The Deccan Chargers battery life seem to be emptied out yesterday as they lost to Bangalore by 9 wickets in the most disappointing contest of IPL 2010.Deccan Chargers were bowled out for 83 runs in mere 18.3 overs as they seem a disinterested and tired team looking to fasten the time to pack their bags and go to their homes.
In what was billed as a high stakes encounter and a replay of the IPL 2009 finals,it emerged as an embarrasing finish to the third place playoff or what can be said as the Champions League T20 Qualifiers.Adam Gilchrist fell in the first over to kumble in what was again a repeat of IPL 2009 finals and it seemed everybody looked to play the ball high up in the air inside the boundary to give catching practice to the Bangalore fielders.

Kumble finished with 4/16 as Praveen Kumar(2/18) and Kallis(2/3) shortened the Deccan innings.Bangalore reached the target in 13.5 overs as Kallis was the only casualty for 19.Dravid(35)and Pietersen(29) took Bangalore home as well as a stake in the Multi billion
dollar Champions League T20 tournament in SouthAfrica.

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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.

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Its is going to be a repeat of the IPL 2009 finals as Deccan meets Bangalore at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai for the third place which decides the third partipant for the Champions league.

It would have been a rather inconsequential and hard to motivate sort of stuff for both Deccan and Bangalore as they would have been down after a tiresome 6 weeks and to play a match even after knocked out of the tournament.But ChampionsLeague which is now a regular part of the Schedule every year along with IPL is making the teams to go all out one last time so that they can be in contention for another billion dollar event.Its strange that
foreign players in Indian Premier league has got more than once chance of making to the Champions league as they can also qualify through their domestic teams from their own country.This is quite an advantage for them considering that they still have a chance with their domestic teams to make it to the Champions league.Indian players cant do that way as they may not be able to play for any other domestic competition outside the country as they
have a tight schedule and BCCI too wont be agreeing to that deal.
All things apart Bangalore would look to revenge for the two defeats they suffered at the hands of Deccan this IPL.Expect this to be a tough contest as its again not a pride at stake but also yet another flashy billion dollar event participation

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Mumbai came back from behind to make it a sort of no contest in the second innings as they won by 25 runs after posting 184 runs in 20 overs.Mumbai are now in the finals of the DLF IPL 2010 for the first time and also the first team from India to qualify for the
Champions League.

Mumbai at one stage was tottering on 77/4 in 11 overs as Kumble,Steyn and Pieterson were picking up wickets as well as restricting the scoreline.Rayudu and Tiwary once again did
the repair work as they have done numerous times and took the score to 144 when Rayudu got out.Tiwary started the fireworks with a well hit six of kallis and what followed was a complete demolition job as Mumbai plundered 77 runs in last 5 overs as Tiwary(52 notout) and Pollard(33 notout) sent the ball over the fence at will.
Bangalore chasing a tough target started briskly but Kallis fell to a beauty from Malinga.Dravid and Pieterson could not force the pace and wickets fell at regular intervals.Malinga and Fernando bowled awesome as KP and Dravid fell in successive balls in the 10th over.Pollard bowled a great spell of 4 overs picking up 3 wickets for 17 runs.Mumbai crowd which packed the stadium went home cherishing the comeback from behind victory.

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IPL II Champions and host Deccan Chargers lost to Somerset Sabres after Alfonso Thomas (30) and James Hildreth (25) pulled off a sensational last-ball one-wicket win in a Group A match of the Champions League on Saturday.

Chasing 154 to win, Somerset was struggling at 99/7 at one stage but Thomas and Hildreth snatched victory by raising a superb 50-run stand for the eighth wicket.

Somerset required five runs from the last over, bowled by Scott Styris, and what followed was a heart-stopping drama. Styris bowled Hildreth in the first ball to break the partnership and dismissed Max Waller in the third ball.

Thomas dispatched a full toss for a four to level the scores, played a dot ball and smashed another boundary, an inside out shot, to seal a thrilling win for his team.

Thomas’ unbeaten knock came off just 17-balls and contained four boundaries and a six.

Earlier, VVS Laxman hit a brilliant 46 and Venugopal Rao sizzled with a fiery 22 to guide the hosts to a competitive 153/9. RP Singh (3/17) polished off the Somerset top order in a fiery opening spell to give the hosts the kind of start they needed to defend their modest total.

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Cape Cobras skipper Andrew Puttick (104 not out) hit first century in the inaugural Champions League as Cobras won by 54-run beating Otago Volts to qualify for the Super Eight stage.

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Victoria Bushrangers registered a convincing seven-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils in a Group D match as Clint McKay shined with the ball while Rob Quiney hit a quickfire 40 in the inaugural Champions League tournament on Friday.

Quiney made a breezy 40 off 33 deliveries while Captain Cameron White scored a patient 22 to overwhelm the Daredevils target with 20 balls to spare.

McKay and Shane Harwood rattled the hosts, picking up three and two wickets respectively to restrict them to a paltry 98/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Andrew McDonald also scalped two victims in the final two deliveries of the Daredevils innings.

For Daredevils, Virender Sehwag (21), Tillakaratne Dilshan (18) and Mithun Manhas (25) could manage double figures as the host batsmen made a mockery of their decision to bat first.

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Ryan McLaren (40 not out) and Adrian McLaren (11) were the only ones to register double figures for the Eagles as NSW restricted them to 91/9 in the allotted 20 overs.

For NSW, Stuart Clark picked up three wickets, giving away just 12 runs from his four overs, while Moises Henriques picked up two wickets.

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AB de Villiers of South Africa who was supposed to play for Delhi Daredevils in the Champions League Twenty20 has been replaced by West Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary. The Champions League Twenty20 tournament is to be held from October 8-23.

A media release said, De Villiers had reported back pain in the ICC Champions Trophy and has been advised to rest for four to six weeks by the Cricket South Africa Medical Committee.

The 23-year-old Bengal batsman, who has got the chance in the absence of De Villiers, is currently playing for the Rest of India against Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai in the Irani Cup. Tiwary made his ODI debut against Australia in February last year, has a good domestic T20 record, including 11 IPL appearances, with 374 runs at an average of 34.00 and strike rate of 119.87 from 17 matches.

The Technical Committee of CLT20 also confirmed that James Pattinson and Simon Keen have replaced injured players Damien Wright and Nathan Bracken respectively in the Victorian Bushrangers and NSW Blues squads.

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