Date and Time | Match |
Thu Oct 8 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group C – Royal Challengers Bangalore v M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Fri Oct 9 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group B – Diamond Eagles v Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Fri Oct 9 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group D – Delhi Daredevils v Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Sat Oct 10 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group C – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Sat Oct 10 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group A – Deccan Chargers v Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Sun Oct 11 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group B – Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Sun Oct 11 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group D – Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Mon Oct 12 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group A – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Mon Oct 12 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group C – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Tue Oct 13 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group D – Victoria v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Tue Oct 13 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group B – Eagles v Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Wed Oct 14 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group A – Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Thu Oct 15 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B – TBC v TBC (C1 v D2) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Fri Oct 16 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League A – TBC v TBC (A2 v B2) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Fri Oct 16 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League A – TBC v TBC (A1 v B1) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Sat Oct 17 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League B – TBC v TBC (C2 v D2) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Sat Oct 17 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B – TBC v TBC (C1 v D1) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, |
Sun Oct 18 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League A – TBC v TBC (A2 v B1) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Sun Oct 18 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League A – TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Mon Oct 19 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B – TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Wed Oct 21 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | 1st Semi-final – TBC v TBC (Winner B v Runner up A) Feroz Shah Kotla, |
Thu Oct 22 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | 2nd Semi-final – TBC v TBC (Winner A v Runner up B) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
Fri Oct 23 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Final – TBC v TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, |
October 7, 2009
All about T20 Champions League 2009 and opening ceremony, Fixtures, Squads and Venues
December 11, 2008
Champions League and ESPN's Broadcast Rights
The Champion League’s inaugural Twenty20 club-cricket tournament was scheduled from 3 December 2008 but is was postponed for the terrorist attack in Mumbai. It is hoping to make preparations on the earlier next year but I am not sure about it because of ICC’s tight schedule. Although, it a club to club game where the players will take part on behalf of the different club of England, Australia, Pakistan and India but form India IPL T20 team Chennai Super Kings will take part.
Aiming to make popular the club cricket, BCCI scheduled to organize The Champion League’s inaugural Twenty20 club-cricket tournament and ESPN Star Sports secured the telecast right for next 10 years. But Mumbai attack stopped all plans.
Business Standard reported on 7 December 2008 “At least, Rs 280 crore of ad-revenue was expected from the first Champions League tournament for which ESPN Star Sports paid $975 million as the telecast rights fee for the next 10 years. It was expecting to recover more than half of Rs 430 crore (Rs 4,300 crore for 10 years) from the inaugural tournament from advertising revenue, ticket sales, among other options.”
In the inaugural Champion League’s inaugural Twenty20 club-cricket tournament eight teams will take parts and the match will be held in selected three venues. Chennai Super Kings is one of he popular and strong club of the Indian Premier League and champions of the inaugural IPLT20 Rajasthan Royals and the other hand Middlesex very popular in English Premier League.
Champions League’s inaugural Twenty20 club-cricket tournament on 12 December 2008
In the previous articles I wrote that the inaugural Champions League’s inaugural Twenty20 club-cricket tournament will be held earlier in the next year 2009. In a meeting on 8 December 2008 BCCI has taken the final decision that it will be held on 12 December 2008 that was designed to inaugurate on 7 December 2008.
Indiantelevison.com reported
Earlier, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had decided to hold a meeting with the board members of Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) on 7 December for fixing up a possible date for the Champions League Twenty20. The meeting, however, could not be held.
Said Emerging Media CMO Raghu Iyer, "There is a window open in January. After that, it will be difficult to slot the event."
Here is a question to BCCI, how did they schedule at that time? Did they break the Future Tour Programmes rules? Or is it meaning that
November 19, 2008
Fixtures and time schedule of Champions Twenty20 League
The inaugural Champions Twenty20 League will suppose to add more attraction in the T20 tournament in the cricket media that will be taken place in the different play ground in Mumbai, Chennai and
The extended parts of IPL T20 will be taken place form the 3 December 2008 that has been named to Champions Twenty20 League 2008/2009. Beside the champion and runner of the first IPL T20, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Chennai Super Kings another six squads will be the participant of the tournament.
According to the declared Fixture the matches will be started from 3 December. The committee has scheduled two matches in the first day and according the local time it will be grounded at 16:00 hours and the second math is 20:00 hours at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai and M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Fixture and Time table of Champions Twenty20 League:
December 2008
Wed 3
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT Group A - Middlesex v
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Wed 3
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Group B - Dolphins v Rajasthan Royals
M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Thu 4
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT Group B - Sialkot Stallions v
M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Thu 4
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Group A - Chennai Super Kings v
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Fri 5
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT Group A - Middlesex v Titans
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri 5
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Group B - Rajasthan Royals v Sialkot Stallions
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sat 6
12:00 local, 06:30 GMT Group B - Dolphins v
M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Sat 6
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT Group A - Titans v
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 6
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Middlesex
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 7
12:00 local, 06:30 GMT Group B - Dolphins v Sialkot Stallions
M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Sun 7
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT Group B - Rajasthan Royals v
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 7
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Titans
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Mon 8
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Group B winners v Group A runners-up
Tue 9
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Group A winners v Group B runners-up
Wed 10
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Final - TBC v TBC
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
The Champions Twenty20 League will be close on 10 December. After playing a robin round league the four teams will compete for the final of the champions tournament. So, the cricket lover all over the world are getting an opportunity to enjoy the matches.