I was wondering which would be a more popular T20 event... Is it going to be the Indian Premier League or the Champions League?
Twenty20 Champions Awards - Awards for the best performances was announced during the ceremony to unveil champions league groups and fixtures.
1. Highest Individual Score(158 runs) - Brendon McCullum Kolkata - Knight Riders
2. Best Batting Average(Avg 68.44, 616 runs) - Shaun Marsh - Kings XI Punjab
3. Best Batting Strike Rate(SR 195.2, 326 runs) - Graham Napier - Essex Eagles
4. Best Bowling Figures In A Match (six for 14) - Sohail Tanvir - Rajasthan Royals
5. Best Bowling Economy(Economy 4.32, 31 overs) - Yusuf Abdullah - Nashua Dolphins
6. Best Bowling Strike Rate(Strike rate 9, 18 wickets) - Charl Langeveldt - Nashua Cobras
7. Best Bowling Strike Rate In An Innings (SR 1.6, 3 wkts) - Laxmi Ratan Shukla - Kolkata Knight Riders
8. Best Batting Strike Rate In An Innings (SR280.95, 59 runs) - Tyron Henderson - Middlesex Crusaders
SPECIAL TWENTY 20 CHAMPIONS AWARD
9. Sialkot Stallions : For Winning 16 Twenty20 Matches in a row
Source: BCCI.TV
Middlesex may be forced to compete in December's Champions League without two of their recent acquisitions.Neil Dexter and Neil Carter joined the club to play in the Stanford Twenty20 matches in the Caribbean and the Champions League in India.
Via BBC
After businessmen and richie-rich club members, it is the turn of cricket personalities from India to make the world rankings with star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi making it to a list of 25 most powerful global sports figures.
Via TOI
Shoaib Malik is already sounding the alarm bells for the fancied teams in December’s Champions League. Malik, who led Sialkot Stallions to victory in the Pakistan T20 national championship earlier this month, says his "small-town lads" will be a "hungry lot."
Via ESS
NRI industrialist Vikas Rambal, who is sponsoring Champions League Twenty20 side Waca Warriors, has expressed interest in owning Indian Premier League (IPL) side Deccan Chargers.
Via ET
Champions League T20 tournament has already become a hit with cricket administrators and players all over the world giving a thumbs up to international cricket's first-ever franchise driven club level tournament.
Via MSN
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), the official broadcaster of Champions League Twenty20, has roped in AR Rahman to compose the official anthem of the league.
Via IndianTelevison
Sohail Tanvir is still in awe of his Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne and believes the charismatic Australian would once again lead the side with aplomb to win the Champions League later this year.
Via TOI
Australian batsman Michael Hussey is clueless which team he would eventually represent in the Champions League later this year. "I don't know which team I would eventually represent in the Champions League," Hussey says.
Via Hindu
Live Current Media Inc, a media company built around content and commerce destinations, announced today that Global Cricket Ventures (“GCV”), a joint venture between Live Current and NetlinkBlue Holding, has reached an agreement to build, manage and monetize the official website of the Champions League Twenty20 (“Champions League”) for a period of 10 years.
Via Sys-con
Australia's domestic Twenty20 winners Victoria will take on English champions Middlesex in the opening match of the inaugural Champions League on December 3 in Mumbai. The tournament final, though, will be played in Chennai on December 10, instead of Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium.
Via Cricinfo
Group A
Chennai Super Kings
Victoria Bushrangers
Pretoria Titans
Middlesex Crusaders
Group B
Sialkot Stallions
Rajasthan Royals
Western Rambal Warriors
Natal Dolphins.
Middlesex Crusaders will challenge Victoria Bushrangers in the opening match of the Champions League T-20 on December 3.
Dec 3rd - Middlesex Crusaders vs Victoria Bushrangers in Mumbai
Dec 3rd - Rajasthan Royals vs Nashua Dolphins in Bangalore
Dec 4th - Sialkot Stallions vs Western Rambal Warriors in Banglore
Dec 4th - Chennai Super Kings vs Victoria Bushrangers in Mumbai
Dec 5th - Middlesex Crusaders vs Pretoria Titans in Chennai
Dec 5th - Rajasthan Royals vs Sialkot Stallions in Mumbai
Dec 6th - Western Australia vs Natal Dolphins in Banglore
Dec 6th - Victoria Bushrangers vs Pretoria Titans in Chennai
Dec 6th - Chennai Super Kings vs Middlesex Crusaders in Chennai
Dec 7th - Natal Dolphins vs Sialkot Stallions in Bangalore
Dec 7th - Rajasthan Royals vs Western Rambal Warriors in Bangalore
Dec 7th - Chennai Super Kings vs Pretoria Titans in Chennai
Dec 8th - Semifinal 1 (Group B First placed team vs Group A Second placed team)
Dec 9th - Semifinal 2 (Group A First placed team vs Group B Second placed team)
Dec 10th - Final (Winner of Semifinal 1 vs Winner of Semifinal 2)
Source: ESPNSTAR
Squad
Marcus North (capt.), David Bandy, Arron Crawford, Liam Davis, Brett Dorey, Theo Doropoulos, Ben Edmondson, Aaron Heal, Matt Johnston, Trent Kelly, Steve Magoffin, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Luke Ronchi, Adam Voges.
Cameron White (captain), Aiden Blizzard, Adam Crosthwaite, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Clinton McKay, Dirk Nannes, Darren Pattinson, Robert Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade.
Shoaib Malik (Captain),Abdul Rehman, Adeel Malik, Ali Khan, Bilal Hussain, Faisal Naveed, Kashif Raza, Kamran Younas, Mansoor Amjad, Muhammad Ayub Muhammad Ali, N. Qazi, Qaisar Abbas,Sarfraz Ahmad, Shakeel Ansar.
Shane Warne (C), Greame Smith, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammed Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, D Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Darren Lehmann, Justin Langer, Swapnil Asnodkar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahesh Rawat, Niraj Patel, Dinesh Salunkhe, Taruwar Kohli, Pankaj Singh Anup Revandkar, Sumeet Khatri, Jaydev Shah, Aditya Angle, Parag More
Pierre Joubert (captain), Farhaan Behardien, Gulam Bodi, AB de Villiers, Francois du Plessis, Paul Harris, Heino Kuhn (wk), Ethy Mbhalati, Morne Morkel, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Roelof van der Merwe, Martin van Jaarsveld, Basheeru-Deen Walters (wk)
Ahmed Amla (Captain), Imraan Khan, Hashim Amla, Jon Kent, Grant Rowley, Martin Bekker, Pierre de Bruyn, Daryn Smit, Johann Louw, Morne van Vuuren, Quinton Friend, Alfonso Thomas, Saidi Mlongo, Yusuf Abdullah and David Miller.
Shaun Udal (Captain), Gareth Berg, Steven Finn, Billy Godleman, Tyron Henderson, Ed Joyce, Murali Kartik, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Tim Murtagh, David Nash, Alan Richardson, Ben Scott, Owais Shah, Andrew Strauss
M.S. Dhoni (captain), M. Hayden, M. Hussey, S. Raina, A. Morkel, S. Badrinath, C. Kapugedara, K.B. Arun Karthik, P. Patel, R. Ashwin, M. Muralitharan, M. Ntini, L. Balaji, M. Gony, S. Tyagi.
Coach: S. Fleming.
The Indian industrialist whose money helped bring Tom Moody to the WACA as coach will now send the team away to India to compete in the Champions League bearing his name - the Rambal Warriors.
Via WATODAY
Western Warriors coach Tom Moody has confirmed his side's participation in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament to be held in New Delhi later this year. And the team will be known as the Rambal Warriors under a new naming rights deal with existing major sponsor the Rambal Family, led by Indian indusrialist Vikas Rambal.
Via TheWest
Captain Shaun Udal insists Middlesex need to make the most of their Twenty20 title glory in Antigua and India this winter.
Via ESPNSTAR
The highlight of the evening will be the draw of lots to form the two groups for the inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 and the release of the tournament's fixtures. The Champions League Twenty20 will be held at three venues from 3-10 December.
ESS will offer live feeds simultaneously to all channels free of cost of the awards function. This will be aired on 23 October.
Via IndianTelevision
The governing council of the Champions League Twenty20 has made senior appointments. Sundar Raman is appointed as CEO while Dhiraj Malhotra will function as tournament director for the inaugural tournament to be held from 3 to 10 December.
Via IndianTelevision
Albie Morkel is one of the most sought-after Twenty20 cricketers in the world, but his hard-hitting exploits have caused quite a dilemma for the all-rounder and his domestic team. The Titans will participate in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League in India in December, having qualified with the Dolphins as the finalists of last season’s domestic Pro20 competition, but Morkel is likely to turn out for an opposing team from another nation.
Via Citizen
With two days to go for the official announcement of the Champions Twenty20 League fixtures, there`s still uncertainty surrounding the two venues which had been shortlisted to host matches in Mumbai.
Via ZeeCric
Mr Modi, who is chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League and chairman of the Champions League said although rivalry and strong competition were essential to make the game exciting, it was important to maintain dignity and decorum.
Via BangkokPost
The Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium, instead of the D.Y. Patil Stadium, will be the venue of the Mumbai-leg of the Champions League Twenty20 from December 3 to 10.
Via HT
The second edition of the Champions League Twenty20 was earlier scheduled to be held from September 25 to October 10 next year but it will now be held from October 10 to 23 after the ICC rescheduled the Champions Trophy from September 24 to October 5, 2009. Twelve teams will take part in the competition.
Via PTI
The recent turmoil in global financial markets does not appear to have queered the pitch for advertisers to pitch in their lot for the Champions League T20 event that will kick off in India on December 3.
Via Sify
Sialkot Stallions will represent Pakistan in the inaugural edition of the Champions Twenty20 League in India in December after they beat favorites Karachi in the final of National Twenty20 Championship in Lahore.
Via TOI
The Ranji Trophy schedule for the 2008-09 season has been altered to prevent a clash of dates with the Champions Twenty20 League, which is scheduled from December 3 to 10. As per the revised fixtures, the third and fourth round matches of the Elite division have been advanced by a day from November 17 and 24 to November 16 and 23 respectively. The dates of the subsequent rounds have also been changed.
Via PTI
Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh is interested in playing for one of the two Australian sides that will take part in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League later this year.
Via NewsPost
After the Indian Premier League and Champions Twenty20, the slam-bang cricket is poised to become just bigger with the stage set for a T20 'Super Series' involving India, Australia and South Africa next year.
Via PTI
A bid by controversial Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh to represent the Victoria or West Australia appears doomed. Harbhajan, notorious for his heated on-field exchanges with Australian cricketers, was reportedly keen to join one of the Australian domestic teams for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League tournament in India in December.
Via FoxSports
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