Airtel Champions League T20 Schedule And Time Table 2010

After IPL, Once again a big Twenty20 cricket tournament is going to start in South Africa which is known as Airtel Champions League T20 – 2010 or CLT20. The tournament will be started on 10th September, 2010 in Johannesburg, SA. The First match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions, and final match will be played on 26th September, 2010.
Total ten teams from six countries will be participated in Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20). All the teams are divided in the two groups A and B. Total 23 matches will be played during the tournament at four different venues. The top two teams will be decided from each group after group matches and they will play semi final to qualify for final match.
Tickets are available at Computicket and have been divided into two price categories, with grandstand and general admission sections. India has choose the three top teams from Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament 2010 and the teams are Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
ESPNStar has brought the broadcasting rights for the Airtel Champions League 2010 tournament and it’s two TV channel Star Cricket and Star Sports will be showing all matches live in India, Sri Lanka and other countries. You can find here the teams information, match schedule and time table of Airtel Champions League T20 tournament which are given below

Teams For 2010 Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20)
The teams of CLT20 from six different countries as under.
India — Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore
South Africa — Warriors and Highveld Lions
Australia — Victorian Bushrangers and Southern Redbacks
New Zealand — Central Districts Stags
West Indies — Guyana
Sri Lanka — Wayamba Elevens

Group A Teams of CLT20 2010 :

Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers,Wayamba Elevens, Central Districts Stags

Group B Teams of CLT20 2010 :

Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, Southern Redbacks,Royal Challengers Bangalore, Guyana.

CLT20 (Champions League) Match Dates And Schedule

Airtel Champions League T20 match dates, timings and venue as under. The time of matches are given as per Indian Standard Time (IST) and Local Time. Check out and enjoy the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Date : 10th Sep 2010, Friday Time : 21:00 IST 17:30 Local Teams : Mumbai Indians vs Lions Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date : 11th Sep 2010, Saturday Time : 17:00 IST 13:30 Local Teams : Warriors vs Wayamba Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 11th Sep 2010, Saturday Time : 21:00 IST 17:30 Local Teams : Central Districts vs Chennai Super Kings Venue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 12th Sep 2010, SundayTime : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeams : Lions vs Southern RedbacksVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 12th Sep 2010, SundayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs GuyanaVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 13th Sep 2010, MondayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Victoria vs WarriorsVenue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 14th Sep 2010, TuesdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Mumbai Indians vs Southern RedbacksVenue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 15th Sep 2010, WednesdayTime : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeams : Central Districts vs VictoriaVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 15th Sep 2010, WednesdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Chennai Super Kings vs WayambaVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 16th Sep 2010, ThursdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Guyana vs Mumbai IndiansVenue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 17th Sep 2010, FridayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Southern RedbacksVenue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 18th Sep 2010, SaturdayTimes : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeam : Central Districts vs WarriorsVenue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 18th Sep 2010, SaturdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Chennai Super Kings vs VictoriaVenue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 19th Sep 2010, SundayTime : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeams : Lions vs GuyanaVenue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date : 19th Sep 2010, SundayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers BangaloreVenue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 20th Sep 2010, MondayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Victoria vs WayambaVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 21st Sep 2010, TuesdayTime : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeams : Southern Redbacks vs GuyanaVenue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date : 21st Sep 2010, TuesdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Lions vs Royal Challengers BangaloreVenue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date : 22nd Sep 2010, WednesdayTime : 17:00 IST 13:30 LocalTeams : Central Districts vs WayambaVenue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 22nd Sep 2010, WednesdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Chennai Super Kings v WarriorsVenue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Date : 24th Sep 2010, FridayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : 1st Semi FinalVenue : Kingsmead, Durban
Date : 25th Sep 2010, SaturdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : 2nd Semi FinalVenue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date : 26th Sep 2010, SaturdayTime : 21:00 IST 17:30 LocalTeams : Final (Closing Ceremony)Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

We are not forcing fatigued cricketers to play

The BCCI denied receiving any complaint from Indian cricketers about hectic scheduling and insisted that the Board is not forcing them to play in case of fatigue or injury.

"If any player is feeling tired or fatigued or if he feels that he would not be able perform due to some illness then he must inform the selector," BCCI Media and Finance Committee chairman Rajiv Shukla told reporters outside the Parliament.

"BCCI policy is very clear. We will give the player rest. We are not forcing any player to participate in the series," Shukla asserted.

Shukla was responding to recent reports that the Indian players had sent an SOS to the Board, requesting it to cut down on the matches and do away with meaningless series.

He denied that the BCCI has received such a letter and rejected reports that the players are unhappy with the scheduling.

"We have not received any letter from any player saying that players are unhappy or complained about the schedule is absolutely wrong. There is no truth in it," he said.

"The international calender is like that. But still we are working it out," he added.

Winning Ashes 5-0 absolutely possible: Ponting

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said Monday it was "absolutely possible" that his team could regain the Ashes with a 5-0 sweep against England later this year.
Ponting, who lost the Ashes for a second time as captain in the 2-1 series defeat in England last year, said the Australians had learnt from their mistakes and were a better side than the last Ashes contest.
Australia have slipped to fourth, narrowly ahead of England, in the Test rankings after their 1-1 drawn Test series against sixth-ranked Pakistan in England last month.
But Ponting, who met Cricket Australia officials in Melbourne on Monday to map out preparations for the November-January Ashes series, is undaunted.
"It's absolutely possible. There's no reason why not," Ponting told reporters at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when asked about a 5-0 Ashes sweep.
"It's all in our hands. It's how well we play and how well we take charge of different situations.
"We've learnt from a lot of the mistakes that we've made.
"There's no doubt we made some mistakes in the last Ashes series in England that probably at the end of the day cost us the series.
"We know now that we're a more experienced and probably a better team now than we were then.
"We put that together plus we're playing in our conditions, we hope to win this series and win it well.
"I've got confidence in the squad of players that we've got that they are going to be good enough to win an Ashes series."
Ponting said England's form in winning the opening two of four Tests this month against Pakistan was impressive but added the tourists would offer few surprises this summer.
"(James) Anderson and (Stuart) Broad and those guys have really stepped up," Ponting said.
"They are coming together well as a team. We have to make sure at the end of the Indian tour (in October) that we have got everything in place to make sure that we're ultra-competitive against them.
They (England) certainly have bowled well and they've had great conditions to bowl in as well, the English.
"We'll have a different set of conditions and a different ball when they come out here and I'm sure our guys will equip themselves really well.
"We know where we have to bowl to all of their batsmen. They've got no one there who's going to surprise us at all."
The opening Ashes Test begins at Brisbane's Gabba ground on November 25.

IPL contract obligates Kallis to play for RCB

Tournament rules may suggest otherwise but South African Twenty20 champions Warriors chief Dave Emslie says Jaques Kallis had no option but to play for Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore in next month's Champions League Twenty20.

Emslie said Kallis' IPL contract obligated him to play for RCB in the CLT20 which begins in Johannesburg on September 10.

"Kallis' contract (with RCB) says if his IPL team get into the CLT20 his team has the first option. He is obligated to play for RCB. For that we got USD 200,000. We would have wanted Kallis but the decision did not lay in our hands. We never had a choice," he said in a media interaction with a group of Indian journalists.

"One can argue the merits of the case but that is the rule. They (CLT20) may be thinking of changing the rule in future," he added.

CLT20 rules seemed confusing after Governing Council Member Dean Kino's statement after the launch of the tournament in Johannesburg suggests that Kallis, New Zealander Ross Taylor and Australian Cameron White had the option not to choose RCB.

"CLT20 regulations stipulate that with Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor and Cameron White playing for their IPL franchise instead of their home teams, RCB must compensate the Warriors, Central Stags and Victorian Bushrangers USD 200,000 each respectively," Kino had said.

Warriors coach Russell Domingo was also clear that Kallis had no choice but to play for RCB.

"I am under correction. But I think Kallis' contract (with RCB) says that should RCB qualify for the CLT20 they have the first call on him. We might think it is crazy, he is a South African and his club Warriors is in the CLT20 but still he is playing for RCB but that's it," he said.

"We don't pay big money, we can't compete with IPL teams. IPL dollars are going to get the first call. Money talks," he quipped.

Russell, however, said it was not a bad deal to lose out on Kallis as the Warriors are getting a lot of money in return.

"It is a big attraction to get that money. It is not a bad deal as it was out of our control to get Kallis in our side. I think we can have another player like Kallis in future (to get big money)," he said in a lighter vein.He conceded that Kallis' absence would be a big blow to his side's chances in the CLT20 but said it was good as younger players will get a chance to play.

"It is a big blow for us that Kallis will not be with the side as he is a three-in-one player. He is one of the best batsmen, a useful bowler and very good fielder."

"But we always knew that Kallis will not be there. It gives a chance to youngsters like Collin Ingram. Kallis also did not play in some big matches last season but we still won domestic titles. We won the MTN domestic championship and Standard Bank Pro20 title without him," he added.

Emslie feels that young South African players have a big opportunity to impress in CLT20 to get a place in IPL teams.

"Blokes here have a chance to be in an IPL team if they do well in the CLT20. Though I would want my players not to get too excited about the auction," he said.

Up and coming pacer Lonwabe Tsotsobe is one such player waiting for the CLT20 as a vehicle for the IPL.

"I am waiting for the CLT20 to come. I hope I get to play in the IPL and for that I have to come up with a good performance in the CLT20 as the IPL auctions are coming up shortly after the CLT20," he said.

"My agent said I will be there in the list of players to be auctioned for the the IPL. It (IPL) is a big platform as you will get to play against the best players in the world," he added.

IPL 2010 Schedule – Cricket Match Timetable 2010

DLF IPL Schedule / Timetable for 2010 is as follows. And the happy news is season 3 is going to happen in India. This year IPL 3 ( 2010 ) is going to be more exciting than last year. Stay tuned for more information.

March 12 2010 –
IP Hyderabad vs IP Kolkata
1st Match, Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Live action starts from: 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST)
March 13 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 13 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils – Mohali
March 14 – Chennai SuperKings vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Chennai
March 14 – KolkataKnightRiders vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Kolkata
March 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs DelhiDaredevils – Jaipur
March 16 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kings XI Punjab – Bangalore
March 16 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai SuperKings – Kolkta
March 17 – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians– Delhi
March 18 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs RajasthanRoyals– Bangalore
March 19 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab– Vizag
March 20 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Ahmedabad
March 20 – Mumbai Indians vs RoyalChallengersBanglore– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 21 – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Delhi
March 22 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 23 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Chennai SuperKings – Bangalore
March 24 – Kings XI Punjab vs RajasthanRoyals– Mohali
March 25 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils– Kolkta
March 26 – Chennai SuperKings vs Mumbai Indians– Chennai
March 26 – RajasthanRoyals vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Ahmedabad
March 27 – RoyalChallengers Banglore vs Delhi Daredevils – Bangalore
March 27 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mohali
March 28 – RajasthanRoyals vs Chennai SuperKings – Ahmedabad
March 28 –Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – Vizag
March 29 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Delhi
March 30 – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 31 – Chennai SuperKings vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Chennai
March 31 – Delhi Daredevils vs RajasthanRoyals – Delhi
April 1 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Kolkata
April 2 – Kings XI Punjab vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Mohali
April 3 – Chennai SuperKings vs RajasthanRoyals – Chennai
April 3 – Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad- Mumbai/Nagpur
April 4 – Delhi Daredevils vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Delhi
April 4 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab– Kolkata
April 5 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RajasthanRoyals – Hyderabad
April 6 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai SuperKings – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 7 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kings XI Punjab– Ahmedabad
April 8 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Bangalore
April 8 – Chennai SuperKings vs Delhi Daredevils– Chennai
April 9 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – Mohali
April 10 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Bangalore
April 10 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Chennai SuperKings – Hyderabad
April 11 – RajasthanRoyals vs Mumbai Indians – Jaipur
April 11 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab – Delhi
April 12 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Hyderabad
April 13 – Chennai SuperKings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai
April 14 – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Jaipur
April 15 – Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Dharmsala
April 16 – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai SuperKings – Delhi
April 17 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Mumbai Indians – Bangalore
April 17 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs RajasthanRoyals– Kolkata
April 18 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils – Hyderabad
April 18 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai SuperKings– Dharamsala
April 19 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Kolkata

April 21 – Semifinal Match 1
April 22 – Semifinal Match 2

April 24 – 3rd Place Match

April 25 – FINAL Match