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The battle is on...
The battle amongst the best teams in T20 format, the battle of pride for all the cricketing nations around the globe. Champions return this September; where the tournament is going to take place between September 19 to October 09. 21 days non-stop T20 action is in INDIA this time.
The World's most wanted cricket championship The Champions League Twenty20 starts off from 23rd September at Bangalore. Firstly there will be a thundering Opening Ceremony of CLT20 2011 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Most of the Bollywood Superstars and Famous Corporates will be present to attend the ceremony and enthrall the crowd with their presence and performance. The first match of CLT20 2011 is between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Warriors.
Champions League T20 2011 is the third edition of CLT20 which has took place once in India and South Africa. Talking about sponsorship Bharti Airtel has been replaced by Nokia for the tournament's title sponsorship.
Motive behind Champions League T20 is to accumulate all the top cricketing teams who are winners as well as runners-up of their respective T20 Domestic League games back at their home to compete with other T-20 League winners. Teams participating in the league will be representing nations like India, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa.
CLT20 Teams qualified and selected for the qualifier are as follows:
India: Indian Premier League (IPL)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Q
Mumbai Indians (MI) Q
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Q
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Australia: Big Bash League (BBL)
New South Wales BLUES (NSW) Q
Red Backs (RB) Q
South Africa: Pro-20 League
Cape Cobras (CC) Q
Warriors Q
New Zealand : HRV Tournament
Auckland Aces
West Indies:
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL)
Ruhunu Elevens
England: England T20 League
Somerset Cricket Club
Leicestershire Foxes
(Note: Q denotes that the teams are qualified for the CLT20 season remaining season will compete for the remaining spot in the qualifier round.)
Qualified CLT20 Teams have already segregated into two pools. i.e POOL A & B:
POOL A:
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS, MUMBAI INDIANS, CAPE COBRAS, NEW SOUTH WALES
POOL B:
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE, RED BACKS, WARRIORS
Matches will be held on the following grounds:
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
MA. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Qualifying matches for the remaining teams will be played only in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Hyderabad.
CLT20 Results will be the most interesting subject to witness as these competing teams will be giving their best shot to make it at the top of the CLT20 Results table.
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