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Airtel Champions League Twenty20
File:T20ChampionsLeagueLogo.jpg
AdministratorBCCI, CA & CSA
FormatTwenty20
First edition2008
Tournament formatRound-Robin and Knockout
Number of teams8 (2008), 12 (2009)
Current championAustralia New South Wales Blues
Most successfulAustralia New South Wales Blues (1 title)
Most runsSouth Africa JP Duminy (224)
Most wicketsTrinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo (12)
Websitehttp://clt20.com/
2010 Champions League Twenty20

The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. The Twenty20 Champions League is chaired by Shasank Manohar, who is the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League and President of the BCCI.

The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League.[1] The first edition was set to take place from late September to early October 2008 in India, after the tournament organisers resolved various teething problems that had put the inaugural tournament under some doubt,[2] but it was later announced that the tournament would be held from December 3 to December 10, 2008.[3] The tournament was postponed again following terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008[4] and was later cancelled.[5]

The first tournament was then held in October 2009. Indian mobile service Bharti Airtel bought the title sponsorship rights for the 2009 Champions League for the reported amount of 170cr (USD 38.4 million).[6]

Background

Main article: Twenty20

An international tournament for domestic cricket teams is believed to have been first mooted by Lalit Modi, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 1996, Lalit Modi was also the chairman and commissioner on the IPL.[7] The launch and subsequent success of Twenty20 cricket some years later was the influence behind a serious effort to get such a tournament off the ground. Twenty20 cricket was launched by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003.[8] Its launch was a result of a long-term decline in the popularity of county championship and domestic limited-overs cricket. By reducing the number of overs per innings to twenty and by placing a three hour limit on matches, the format was designed to attract a younger crowd and to boost attendances.[8] Twenty20 proved a success, with an international version, International 20:20 Club Championship, launched in 2005 and a World Twenty20 Competition held in September 2007. This proved much more popular than the 50 over Cricket World Cup had been just five months previously.[9] The following year, the Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched, proving that there could be a market for a big-spending domestic Twenty20 cricket league.[10] The success of Twenty20 and the IPL lead many commentators to suggest that other forms of cricket would suffer, with some worrying about the effect of the popular fast-paced 'slogging' game on players' abilities in Test cricket.[10][11]

Immediately after the end of the first series of the IPL, the cricket authorities in England, India, Australia and South Africa entered into discussions to create a new international club competition, to capitalize on this success.[1] The new tournament's $2.5m winning prize was described as "unprecedented" in cricket.[1] A number of different formats for the tournament were considered, with original proposals containing a much lower prize fund.[12] The T20 Champions League's creation was announced on 7 June 2008, along with the announcement of planned restructuring of some of the domestic cricket tournaments involved, including the introduction of franchising in South Africa, England and Australia.[7]

Format

Qualifying

The 2008 tournament was originally rumoured to only include teams from Australia, South Africa, India and England. The competition was confirmed as being open to:

Tournament

The 2009 Champions League was contested by 12 teams. It started with a round robin format, with 4 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams from each pool advanced to a league stage, consisting of two pools of four teams. The top two from each league progressed to a knock-out competition of two rounds. A total 23 matches were played over a 16 day period.

Results

Tournament Results

Year Host Nation(s) Final Venue Final Teams
Winner Result Runner-up
2008 India India India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai[13] Cancelled due to 26/11 Mumbai Attacks 8
2009 India India India Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad[14] Australia New South Wales Blues
159 for 9 (20 overs) 		New South Wales Blues won by 41 runs Scorecard Cricket West Indies Trinidad & Tobago
118 all out (15.5 overs) 		12
2010 South Africa South Africa South Africa New Wanderers, Johannesburg 10

Individual records

Individual records
Most runs
Batsman Runs Tournaments
South Africa JP Duminy (Cape Cobras) 224 2009
Australia David Warner (New South Wales Blues) 207 2009
Australia Phillip Hughes (New South Wales Blues) 202 2009
Most wickets
Bowler Wickets Tournaments
Cricket West Indies Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad & Tobago) 12 2009
Australia Moises Henriques (New South Wales Blues) 10 2009
Australia Clint McKay (Victoria Bushrangers) 10 2009
Most catches
Wicketkeeper/fielder Catches Tournaments
Australia Simon Katich (New South Wales Blues) 5 2009
Cricket West Indies Kieron Pollard (Trinidad & Tobago) 5 2009
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils) 4 2009
Most sixes
Player Sixes Tournaments
Cricket West Indies Kieron Pollard (Trinidad & Tobago) 14 2009
New Zealand Ross Taylor (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 11 2009
South Africa JP Duminy (Cape Cobras) 10 2009

Media coverage

Television
Countries Broadcaster
 India Star Cricket, Star Sports
 Sri Lanka Star Cricket, Star Sports
 Singapore Star Cricket, Star Sports
 Malaysia Star Cricket, Star Sports
 Hong Kong Star Sports
 Australia ONE HD
 United Kingdom British Eurosport
 United States Directv
 Canada CBN, ATN Cricket Plus
 Europe Eurosport 2
 Pakistan GEO Super
 South Africa Supersport
 Saudi Arabia ART Prime Sport
Middle East ART Prime Sport

Theme song

The theme song for the Champions League Twenty20 is composed and performed by A.R.Rahman.[15] This was the first song composed by Rahman for a sporting event.

References

  1. ^ a b c Cricket Champions League unveiled BBC Sport 07-06-08 Accessed 08-06-08
  2. ^ [1] Cricinfo, Retrieved 01 August 2008
  3. ^ Champions League Twenty20 Moved To December, Cricket World, Retrieved August 14, 2008
  4. ^ Champions League to be postponed BBC Sport 27-11-08
  5. ^ Champions League cricket scrapped BBC Sport; 12-12-08; Accessed 12-12-08
  6. ^ Airtel bought the title sponsorship rights Economic Times 14-08-09
  7. ^ a b Everything you wanted to know about the Champions League Cricinfo Accessed 09-06-08
  8. ^ a b Twenty20: Past, Present and Future India Twenty20; Accessed 08-06-08
  9. ^ ICC Thrilled With 20-20 World Cup Success - Next Edition To Be Held In England In 2009 Crickinfo 29-09-07 Accessed 08-06-08
  10. ^ a b [2] Bohse, Mihir BBC Sport 02-06-08 Accessed 08-06-08
  11. ^ ODIs may reduce to accommodate Twenty20: Dravid Kotian, Harish Rediff News 05-06-08 Accessed 08-06-08
  12. ^ T20 Champions League Confirmed Cricket365 07-06-08 Accessed 08-06-08
  13. ^ "Champions Twenty20 League 2008 Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  14. ^ "Champions League Twenty20 2009 Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  15. ^ "Champions League Twenty20 Anthem". Champions League Twenty20 Official Site. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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