 IPL champions Deccan Chargers will face an English county in their group |
The fixtures have been announced for the Champions League Twenty20, which will be staged in India in October. Teams from India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England will play 23 games in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Both finalists from England's domestic Twenty20 Cup, which concludes in August, are due to take part. The first Champions League was due to take place last year, but was postponed following terror attacks in Mumbai. The opening game of the tournament pits Royal Challengers Bangalore - with whom England batsman Kevin Pietersen spent time during this year's Indian Premier League - against South African provincial side Cobras on Thursday, 8 October in Bangalore.  | 606: DEBATE |
The 12 teams have been divided into four groups of three - with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the second phase, where there are two groups of four. The top two teams from those groups will qualify for the semi-finals. Prize money of US$6m (£3.63m) will be shared between the teams and players.
Group A: Deccan Chargers (India), ECB Team 2, Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
Group B: New South Wales (Australia), Eagles (South Africa), ECB Team 1
Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), Cobras (South Africa), Otago (New Zealand)
Group D: Delhi Daredevils (India), Victoria (Australia), Wayamba (Sri Lanka) GROUP STAGE 8 Bangalore v Cobras, Bangalore 9 New South Wales v Eagles, Delhi
Delhi v Victoria, Delhi 10 Cobras v Otago, Hyderabad
Deccan v ECB Team 2, Hyderabad 11 New South Wales v ECB Team 1, Delhi
Delhi v Wayamba, Delhi 12 ECB Team 2 v Trinidad & Tobago, Bangalore
Bangalore v Otago, Bangalore 13 Victoria v Wayamba, Delhi
Eagles v ECB Team 1, Delhi 14 Deccan v Trinidad & Tobago, Hyderabad SECOND PHASE 15 C1 v D2, Bangalore 16 A2 v B2, Hyderabad
A1 v B1, Hyderabad 17 C2 v D2, Bangalore
C1 v D1, Bangalore 18 A2 v B1, Hyderabad
A1 v B2, Hyderabad 19 C2 v D1, Delhi KNOCK-OUT PHASE 21 First semi-final, Delhi 22 Second semi-final, Hyderabad 23 Final, Hyderabad
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