Champions League 2009

[Guest gaurav_indian]

Champions League final to be played in Hyderabad

The opening game of the Champions Twenty20 League, between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Cape Cobras, will be held in Bangalore while the final will be played in Hyderabad on October 23. The 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three each with IPL runners-up Bangalore grouped with Cape Cobras and Otago, while IPL champions Deccan Chargers grouped with Stanford 20/20 winners Trinidad & Tobago and the runners-up of England's Twenty20 Cup. The top two teams will qualify for the second round where two groups of four each will compete in a round-robin league. The top four teams will make it to the semi-finals, which will be played in New Delhi, on October 21, and Hyderabad, on October 22. A total of 23 matches will be played over 16 days in these three venues. Telecom service providers Airtel have signed up for the tournament as title sponsors for five years starting 2009. According to industry sources the deal is worth Rs200 crore (US$ 41 million approx).

http://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2009/content/current/story/416922.html

[Don Sharma]

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[cowboysfan]

:csk:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[cндябеяs]

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[Guest Shivani]

:dc: :yay: :two_thumbs_up:

[Zelig]

[punjabi_khota]

they ****in look more like mermaids than cobras..:hehe:

[Guest Shivani]

they ****in look more like mermaids than cobras..:hehe:

I swear ! I was just about to comment that before i read ur post ... Mermaids :hysterical:

[Don Sharma]

LOL @ Boucher

[Don Sharma]

Group A A1 Deccan Chargers A2 Somerset A3 Trinidad & Tobago Group B B1 NSW Blues B2 Eagles A3 Trinidad & Tobago Group C C1 Royal Challengers Bangalore C2 Cape Cobras C3 Otago Group D D1 Delhi Daredevils D2 Victoria D3 Wayamba FIXTURE: Thu Oct 8 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras Fri Oct 9 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT Group B - Eagles v New South Wales Fri Oct 9 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Victoria Sat Oct 10 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT Group C - Cape Cobras v Otago Sat Oct 10 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group A - Deccan Chargers v TBC Sun Oct 11 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT Group B - New South Wales v TBC Sun Oct 11 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba Mon Oct 12 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT Group A - TBC v Trinidad & Tobago Mon Oct 12 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago Tue Oct 13 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT Group D - Victoria v Wayamba Tue Oct 13 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group B - Eagles v TBC Wed Oct 14 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT Group A - Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago 15 October, 2009 20:00 ISTM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - KarnatakaMatch 13 C1 vs D2 16 October, 2009 16:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, HyderabadMatch 14 A2 vs B2 16 October, 2009 20:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, HyderabadMatch 15 A1 vs B1 17 October, 2009 16:00 ISTM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - KarnatakaMatch 16 C2 vs D2 17 October, 2009 20:00 ISTM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - KarnatakaMatch 17 C1 vs D1 18 October, 2009 16:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, HyderabadMatch 18 A2 vs B1 18 October, 2009 20:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, HyderabadMatch 19 A1 vs B2 19 October, 2009 20:00 ISTFeroz Shah Kotla, DelhiMatch 20 C2 vs D1 21 October, 2009 20:00 ISTFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 1st Semi Final T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 22 October, 2009 20:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 2nd Semi Final T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 23 October, 2009 20:00 ISTRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Final T.B.C. vs T.B.C.

[Don Sharma]

Northamptonshire will not be allowed to take part in the Champions League even if they qualify from England's domestic Twenty20 tournament because the side contains three players associated with the unauthorized Indian Cricket League (ICL), league chairman Lalit Modi has said. Northamptonshire have three players - Nicky Boje, Andrew Hall and Van der Wath - who have not severed ties with the ICL. "Champions League rules are very clear that no team with players connected to any unauthorised cricket can be a part of it. Northants will be disqualified from the league if they enter the final (of England domestic T20 cricket) and there would be a vacant slot," Modi said. If there is a vacancy, the spot could be filled by the Chennai Super Kings, who finished fourth in the second season of the IPL. The Bangalore Royal Challengers, Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils have already qualified for the league. Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi will host the inaugural Champions League between October 8 and 23. Source C'mon Northants.:cheer:

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Champion's League : New rule on multiple-qualifying players The Champions League Twenty20 has introduced a new rule on the cricketers who qualify for multiple teams. More... Tuesday 18th August 2009 New rule on multiple-qualifying players The Champions League Twenty20 has introduced a new rule on the cricketers who qualify for multiple teams. In that case, Delhi Daredevils will have to cough up USD 200,000 to retain the service of a Dirk Nannes or a David Warner in the tournament. As many as nine cricketers qualify for two teams and according to the new rule, the 'away' team will have to pay USD 200,000 to a player's 'home' team to retain his service, the CL T20 Governing Council announced on Tuesday. However, the 'away' teams are not eligible for compensation if a player chooses to play for his 'home' team, said the organisers as the teams are set to announce their 20-player squads for the tournament starting on October 8. Nathan Bracken (NSW Blues, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Brendon McCullum (Otago Bolts, NSW Blues), Dirk Nannes (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils), David Warner (NSW Blues, Delhi Daredevils), Cameron White (Victorian Bushrangers, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Andrew McDonald (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils), Herschelle Gibbs (Cape Cobras, Deccan Chargers), Farveez Maharoof (Wayamba, Delhi Daredevils) and Dwayne Smith (Deccan Chargers, Sussex Sharks) face the dilemma of making a choice between the two teams they represent. In case of Smith, neither Deccan nor Sussex is his 'home' team. "These qualification rules ensure players will have a choice, subject to existing contracts, of who they represent in CL T20. The USD 200,000 compensation paid to 'home' teams will create significant interest in the lead-up to the squad announcements," Dean Kino, CL T20 Governing Council member and Director of Legal and Business Affairs said. "Once a team names its initial squad, CL T20 will assess which players have been listed for two or more teams. Players who have been nominated by multiple teams will then be contacted by CL T20 to nominate their chosen team. Players will then be given 24 hours to determine which team they wish to represent," added Kino. Delhi Daredevils have four players in their ranks who also qualify to represent their home team, which means the Indian Premier League side led by Virender Sehwag would have to shell out USD 800,000 to enjoy their services. CL T20 Chairman Lalit Modi called it a 'revolutionary element' and said teams would laugh all the way to the bank. "The ability of players to qualify for multiple teams adds another revolutionary element to the Airtel Champions League Twenty20. A number of players will face a tough decision over the coming days as to which team they will represent in the inaugural tournament in October," he said. "In addition to the USD six million in prize money, each team is guaranteed a USD 500,000 participation fee. This means that even teams that finish from the 9th to 12th place at the Airtel CLT20 will earn USD 600,000, while the winners will receive more than USD 3 million," Modi added. According to the rules, members of each team's initial squad must have either played for, or must have been contracted to play for, his nominating team in the most recent qualifying Twenty20 competition played by that team. For this year's event, no person who has played in any unofficial cricket event -- like Indian Cricket League -- can be named in a 2009 CL T20 squad either as a player or coach. However, the teams are not disqualified from the 2009 CL T20 if they played rebel players in their qualifying tournament, provided they terminated their rebel contracts before May 31, 2009.

[Sachinism]

LOLZ hefty fines

[rahuliverpool]

^ tell me about it! :yikes:

[TaNk]

Champions League throws up tough choices Many of the 12 teams participating in the Champions League Twenty20, starting in Bangalore on October 8, face tough choices in selecting their final squads after officials released updated tournament rules today. These regulations will force teams like Delhi Daredevils, the IPL qualifiers, to cut down on their foreign strength to minimise a payout for "away" players - pegged at $200,000 for each player - and Sussex to omit Murray Goodwin because of the batsman's past links with the ICL. Deccan Chargers have already decided to let Herschelle Gibbs play for Cape Cobras, his home team. Delhi have four foreign players - Dirk Nannes, David Warner, Andrew McDonald and Farveez Maharoof - whose home teams have also qualified for the tournament. They'd have had to shell out $800,000 as compensation for all four players but are planning to call up only two of them. "Under CLT20 rules, provided a player qualifies for more than one team, all those qualifying teams can nominate that player," the tournament organisers said. "If the player then decides to play for an 'away' team rather than his 'home' team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket), the 'away' team must pay US$200,000 compensation to the 'home' team." This process will obviously happen in consultation between the teams and the players involved. Sussex, meanwhile, will have to do without Goodwin after it was confirmed that players who have played unofficial cricket will not be allowed to play in this edition of the tournament. However, the organisers said, teams are not disqualified from the 2009 CLT20 if they played rebel players in their qualifying tournament, provided they terminated their rebel contracts before May 31. So, unlike last year, when Kent were barred for having ICL players in their squad, Sussex will not be disqualified for having played Goodwin in their domestic Twenty20 tournament, which is considered as the qualifying round for the Champions League. Goodwin, the former Zimbabwe player, quit the ICL before May 31. Amrit Mathur, the chief operating officer of Delhi, confirmed that his team will reduce its foreign strength while submitting a preliminary list of 20 players by August 24, the first deadline. This list will be pruned to 15. "We have to maintain a balance between Indian and foreign players in the final 15," Mathur told Cricinfo. "Besides, we will also have to consider that there is a certain payment involved for fielding foreign players whose home teams have also qualified." The case of Dwayne Smith, the West Indies allrounder, is interesting because he can play for Sussex and Deccan Chargers, neither of which is his home team. Although the rules don't stipulate any payment in such cases, there is nothing to prevent the teams from arriving at a separate arrangement. "Once a team names its initial squad, CLT20 will assess which players have been listed for two or more teams," Dean Kino, Champions League's governing council member and director, legal and business affairs, said. "Players who have been nominated by multiple teams will then be contacted by CLT20 to nominate their chosen team. Players will then be given 24 hours to determine which team they wish to represent." The Champions League Twenty20, which is a multi-nation multi-club event, was set to start on December 3 last year but was aborted after terrorists struck in Mumbai, one of the main venues, on November 26. This time, invitations have been extended to this year's domestic toppers from seven countries, including Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils (India), New South Wales Blues and Victorian Bushrangers (Australia), Cape Cobras and Diamond Eagles (South Africa), Sussex Sharks and Somerset Sabres (England), Otago Volts (New Zealand), Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies) and Wayamba (Sri Lanka). Players eligible to play for multiple teams * Nathan Bracken - New South Wales, Bangalore * Brendon McCullum - Otago, New South Wales * Dirk Nannes - Victoria, Delhi * David Warner - New South Wales, Delhi * Cameron White - Victoria, Bangalore * Andrew McDonald - Victoria, Delhi * Herschelle Gibbs - Cobras, Deccan * Farveez Maharoof - Wayamba, Delhi * Dwayne Smith - Sussex, Deccan

[chetan0304]

1 crore? :o Gibbs plays for cobras and for deccan (both team are in Champions league) This is funny, Money Money!

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Champion's League : Delhi, B'lore sweat over foreign recruits With foreign recruits, who also qualify for other teams not coming cheap, Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore are in a dilemma. More...

[Mamu]

Big question is what has the govt done to increase security? 1) Did they get armored buses ? 2) What is being done to increase the security of players, with respect to transportation and even movement of the players? 3) Lodging?

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Airtel CL T20 squads announced The 12 teams of the inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty20 have named their preliminary squads. More... Thursday 27th August 2009 Airtel CL T20 squads announced The 12 teams of the inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty20 have named their preliminary squads. Of the 234 players nominated by the sides, 110 have already played international cricket for their respective countries. New South Wales Blues and the Delhi Daredevils will each be capable of playing a team wholly comprising of international players. Wayamba, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Victorian Bushrangers meanwhile have 10 internationals each in their ranks. Trinidad & Tobago and Sussex feature nine players with international experience, while the Cape Cobras and Deccan Chargers have eight, Otago have seven and the Diamond Eagles and Somerset have four apiece. "The announcement of the preliminary squads ensures the first Airtel Champions League Twenty20 will be a true contest between the best of the best, Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions League Twenty20 Governing Council, said. "A congregation of the world's best players, playing for the world's best domestic teams, vying for the ultimate prize to be crowned Champions - we could not have asked for anything more. "The calibre of players named by the competing teams is extraordinary. We have World Cup champions, both in 50-over and Twenty20 cricket, international captains, legends of the game and some of the world's top-ranked players. "I'm certain that cricket fans around the globe will be treated to truly amazing cricket at the inaugural Airtel CLT20 when the first ball is bowled on October 8 at Hyderabad." Of the nine players eligible to play for multiple teams, only Dirk Nannes was nominated by two preliminary squads. "Dirk Nannes who was nominated by both the Delhi Daredevils and the Victorian Bushrangers, has informed Airtel CLT20 that he will play for his ‘away' team, the Delhi Daredevils, rather than his ‘home' team, the Victorian Bushrangers," Dean Kino, Champions League Twenty20 Governing Council Member and Director of Legal and Business Affairs, said. "As a result, Delhi is required to pay US$200,000 compensation to Victoria according to Airtel CLT20 regulations. "The other players who were eligible for multiple teams will compete for their ‘home' teams in the tournament, while Dwayne Smith who was considered an ‘away' player for both Deccan and Sussex, will represent his English team." Teams now have until September 7 to trim their squads to 15 ahead of the tournament.

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Champions League 2009 : Preliminary squads Teams have announced the following preliminary squads for the Champions League. They must trim their squads to 15 players by September 7. More... Champions League 2009 Preliminary Champions League squads Cricinfo staff August 28, 2009 Teams have announced the following preliminary squads for the Champions League. They must trim their squads to 15 players by September 7. Trinidad & Tobago Daren Ganga, Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Amit Jaggernauth, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, William Perkins, Richard Kelly, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Kevon Cooper, Navin Stewart, Daron Cruickshank, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath, Imran Khan. Victoria Cameron White, Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Darren Pattinson, Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Michael Hill, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain, William Sheridan. Delhi Daredevils AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Glenn McGrath, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Virender Sehwag, Manoj Tiwary, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Rajat Bhatia, Vijaykumar YoMahesh, Mithun Manhas. New South Wales Phillip Hughes, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Stuart Clark, Burt Cockley, Peter Forrest, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger, Aaron Bird, Mark Cameron, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steve Smith, Daniel Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner. Otago Craig Cumming, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek deBoorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Matt Harvie, James McMillan, Shaun Haig, William Somerville, Anthony Bullick, Leighton Morgan, Shaun Eathorne. Cape Cobras Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Karl Nieuwoudt, Lenert van Wyk, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Stiaan van Zyl, Andrew Puttick, Derek Brand, Gurshwin Rabie, Francois Plaatjies. Wayamba Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatte, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isuru Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanaka Welegedara, Michael Vandort. Sussex Matthew Prior, Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright, James Kirtley, Piyush Chawla, Michael Yardy, Ed Joyce, Ragheb Aga, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, Christopher Liddle, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Carl Hopkinson, Oliver Rayner, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan. Diamond Eagles Boeta Dippenaar, Dillon du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Andrew McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Abraham Pienaar, Charl Pietersen, Ryan Bailey, Wendell Bossenger, Jandre Coetzee, Con de Lange, Cornelis de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Aubrey Swanepoel, Shadley van Schalkwyk. Somerset Justin Langer, Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Steffan Jones, Jos Buttler, Michael Munday, Adam Dibble, David Stiff, Robin Lett, Ben Phillips. Royal Challengers Bangalore Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Shreevats Goswami, Pankaj Singh, Akhil Balachandra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Saurabh Bandekar, Abhmanyu Mithun, KP Appanna. Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Chamara Silva, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, DB Ravi Teja, Arjun Yadav, Abhinav Kumar, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib, P Vijay Kumar.