IPL Champions League to kick off on Thursday !
The IPL Champions League will start on OCT 8, to find out which is the best T20 Club team.
It will be a struggle for supremacy as 12 teams from different countries fight it out
The 12 teams are
Deccan Chargers
Bangalore Royal Challengers
Delhi Daredevils
from India
Cape Cobras
Diamond Eagles
from South Africa
NSW Blues
Victorian Bushrangers
from Australia
Otago Volts
from NZ
Somerset CCC
Sussex Sharks
from England
Trinidad & Tobago
from West Indies
&
Wayamba Elevens
from Sri Lanka
Let us see who is the best Club side in T20 cricket !
“Stars will emerge from CLT20″, says J Sutherland, ceo, Cricket Australia.
Royal Challengers of India clash with Cape Cobras of South Africa on 8th at Bangalore at 0800 PM IST.
The group classification is as follows
Group A
Deccan Chargers
Trinidad and Tobago
Somerset CCC
Group B
NSW Blues
Diamond Eagles
Sussex Sharks
Group C
Royal Challengers
Cape Cobras
Otago Volts
Group D
Delhi Daredevils
Victorian Bushrangers
Wayamba Elevens
Manoj Tiwari has been included in the Daredevils squad. He was obviously surprised.
There are allegations in Pak that Pak deliberately lost the game to Australia to throw India out of the Champions Trophy. There are also allegations that India influenced the umpires, to favour NZ, when NZ beat Pakistan.
Bangalore were in the last place in IPL I but made a great comeback in IPL, storming their way to the finals. Kumble and gang are hoping that they will be able to hold absolute sway in CL T20. Kallis hopes that his team will be able to conquer his own people today at Bangalore Chinnaswamy Stadium. He also claims that his team is more knowledgeable about Indian conditions than his S A counterparts.
The inaugural fireworks will start at 0645 PM. The match will start at 0800 PM.
Ross Taylor of NZ, R Uthappa and Dravid provide batting strength to the Royal Challengers. Pitted against them are world class Gibbs and Duminy and gang.
On the other hand, Cobras are the national champs in the Standard Bank Pro 20 Series. Led by Andre Putik, Cape Cobras is deemed to be one of the best teams in the world.
Jointly sponsored by Cricket Australia, Cricket RSA and BCCI, CLT20 will be more popular than IPL. IPL is only Indian, CLT20 is international !