Champions League T20

             Indians have exited miserably from a major consecutively for the third time.. Now all eyes are towards the oncoming Champions League where three of our Indian champions are on for the race to the trophy. Here are something I got from the net and i thot it would be useful for at least few people out there.. 


              There are few changes in the teams. Few IPL players are now playing for their home clubs rather than playing for IPL in spite of the huge sum offered..! totally 12 teams are participating in this season of Champions league..  Check out the Updated team list here.. 
GROUP STAGE:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Deccan Chargers  (Ind)	New South Wales (Aus)	Royal Challengers (Ind)	Delhi Daredevils (Ind)
Somerset CCC (Eng)	Diamond Eagles (SA)	Cape Cobras (SA)	Victoria (Aus)
Trinidad & Tobago (WI)	Sussex Sharks (Eng)	Otago Volts (NZ)	Wayamba (SL)

Date	Venue	Teams	Time (IST)
Thu Oct 8	Bangalore	Royal Challengers vs Cape Cobras	20:00
Fri Oct 9	Delhi	New South Wales vs Diamond Eagles	16:00
Fri Oct 9	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria	20:00
Sat Oct 10	Hyderabad	Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts	16:00
Sat Oct 10	Hyderabad	Deccan Chargers vs Somerset CCC	20:00
Sun Oct 11	Delhi	New South Wales vs Sussex Sharks	16:00
Sun Oct 11	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba	20:00
Mon Oct 12	Bangalore	Somerset CCC vs Trinidad & Tobago	16:00
Mon Oct 12	Bangalore	Royal Challengers vs Otago Volts	20:00
Tue Oct 13	Delhi	Victoria vs Wayamba	16:00
Tue Oct 13	Delhi	Diamond Eagles vs Sussex	20:00
Wed Oct 14	Hyderabad	Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad & Tobago	20:00

LEAGUE STAGE:

LEAGUE A	LEAGUE B
A1	C1
A2	C2
B1	D1
B2	D2

Date	Venue	League	Teams	Time
Thu, Oct 15	Bangalore	B	C1 v D2	20:00
Fri Oct 16	Hyderabad	A	A2 v B2	16:00
Fri Oct 16	Hyderabad	A	A1 v B1	20:00
Sat Oct 17	Bangalore	B	C2 v D2	16:00
Sat Oct 17	Bangalore	B	C1 v D1	20:00
Sun Oct 18	Hyderabad	A	A2 v B1	16:00
Sun Oct 18	Hyderabad	A	A1 v B2	20:00
Mon Oct 19	Delhi	B	C2 v D1	20:00

SEMI-FINALS:

Date	Venue	Teams	Time
Wed Oct 21	Delhi	Winner League B vs Runner-Up League A	20:00
Thu Oct 22	Hyderabad	Winner League A vs Runner-Up League B	20:00

FINAL:

Date	Venue	Time
Fri Oct 23	Hyderabad	20:00

Fixtures of champions league (PDF)           


Teams: 
Trinidad and Tobago: Daren Ganga (c), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Keiron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.
Victorian Bushrangers: Cameron White (c), Bradley Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clinton McKay, Robert Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir(c), Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, AB DeVilliers, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.
NSW Blues: Simon Katich (c), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Daniel Smith, Doug Bollinger, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Aaron Bird, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.
Otago Volts: Craig Cumming (c), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek de Boorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Mattew Harvie, James McMillan.
Cape Cobras: Graeme Smith (c), Hershelle Gibbs, J P Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
Wayamba: Jehan Mubarak (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushlya Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatta, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isura Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanka Welagedera, Michael Vandort.
Sussex Sharks: Michael Yardy (c), Luke Wright, Piyush Chawla, Dwayne Smith, Edmund Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Mohmmed Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan, James Kirtley.
Diamond Eagles: Boeta Dippenaar (c), Dillion du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis De Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.
Somerset Sabres: Justin Langer (c), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Philips.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumble (c), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (c), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.

Here we go.. with jus 2 more days to go... here is something to help us pass time....
MY favorites are obviously NSW and DD...!! hope they 2 meet in finals..!!   but i badly miss CSK...!