A record 13 teams will be vying for top honours in the Champions League Twenty20 which will be held across three cities Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore from September 23 to October 9.
Bangalore will host the inaugural match of the third edition on September 23; it will also host a semi-final. Chennai will host a semi-final and the final slated on October 9.
Apart from seven top T20 teams who have automatically qualified for the main round, there are six other teams who will be engaged in a qualifier from which the top three will qualify.
The seven teams that have automatically qualified are IPL champions plus defending CL T20 champions Chennai Super Kings, IPL runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore, third placed Mumbai Indians. The other four teams are South Australian Redbacks and New South Wales Blues from Australia, Warriors and Cape Cobras from South Africa.
The six-team qualifier that will be held in Hyderabad from September 19-21 features Kolkata Knight Riders who have been invited to play by virtue of finishing fourth in the IPL.
Apart from KKR, there will be New Zealand T20 champions Auckland Aces, West Indies T20 champions Trinidad and Tobago, along with two County teams from England and a team from Sri Lanka.
Indian Premier League lV runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash with Warriors of South Africa in the first match on September 23.
The teams are divided in to two groups. Group A consists of Chennai Super Kings, Cape Cobras, NSW Blues and Mumbai Indians, while Group B has Royal Challengers Bangalore and Warriors of South Africa, Big Bash winners South Australian Redbacks.
Group A will see Chennai with Cape Cobras facing New South Wales Blues in the first match, followed by the match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
The fifth team will be selected via qualifiers. In Group A, the teams that finish on top of Pool B in qualifiers, while the top two teams from Pool A qualifiers will make in to Group B.
Qualification Round schedule
Date | Match | IST | Venue |
Sep 19 (Mon) | Trinidad and Tobago vs Ruhuna | 16:00 | Hyderabad |
Sep 19 (Mon) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland | 20:00 | Hyderabad |
Sep 20 (Tue) | Trinidad and Tobago vs Leicestershire | 16:00 | Hyderabad |
Sep 20 (Tue) | Somerset vs Auckland | 20:00 | Hyderabad |
Sep 21 (Wed) | Leicestershire vs Ruhuna | 16:00 | Hyderabad |
Sep 21 (Wed) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Somerset | 20:00 | Hyderabad |
Champions League matches schedule
Date | Match | Time | Venue |
Sep 23 (Fri) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Warriors | 20:00 | Bengaluru |
Sep 24 (Sat) | Cape Cobras vs New South Wales | 16:00 | Chennai |
Sep 24 (Sat) | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians | 20:00 | Chennai |
Sep 25 (Sun) | Warriors vs South Australia | 16:00 | Kolkata |
Sep 25 (Sun) | TBC vs TBC | 20:00 | Kolkata |
Sep 26 (Mon) | Mumbai Indians vs TBC | 20:00 | Bengaluru |
Sep 27 (Tue) | TBC vs South Australia | 20:00 | Kolkata |
Sep 28 (Wed) | New South Wales vs TBC | 16:00 | Chennai |
Sep 28 (Wed) | Chennai Super Kings vs Cape Cobras | 20:00 | Chennai |
Sep 29 (Thu) | TBC vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 20:00 | Kolkata |
Sep 30 (Fri) | Mumbai Indians vs Cape Cobras | 20:00 | Bengaluru |
Oct 01 (Sat) | South Australia vs TBC | 16:00 | Kolkata |
Oct 01 (Sat) | TBC vs Warriors | 20:00 | Kolkata |
Oct 02 (Sun) | Mumbai Indians vs New South Wales | 16:00 | Chennai |
Oct 02 (Sun) | Chennai Super Kings vs TBC | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 03 (Mon) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs TBC | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 04 (Tue) | Cape Cobras vs TBC | 16:00 | Chennai |
Oct 04 (Tue) | Chennai Super Kings vs New South Wales | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 05 (Wed) | Warriors vs TBC | 16:00 | Chennai |
Oct 05 (Wed) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs South Australia | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 07 (Fri) | 1st Semi Final | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 08 (Sat) | 2nd Semi Final | 20:00 | Chennai |
Oct 09 (Sun) | Final | 20:00 | Chennai |
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