Twenty20 Champions League

[SciD]

I am happy that Chennai is not in here.

 

[King Cricket]

It would have been interesting, had all the teams enjoyed equal strengths. But as it stands right now, the majority of the show stealers will be playing for the IPL teams and NSW, with the other teams being left with a bunch of domestic players and one/two international stars. Really not fair!

 

[SciD]

Its hardly covered in press. Whats it like in TV?

 

[SaiSrini]

I am happy that Chennai is not in here.

Yes you should be. The eternal Chennai hater for no rhyme or reason!

Would love to see a Delhi vs NSW final or a Bangalore vs NSW final. Would be very exciting

 

[AshesXII]

I am happy that Chennai is not in here.

hahaha same here mate
i hate chennai
Waitin For NSW Vs DC and DD

 

[Params7]

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[SaiSrini]

hahaha same here mate
i hate chennai
Waitin For NSW Vs DC and DD

Long live Chennai! The hard done by team. Both Chennai and Rajasthan should have made it here because they didnt get a chance to play the first CL because it was postponed, And in the second IPL, CSK finished joint third but since there was no system to determine the third team, they lost out on making it to this Champions league based on their IPL-2009 performance.

More people disliking Chennai these days. Maybe jealous that a South team is doing well when only the North has been having dominance so far in the country. And Dhoni (CSK captain) is now the 'eternal hated' guy because he is the Indian captain who takes decisions that he thinks would be right (he has every right to do it, and not react according to the whims and fancies of the fickle Indian fans)

 

[Cricketman]

We all know that CSK can take any of those teams anyways. DC's win was a total fluke.

 

[SciD]

Yes you should be. The eternal Chennai hater for no rhyme or reason!

Would love to see a Delhi vs NSW final or a Bangalore vs NSW final. Would be very exciting

Its KXIP and CS rivalry dude.

 

[King Cricket]

Both Chennai and Rajasthan should have made it here

A team which struggles to beat a pathetic side like KKR, doesn't deserve a place in the "Champions" League. Forget what they did last season, this year, they nearly lost that match against us had it not for Yusuf Pathan.

 

[vishwa]

The Champions League T20 thread

Today, the First International Club Cricket Championship in cricketing history kicks off in Bangalore. What makes it exciting is that 12 top teams from 7 cricketing powerhouses will square off for a staggering price money of USD 5 million. The CLT20 website quote that the Winner will take home USD 2.5 million - the total prize money for the ICC World T20 held in England.

Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Lets have a look at the squads-

THE TEAMS

INDIAN TEAMS

Deccan Chargers

Adam Gilchrist (c & wk)
Azhar Bilakhia
Fidel Edwards
Harmeet Singh
Ryan Harris (Bowling A/R)
VVS Laxman
Pragyan Ojha
Rohit Sharma
Shoaib Ahmed
RP Singh
Scott Styris (Batting A/R)
Tirumalasetti Suman
Andrew Symonds (Batting A/R)
Chaminda Vaas (Bowling A/R)
Venugopal Rao

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Anil Kumble (c)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Balachandra Akhil (Batting A/R)
Rajesh Bishnoi
Mark Boucher (wk)
Rahul Dravid
Jacques Kallis (Batting A/R)
Virat Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Manish Pandey
Dale Steyn
Ross Taylor
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe (Bowling A/R)
Vinay Kumar

Delhi Daredevils

Gautam Gambhir (c)
Rajat Bhatia
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Mithun Manhas (Batting A/R)
Amit Mishra
Dirk Nannes
Ashish Nehra
Aavishkar Salvi
Pradeep Sangwan
Virender Sehwag
Owais Shah
Manoj Tiwary
Daniel Vettori

AUSTRALIAN TEAMS

New South Wales

Simon Katich (c)
Aaron Bird
Doug Bollinger
Stuart Clark
Nathan Hauritz
Moises Henriques (Batting A/R)
Phillip Hughes
Brett Lee
Steve O'Keefe (Bowling A/R)
Ben Rohrer
Daniel Smith (wk)
Steven Smith (Batting A/R)
Dominic Thornely
David Warner

Victoria

Cameron White (c)
Aiden Blizzard
Aaron Finch
Shane Harwood
John Hastings
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
David Hussey
Andrew McDonald (Bowling A/R)
Bryce McGain
Clint McKay
James Pattinson
Rob Quiney
Peter Siddle
Matthew Wade (wk)

SOUTH AFRICAN TEAMS

Cape Cobras

Andrew Puttick (c)
Derek Brand
Ryan Canning (wk)
Henry Davids
Jean-Paul Duminy
Sybrand Engelbrecht
Herschelle Gibbs
Claude Henderson
Rory Kleinveldt
Charl Langeveldt
Richard Levi
Justin Ontong
Vernon Philander (Bowling A/R)
Francois Plaatjies
Monde Zondeki

Eagles

Boeta Dippenaar (c)
Ryan Bailey
Jandre Coetzee (Bowling A/R)
Cornelius de Villiers
Dillon du Preez
Dean Elgar
Reeza Hendricks
Alan Kruger
Adrian McLaren (wk)
Ryan McLaren (Bowling A/R)
Victor Mpitsang
Rilee Rossouw
Thandi Tshabalala
Shadley van Schalkwyk
Morne van Wyk

ENGLISH TEAMS

Somerset

Justin Langer (Captain)
Omari Banks (Bowling A/R)
Jos Buttler
Zander de Bruyn (Batting A/R)
Wes Durston (Batting A/R)
James Hildreth
Craig Kieswetter (Wicket-keeper)
Ben Phillips (Bowling A/R)
Arul Suppiah (Batting A/R)
Alfonso Thomas
Peter Trego (Batting A/R)
Marcus Trescothick
Mark Turner
Max Waller
Charl Willoughby

Sussex

Michael Yardy (c)
Will Beer
Ben Brown
Piyush Chawla (Bowling A/R)
Joe Gatting
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Batting A/R)
Andy Hodd (wk)
Ed Joyce
Chad Keegan
James Kirtley
Robin Martin-Jenkins (Batting A/R)
Chris Nash
Dwayne Smith (Batting A/R)
Luke Wright (Batting A/R)
Yasir Arafat (Bowling A/R)

NEW ZEALAND

Otago

Craig Cumming (c)
Nick Beard
Neil Broom
Ian Butler
Derek de Boorder (wk)
Matt Harvie
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Nathan McCullum (Bowling A/R)
James McMillan
Warren McSkimming
Dimitri Mascarenhas (Batting A/R)
Aaron Redmond
Hamish Rutherford
Greg Todd
Neil Wagner

SRI LANKA

Wayamba

Jehan Mubarak (c)
Ishara Amerasinghe
Sameera de Zoysa (wk)
Rangana Herath
Mahela Jayawardene
Shalika Karunanayake
Jeevantha Kulatunga
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Farveez Maharoof (Bowling A/R)
Ajantha Mendis
Thissara Perera
Isuru Udana
Mahela Udawatte
Michael Vandort
Chanaka Welegedara

WEST INDIES

Trinidad & Tobago

Daren Ganga (Captain)
Samuel Badree
Adrian Barath
Dwayne Bravo (Batting A/R)
Darren Bravo
Rayad Emrit (Bowling A/R)
Sherwin Ganga (Bowling A/R)
Dave Mohammed (Bowling All-rounder)
Sunil Narine
William Perkins
Kieron Pollard
Denesh Ramdin (Wicket-keeper)
Ravi Rampaul
Lendl Simmons (Batting A/R)
Navin Stewart

THE GROUPS

Group A

Deccan Chargers
Trinidad & Tobago
Somerset

Group B

Sussex
New South Wales
Eagles

Group C

Cape Cobras
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Otago

Group D

Delhi Daredevils
Victoria
Wayamba

DAILY FIXTURES

1st Match: RCB vs Cape Cobras
Group C match at Bangalore
Oct 8
Result- Dominating Duminy demolishes Royal Challengers Bangalore

2nd Match: Eagles v NSW
Group B match at Delhi
Oct 9

 

[King Cricket]

There is already a separate forum regarding this, where everything is being discussed.

 

[vishwa]

Damn. Someone pls move it there. Worked pretty hard on this

 

[vishwa]

Oh. So my thread has been merged with this thread. Okay

 

[Bluebagger]

It would have been interesting, had all the teams enjoyed equal strengths. But as it stands right now, the majority of the show stealers will be playing for the IPL teams and NSW, with the other teams being left with a bunch of domestic players and one/two international stars. Really not fair!

What isn't fair in regards to NSW? We are playing with our actual domestic squad not a bunch of players we bought at an auction.