CSK Squad 2010: Airtel Champions League Twenty20

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff who play on the side on the side of Chennai Super Kings would not play in the second AirTel Champions League that will he taken place in South Africa this year.  The first season of the Twenty20 formatted cricket tournament was held in India when he was not accomplish because CSK was failed to occupy the place in top three. Due to his keen injury he has been left out form the declared 15 men squad. MS Dhoni is he will lead the CSK team as well in Airtel CLT20,

International retire and the most wicket taker of the world cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan will be seen on the side of CSK. Two Australia Michael Hussey and Matthew Hayden is the key batsmen for the team.

Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Final Chennai Super Kings Squads:

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, S Badrinath, M Vijay, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, A Srikkanth, L Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Thilan Thushara, Albie Morkel, Matthew Hayden, Joginder Sharma.

Source: NDTV

45 crore will be spent for CLT20 sponsorship

ESPN Star Sports is spending huge amount of money for the promotion of the Airtel Champions League 2010. The tournament will be kick-off in South Africa from 10 September.  ESS has planned to spend Rs 45 crore for marketing purpose. Each plan has business profit behind it. The broadcaster has similar target. Their target is to bag $18-20 million near about Rs 90 crore. According the to the officials it is known that it will be fixed the charge around Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3.25 lakh per for ten seconds.

Indiatimes informed:

The campaign will promote the tournament as “Ab Hoga Asli Muqabala” . The channel had appointed international brand consultants Saffron to arrive at the positioning strategy for the CLT20. “The study shows that the tournament was perceived as quality cricket,” said a spokesman of ESPN STAR. “But because of the newness of the concept viewers were not as tuned in as one would expect,” he added.

The broadcaster brought worldwide commercial right from the organizers for a huge of money. It already has tied with the Korean electronics Samsung and the popular drinks which will play the roll as official beverage and Onida will sponsor the Umpire.

Guyana in AirTel Champions League: Finds strong performance

Defeating Barbados, Guyana earns the title of Caribbean Twenty20 that was held on last Sunday 1 August in Queen's Park Oval. Former West Indies Cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan is the responsible captain of the team. So it is a big challenge for him to lead his men in the upcoming Champions League in South Africa next month.

The last year’s champions Trinidad & Tobago lost to Guyana in the second semifinals and in final GuyanaBarbados. Although T&T got defeated to the present champions but acquired 10 wickets victory in the play off match for 3^rd place. beat

In the inaugural League Twenty20 Champions 2009 Trinidad and Tobago bought in the runner-up title. They beat Cape Cobras in semifinals but defeated to New South Wales Blues in final.

So, Guyana success in the home cricket and Trinidad and Tobago success in the first Champions League should make them responsible.

Airtel CLT20: Timetables and Schedules 2010

Despite of two teams absent, the second season of Airtel Champions League will feature 23 Twenty20 formatted matches that is same as 2009 in number. The tournament fixture has been selected by the executive governing of CL Twenty20 the meeting was held in Singapore on 28 June. The inaugural ceremony will be taken place in Johannesburg. According to the local time the opening cricket encounter will be held between Sachin’s Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions at 1730 of local time.

The most important thing is most of the match has been scheduled at 1330 or 1730. That is why, Indian Television viewers will get extra facilities to watch the matches live. According to the location of earth or the tournament time has been featured from afternoon to midnight. So, lots of cricket fans could participate to watch the matches after their household or office working schedule.

Like the opening match, the two semifinals and the final mach’s timetable has been featured at 1730. South Africa is the eastern country of GMT. According to the location and distance the time is earlier 2 hours where India is 5.30 hours. So, Indian Cricket fans will watch the match live from 5pm which match will start at 1330 in South Africa. The second match will be held at 9pm in India.

  

Fixture of Airtel T20 Champions League 2010

The Airtel T20 Champions League will be held with some new formation and in the new venue this year. First of all, the South African nation will celebrate another most anticipated event after the FIFA world Cup 2010 in September. 10 cricket clubs will participate in the tournament by dividing in two groups. The inaugural match will be at Wanderers, Johannesburg in 10 September.

The ten teams have been selected from the 6 countries. Among them thee teams from Indian Premier League, Two from Australia and South Africa, champions form Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. Though the champions and runner-up from English Cricket League took part but this year they will not send any team. In the group A; The IPL champions will have to move against Central Districts, Victoria, Warriors, and Wayamba. On the other hand Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians will show its movement against, Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Australia and the West Indies team.

The opening match and final will be held at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and the semifinals on 24th and 25th first match will be taken place in Durban and Centurion. The final match will be held at Wanderers 26th September.

Airtel T20 Champions League 2010 Fixture

11 September 2010	Warriors	v	Wayamba Elevens	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
11 September 2010	Chennai Super Kings	v	Central Districts Stags	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
13 September 2010	Warriors	v	Victoria Bushrangers	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
15 September 2010	Victoria Bushrangers	v	Central Districts Stags	Supersport Park, Centurion
15 September 2010	Chennai Super Kings	v	Wayamba Elevens	Supersport Park, Centurion
18 September 2010	Warriors	v	Central Districts Stags	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
18 September 2010	Chennai Super Kings	v	Victoria Bushrangers	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
20 September 2010	Victoria Bushrangers	v	Wayamba Elevens	Supersport Park, Centurion
22 September 2010	Wayamba Elevens	v	Central Districts Stags	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
22 September 2010	Chennai Super Kings	v	Warriors	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Semi-Final

24 September 2010	TBC	v	TBC	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
25 September 2010	TBC	v	TBC	Supersport Park, Centurion

Final

26 September 2010	TBC	v	TBC	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

ESPN will broadcast Caribbean T20 cricket from July 22

The Champions of Caribbean T20 tournament will take part in the Airtel Champions’ League in India as well. The Trinidad & Tobago was played last year. Which team will be qualified for this season in September? The tournament will be started from 22 July. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has tied with the ESPN UK for a partnership of exclusive broadcast rights for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament. From now, the tournament will be the part of the annual WICB calendar.

Eight Caribbean teams will be taken part in two groups and four teams will participate in each group. The first group round match will be from 22 to 25 July and second round will be commenced on from 28 to 31 July. As, it is the inaugural t20 tournament in home cricket, it suppose to add more excitement in among the cricket fans with participation of the ESPN.

New T20 League to hold in Dubai

The planner of the most anticipated cricket tournament Indian Premier League and the commissioner Lalit Modi has got the lucrative offer from the franchise of the former champions of IPL T20 Rajasthan Royals’ Raj Kundra to set up cricket league in the Gulf area. The Indian actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband contacted with the IPL maker in the last April with this proposal. 

Before discussing with Modi, Kundra discussed the plan with some important personalities in different sectors. In his mail wrote to Modi on April 8, “I have just had initial meetings with Sheikh Nayan (sports and education minister of UAE), Amitabh Bachchan, Amar Singh and Sanjay Dutt.”

It also found that to set up the new tournament that convener would get support from the Pakistan cricketer and associates. No doubt, Pakistan will help to sustain the offer. He also mentioned, “If we do don’t get the IPL or BCCI associated in some way with the Middle East league, the Pakistanis will come and make a mess of it with no financial gain to any of us and will certainly add to the dilution of our brand.”

In an answer to Modi, however, told Kundra, in no uncertain terms, to “stay out” of such ventures and that an IPL franchisee owner going out and holding discussions for a separate league could amount to breach of contract. He also added, “BCCI and IPL know how to take care of themselves. Whether Pakistan or ECB, we all are very well tuned to this,” Modi said.

The proposal is good for the players who will take part, at the same time it will brought revenue for the Gulf.

Source: The Hindustan Times