The inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty 20 is scheduled to be held from October 8 to 23 featuring 12 teams which include Trinidad & Tobago, Victoria Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils, New South Wales Blues, Cape Cobras, Diamond Eagles, Otago Volts, Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sussex Sharks, Somerset Sabres and Wayamba.

Schedule:

Date Time (IST) Teams Venue

08 Oct 20.00 Group C – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

09 Oct 16.00 Group B – Eagles v New South Wales Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

09 Oct 20.00 Group D – Delhi Daredevils v Victoria Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

10 Oct 16.00 Group C – Cape Cobras v Otago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

10 Oct 20.00 Group A – Deccan Chargers v Somerset Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

11 Oct 16.00 Group B – New South Wales v Sussex Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

11 Oct 20.00 Group D – Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

12 Oct 16.00 Group A – Somerset v Trinidad & Tobago M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

12 Oct 20.00 Group C – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

13 Oct 16.00 Group D – Victoria v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

13 Oct 20.00 Group B – Eagles v Sussex Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

14 Oct 20.00 Group A – Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

15 Oct 20.00 League B – C1 v D2 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

16 Oct 16.00 League A – A2 v B2 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

16 Oct 20.00 League A – A1 v B1 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

17 Oct 16.00 League B – C2 v D2 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

17 Oct 20.00 League B – C1 v D1 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

18 Oct 16.00 League A – A2 v B1 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

18 Oct 20.00 League A – A1 v B2 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

19 Oct 20.00 League B – C2 v D1 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

21 Oct 20.00 1st semi-final – Winner B v Runner up A Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

22 Oct 20.00 2nd semi-final – Winner A v Runner up B Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

23 Oct 20.00 Finals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

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After the biggest tragedy in IPL season 2, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) sacked coach John Buchanan. And now former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, former Indian batsman Pravin Amre and previous India coach John Wright will make their presentations for KKR ’s Coach post.

Former Indian Captain and a member of Kolkata team Sourav Ganguly hinted that he might regain the captaincy next season and indicated that his presence at the meeting had not been finalised yet.

“Akram is part of the final few coaches who have been called on August 30,” Ganguly told PTI. “He, Wright and Amre have been called.”

Franchise officials further said that Akram is expected to be only bowling coach as teh former Pakistani legend himself is less keen on a full-time coach’s job and would like to work as a consultant.

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Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has decided not to tour the West Indies for India’s One-Day International series later this month.

The batting maestro is hesitant to tour as he has not trained with the team for quite a while.

Tendulkar played his last ODI in Christchurch, New Zealand where he scored a match-winning 163 before retiring hurt.

The West Indies series begins with the first ODI on June 26 at Jamaica which hosts the second game too. While third and fourth matches will be played at St Lucia.

Meanwhile, India’s pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the upcoming West Indies tour due to injury.

The pacer’s injury was carried to the T20 World Cup from the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Indian left-arm-seamer suffered a left shoulder injury while playing in the IPL in South Africa on May 3 and didn’t figure in any of the games for Mumbai Indians after that.

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Team                                         P  W  L  T  NR  PTS  NRR

Delhi Daredevils               10 8  2  0  0    16     0.362

Chennai Super kings         11 6  4  0  1     13      1.070

Deccan Chargers                11 6  5  0  0    12     0.292

Royal Challengers             12 6  6  0  0    12   -0.309

Mumbai Indians                11 5  5  0   1     11      0.543

Rajasthan Royals              11 5  5  0   1     11    -0.373

Punjab Kings                       11 5  6  0   0    10  -0.570

Kolkata Knight Riders     11 1  9  0   1        3  -1.042

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Here is the scoreboard of the 44th match between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings at Durban on Thursday which was won by Royal Challengers with 2 wickets remaining.

Scoreboard:

Chennai Super Kings innings(129 all out from 19.4 overs)

M Vijay                   c Uthappa b Kallis                        5
M Hayden              c Vinay Kumar b Kumble       60
S Raina                    c van der Merwe b Kallis         13
MS Dhoni               c & b van der Merwe                  18
J Oram                    c Boucher b Vinay Kumar         7
S Badrinath           c Uthappa b Kumble                    2
A Morkel                c Kumble b Kumar                       9
S Jakati                   not out                                              7
L Balaji                    c Kumble b Vinay Kumar         0
M Muralitharan  run out (Kumar)                           4
S Tyagi                    run out (Akhil/Kumar)             0
Extras     (lb 3, w 1)       4

Total     (all out; 19.4 overs)     129

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-48, 3-93, 4-101, 5-107, 6-118, 7-118, 8-118, 9-128, 10-129

Bowling: O-M-R-W-Econ: Kumble:4-0-12-2-3.00, Vinay Kumar:3-0-30-2-10.00, P Kumar:3.4-0-35-1-9.54, J Kallis:4-1-18-2-4.50, Merwe:4-0-29-1-7.25, B Akhil:1-0-2-0-2.00

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 130 runs from 20 overs)

R Uthappa             lbw b Morkel                                       6
J Kallis                    lbw b Morkel                                       0
R Dravid                c Badrinath b Tyagi                           8
R Taylor                c Dhoni b Oram                                 46
V Kohli                  c Oram b Balaji                                   38
M Boucher           c Hayden b Muralitharan                 5
Van der Merwe  run out (Muralitharan/Dhoni)       3
B Akhil                   c Tyagi b Oram                                     0
P Kumar                not out                                                   12
R Vinay Kumar     not out                                                  6
Extras     (b 4, lb 1, w 3)     8

Total     (8 wickets; 19.4 overs)     132

Fall of wickets:1-2, 2-12, 3-30, 4-86, 5-91, 6-104, 7-107, 8-125

Bowling:O-M-R-W-Econ: A Morkel:4-0-13-2-3.25, S Tyagi:2-0-21-1-10.50, L Balaji:4-0-32-1-8.00, S Jakati:4-0-25-0-6.25, M Muralitharan:4-0-24-1-6.00, J Oram:1.4-0-12-2-7.20

Chennai Super Kings won the toss, who chose to bat first.

Player of the match: Ross Taylor( Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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IPL season II table toppers Delhi Daredevils will clash with the 3rd placed Deccan Chargers at Durban on Wednesday.

With both teams looking set for a place in the semi-finals, Deccan will be hoping to put one over a side they have never beaten in three attempts, knowing that a win will almost guarantee them that semi-final spot one wouldn’t have believed possible after their 12 loss riddled inaugural season.

The Daredevils have played the lowest number of matches in the season till date, just 9, and yet lead the points table quite comfortably with 14 points. They will however be a little concerned with fixture congestion come the fag end of the tournament, knowing that they will need to play 7 games over the next 12 days should they reach the IPL final.

They will be buoyed further with the return of skipper Virender Sehwag who missed four games due to a hand injury he sustained while dropping a hot chance the last time these two teams met. Stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir showed that he was a more than capable replacement picking up 3 wins in those four matches.

The selection headache that Sehwag’s return presents, is whether they should stick with the existing winning combination keeping Australian youngster David Warner in the side and get him to open with Sehwag and bring Gambhir in at no. 3, or should they return to their original eleven which was giving their bowling more balance, playing Daniel Vettori as the fourth international player, and using the Indian pair at the top of the order. Bet the rest of the league is wishing they had similar problems!

Deccan will be aware that whatever the result of their game on Wednesday, they should still make the final four with their last three games against teams currently situated at 6th, 7th and 8th place in the IPL table.

With the pressure seemingly off both teams, we should see some free-flowing stroke play, and one hopes they can replicate their awesome encounter from last season where nearly 400 runs were scored. Delhi made 194 in their 20 overs, and Deccan fell just 12 runs short thanks to a five wicket haul from leg-spinner Amit Mishra who ripped through the middle order to take his side to victory.

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Standings                                          P   W  L  T  NR PTS

Delhi Daredevils                             9  7  2  0  0  14

Chennai Super Kings                    10  6  3  0  1  13

Deccan Chargers                            10  6  4  0  0  12

Mumbai Indians                             11  5  5  0  1  11

Rajasthan Royals                           11  5  5  0  1  11

Bangalore Royal Challengers    11  5  6  0  0  10

Kings XI Punjab                              11  5  6  0  0  10

Kolkata Knight Riders                  11  1  9  0  1   3

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Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore today.

The Teams:

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Abhishek Nayar, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Yogesh Takawale, Chetanya Nanda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Lasith Malinga.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumble (captain), Jaques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, K Appanna, Abhmanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar.

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Delhi Daredevils’ winning streak is unlikely to face much challenge from a battered Kolkata Knight Riders when the two sides square off in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday.

Daredevils and Knight Riders faced each other for the first time in the competition on Tuesday and Brendon McCullum’s men, without a win for the past seven matches, were completely outplayed by the Delhi side.

With a semi-final berth out of bounds for Kolkata, the team would be playing to restore some of the lost pride against a side which has emerged as a strong contender for the title with its consistent show.

Such has been Delhi’s domination that it has remained unaffected by a bowler of Glenn McGrath’s stature being reduced to a bench-warmer.

Skipper of England’s Twenty20 World Championship squad Paul Collingwood came and left without padding up even once but Delhi remain unfazed.

Little-known pacer Dirk Nannes has done the job for it with the ball and Delhi have been more than happy to give him a spot in the playing XI ahead of McGrath.

Collingwood, meanwhile, never seemed required in a line-up that already boasts of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, David Warner and Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Kolkata, on the other hand, are in desperate search for that one match winner who can turn things around for the beleaguered side, which lies at the bottom of the table. The pressure of captaincy seems to have silenced McCullum’s bat significantly and Sourav Ganguly too has not come up with anything extraordinary so far.

The explosive Chris Gayle is gone and the only positive development for the side in a while is the availability of Australian David Hussey, who is expected to be inducted immediately into the struggling line-up.

Poor batting has meant that the bowlers have had very little role to play in deciding Kolkata’s fortunes even though the likes of Ishant Sharma have not done too bad.

On current form, Delhi, semi-finalists last year, are certain to make the cut even this time around. In contrast, Kolkata are fighting a grim battle to avoid being at the bottom of the heap.

The contrasting form makes Delhi overwhelming favourites on Sunday and it would be nothing short of a stunner if Kolkata manage to pull off an elusive win.

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