South Africa would host this year’s Champions League which would run from September 10 to 26.The tournament chairman Lalit Modi confirmed the decision, following a board meeting in Mumbai where it was formally agreed to accept Cricket South Africa’s invitation
to stage the event. However Modi, under immense scrutiny over the ongoing IPL mess, was not present at that meeting, which took place at the BCCI headquarters on Saturday.
“South Africa is considered an ideal CLT20 host after successfully staging the Indian Premier League and ICC World Twenty20 tournaments in recent years, as well as the strong support shown for its domestic Pro20 Series competition,” said Modi via a press release. Champions League T20 was to start on the Year 2008 with its Inaugural edition but got cancelled because of terror attacks in Mumbai.The First Edition happened last year in India where New South Wales won the tournament when Brett Lee was named man of the finals.
12 teams participated in the last edition and it was decided that this year too 12 teams would participate for the trophy.
The dates of this year’s Champions League clash with the end of England’s county season, which finishes on September 16. At the same time, England and Pakistan will be contesting an ODI series that runs until September 22.
