3 to 10. The tournament will feature eight sides from India, South Africa, Australia, England and Pakistan, before expanding to a 12-team competition next year. ESPN-Star Sports was already the ICC's television rights holder until 2015. In 2006, the network paid $1.1 billion for the nine-year deal that would include two World Cups. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Mumbai to host Champions League final Mumbai has been picked as the venue for the Champions League final on December 10. The domestic Twenty20 winners and runners-up from India, Australia and South Africa and Twenty20 champions from Pakistan and England will participate in the eight-day tournament, which is also to have venues in Bangalore and Chennai. The eight teams will be divided in to groups of four and the leaders of Group A will meet the runners-up of Group B and vice versa in semi-finals. The prize money up for grabs for the tournament is US$6 million, which is five times what the Rajasthan Royals got for winning the IPL earlier this year. The Champions League organisers had earlier announced a prize pool of $5 million but that has now been raised. "In the Champions League Twenty20, I believe we have a concept that will inspire and motivate the future generations of club, state and county cricketers, while accelerating the development of the game globally," Lalit Modi said. "I am confident that this will be a true global event the scale of which the cricketing world has not seen outside of the World Cups." ESPN has bagged the commercial rights for the tournament for $975 million. Next year the format will be extended to accomodate 12 teams and will take place between September 25 and October 10 . Teams * Australia: Western Australia, Victoria * India: Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings * South Africa: Titans, Dolphins * England: Middlesex * Pakistan: To be decided * Schedule December 3 - 10 Link to comment
Dravid Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 mumbai always get final.. also, dont guys like smith, watson.. who r royals players, also play for teams in ENG dom. system.. i donnnu if their team from that dom. compi also finsihed 1st/2nd or not.. but what if they did? who will they play for?? :D i need to lay of the coffee early morning :bowwow: Link to comment
Sachinism Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I think Modi stated if players play for more than one team that is in the league, the IPL team is their priority Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 mumbai always get final.. also, dont guys like smith, watson.. who r royals players, also play for teams in ENG dom. system.. i donnnu if their team from that dom. compi also finsihed 1st/2nd or not.. but what if they did? who will they play for?? :D i need to lay of the coffee early morning :bowwow: Yeah.. thats strange.. why is Mumbai getting all the finals? Why not other centres? Regarding ur doubts about clashing interest - in such a scenario, the home county takes preference. If Smith is part of the team from SA, then he'll play for that team and not for Rajasthan Royals Link to comment
Cricketics Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 IPL team shouldn't have qualified for this tournament. they should have had the domestic twenty20 tournament, the way they have ranji test matches, and from that 2 states who would have gotten to the final should have been picked for this tournament. why bring ipl teams when all other countries would be bringing their state sides. Link to comment
h4te Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 IPL team shouldn't have qualified for this tournament. they should have had the domestic twenty20 tournament, the way they have ranji test matches, and from that 2 states who would have gotten to the final should have been picked for this tournament. why bring ipl teams when all other countries would be bringing their state sides. because Modi said so! Link to comment
Dravid Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 w/o ipl teams.. the prize money, instead of "The prize money up for grabs for the tournament is US$6 million" would be $6 million $$ICF Link to comment
DomainK Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Good. I will try to get a ticket. Link to comment
Holysmoke Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 DEC 10!! dammit... cant go for it!! Link to comment
SachDan Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 w/o ipl teams.. the prize money, instead of "The prize money up for grabs for the tournament is US$6 million" would be $6 million $ :hysterical::hysterical: very true. Link to comment
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