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Champions League Twenty20
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Countries
8 countries
AdministratorBCCI, CA, CSA
FormatTwenty20
First edition2009, India
Latest edition2012, South Africa
Next edition2013, India
Tournament formatRound-robin and knockout
Number of teams10 (group stage)
13 (total)
Current championAustralia Sydney Sixers (1st title)
Most successful
4 teams with 1 title each
Most runsAustralia David Warner (535)
Most wicketsSri Lanka Lasith Malinga (24)
Websiteclt20.com

The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, is an annual international Twenty20 cricket competition played between the top domestic teams from major cricketing nations. The competition was launched in 2008 with the first edition held in October 2009.[1] It is jointly owned by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa,[2] and is chaired by N. Srinivasan, who is also the president of the BCCI.

The tournament is held between September and October for a period of two to three weeks in either India or South Africa. It has a total prize pool of US$6 million, with the winning team receiving $2.5 million, the highest for a club cricket tournament in history.[3] The current format involves the best teams from the premier Twenty20 competititons of the top-eight Test-playing nations, favouring the teams from India, Australia and South Africa.[4] However, in 2013, for the first time since the qualifying stage was introduced in 2011, a team from other than India, South Africa and Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, got a direct entry in the main draw and the fourth IPL team which got direct entry in 2012 had now got to face the qualifiers.

History

Creation

Immediately after the end of the first IPL season, the cricket authorities in India, Australia and South Africa entered into discussions to create a new international club competition and capitalise on this success.[1] The plans for the creation of the Champions League Twenty20 were first announced on 13 September 2007. The inaugural edition was to be held in October 2008, run by the cricket boards of India, England, Australia and South Africa, and featuring two teams from each country.[5][6]

However, the tournament encountered problems when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which owns 50% of the tournament, decided to bar players from the Indian Cricket League (ICL; a league unsanctioned by the BCCI and other cricket boards as a result) from participating in the tournament.[7] England featured ICL players in many of their teams, including their domestic tournament's runners-up the Kent Spitfires. The BCCI decided to replace Kent's slot with a team from Pakistan and was prepared to also replace the remaining England team. In response, ECB devised plans for their own Champions League.[8][9] ECB eventually agreed to the terms from the BCCI. The tournament was founded by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa with one team from England and $6 million in prize money.[2][10]

Following this, another problem arose with the International Cricket Council over the dates of the tournament, which clashed with the ICC Champions Trophy, and the tournament was moved to December 2008. Plans were also made for the second edition to be held in late 2009 with 12 teams.[11] In November 2008, the tournament was again put in jeopardy when Mumbai suffered terrorist attacks and the organisers attempted to reschedule again to early 2009. In December 2008, the tournament was finally pushed to September 2009, when it was successfully held as per the plans for the 2009 edition.[12][13]

Reception and impact

Club cricket prize money comparison
Tournament First prize
Champions League Twenty20 US$2.5 million[3]
India Indian Premier League ₹10 crores[14]
Bangladesh Bangladesh Premier League Tk 5 crores[15]
Pakistan Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup ₨ 2.5 million[16]
England Friends Life t20 £200,000[17]
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Premier League US$100,000[18]
Cricket West Indies Caribbean Twenty20 US$62,500[19]

The tournament received strong support from its creation. Its $6 million prize money pool was described by the organisers as "the single largest prize money pool in any cricket tournament so far."[3] ESPN Star Sports paid $900 million for the global broadcasting rights to every match for 10 years,[20][21] a deal comparable to when Sony Entertainment Television and World Sport Group purchased the rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for $1.026 billion for ten years.[22] Ahead of the 2009 edition, Bharti Airtel bought the title sponsorship rights for three years for reportedly $40 million.[23]

Despite this, the inaugural 2009 edition, held in India, was not highly received by its targeted Indian audience, who only showed interest for the IPL teams. This was demonstrated by low attendance and television ratings. According to TAM Media Research, it drew an average television ratings point of 1.06, much lower than the 4.1 achieved by the 2009 Indian Premier League. Low viewership led to Bharti Airtel ending its five-year sponsorship deal after two years.[24] Nokia signed a four-year deal to replace Bharti Airtel as the title sponsor but also withdrew after one year.[25] Karbonn Mobiles replaced Nokia in 2012.[26]

Several attempts were made at improving reception. The marketing campaign for 2010 included television commercials featuring Bollywood stars while the 2011 edition had Shahrukh Khan as brand ambassador and an opening ceremony featuring international hip-hop artists.[27][28][29] The ratings for the 2010 edition, held in South Africa, improved to 1.45. This is attributed to better performances by the IPL teams: the final, won by the Chennai Super Kings, drew an all-India rating of 3.30 while matches with the Mumbai Indians had an average rating of 2.11.[30] The tournament format was changed in 2011 to introduce a three-day qualifying stage which allowed the inclusion of a fourth IPL team and weaker teams to be eliminated early.[29] The 2011 edition saw the average rating increase to 1.64 but depended on IPL teams featuring in both semi-finals and the final.[31]

Television ratings
Edition Average rating
India 2009 1.06
South Africa 2010 1.45
India 2011 1.64

Despite low viewership, the tournament succeeded in providing a global stage and significant financial support for low-profile teams.[29][32] Players have also capitalised on the opportunity to further their careers in Twenty20 cricket. Kieron Pollard helped Trinidad and Tobago finish runners-up in the 2009 edition, including an innings where he scored 54 runs off 18 balls.[33] This earned him an IPL contract at the 2009 IPL players auction where he was sold for an undisclosed amount after attracting the maximum possible bid of $750,000.[34] Sunil Narine and Kevon Cooper also earned IPL contracts after competing for Trinidad and Tobago in the 2011 edition. Previously relatively unknown, Narine and Cooper were sold for $700,000 and $50,000 respectively at the 2012 IPL auction and made immediate impacts to their teams.[35][36] In particular, Narine helped his team win the 2012 Indian Premier League and was named Player of the Tournament.[37][38]

Format

Although each edition held had a different format and had a different number of participating teams, each had a group stage and a two-round knockout stage. A qualifying stage was introduced in 2011, reducing direct entrants to only teams from India, South Africa and Australia. Each team (including qualifying stage participants) receives a participation fee of $500,000.[39] Every edition had a total prize money of $6 million. Since 2010, it had been distributed as follows:[40]

  • $2.5 million – Winners
  • $1.3 million – Runners-up
  • $500,000 – Losers in semi-finals
  • $200,000 – Teams eliminated in the group stage

Should a player be a part of more than one qualified team, he can play for his "home" team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket) without consequence. If he plays for any other team, that team must pay the home team a compensation fee ($150,000 from 2011).[40] Indian Premier League teams have been the most popular choice for these players.[41] In the 2010 edition, controversy arose when an IPL team contractually forced three players to play for them by utilising a clause in the rules of the IPL. The clause states that the IPL teams have first rights over their players should they qualify for the tournament with another team.[42][43]

Participation

Current qualification tournaments
Tournament Teams
Direct entrants
India Indian Premier League 3
Australia Big Bash League 2
South Africa MiWay T20 Challenge 2
Cricket West Indies Caribbean Twenty20 1
Qualifying stage entrants
TBD 1
New Zealand HRV Cup 1
Pakistan Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup 1
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Premier League 1
India Indian Premier League 1

The participating teams are from the top cricketing nations and determined by the premier Twenty20 tournaments of those nations. Each edition has featured teams from India, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand, the West Indies and Sri Lanka. England have been in all editions except in 2010, when their domestic season clashed with the tournament's dates.[44] Pakistan did not participate in the tournament until 2012 due to the hostility between India and Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[45]

As the tournament is mainly targeted at the Indian audience, all editions of the tournament have featured more teams from India than any other country. From 2011, four Indian teams competed while other countries had two teams at most. Except in 2010, all editions were held in India. While the tournament format remained almost unchanged, the qualification tournaments have changed to include more overseas players and create stronger teams. The Caribbean Twenty20 was created in the West Indies after their representative finished runners-up in the 2009 edition.[46] Australia and Sri Lanka have expanded their tournaments to create the Big Bash League in 2011 and the Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012 respectively.[47][48] The Bangladesh Premier League was created in 2012 and the organisers hope for their teams to be included in the tournament.[49]

Venue

It was originally intended for the host of the tournament to be rotated between the countries of the three shareholders: India, South Africa and Australia. The broadcasting agreement also demands that at least five of the first ten editions are to be held in India.[50] However, Australia has yet to be considered due to its unsuitable weather in September and due to its time zone being undesirable for the broadcaster. South Africa first hosted in 2010 but India has since been the first preference for hosting. South Africa was only chosen to host in 2012 when situations made it infeasible for India to host.[51]

Tournament results

Year Host nation Final Teams Ref
Venue Winners Result Runners-up Grp Tot
2008
Details 		 India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Cancelled due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks 8 [52]
2009
Details 		 India Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Australia New South Wales Blues
159 for 9 (20 overs) 		Won by 41 runs
Scorecard 		 Trinidad and Tobago
118 all out (15.5 overs) 		12 [53][54]
2010
Details 		 South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg India Chennai Super Kings
132 for 2 (19 overs) 		Won by 8 wickets
Scorecard 		South Africa Warriors
128 for 6 (20 overs) 		10 [55][56]
2011
Details 		 India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai India Mumbai Indians
139 all out (20 overs) 		Won by 31 runs
Scorecard 		India Royal Challengers Bangalore
108 all out (19.2 overs) 		10 13 [57][58]
2012
Details 		 South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Australia Sydney Sixers
124 for 0 (12.3 overs) 		Won by 10 wickets
Scorecard 		South Africa Highveld Lions
121 all out (20 overs) 		10 14 [59]

Team records

Winners

The table below provides an overview of the performances of Franchises in the Finals over past editions of the Champions League Twenty20.

Performance by Franchises
Franchise Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Australia NSW Blues+ 1 0 2009 -
India Chennai Super Kings 1 0 2010 -
India Mumbai Indians 1 0 2011 -
Australia Sydney Sixers 1 0 2012 -
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 - 2009
South Africa Warriors 0 1 - 2010
India RCB 0 1 - 2011
South Africa Highveld Lions 0 1 - 2012
  • + Franchise now defunct.

Results summary

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past editions of the Champions League Twenty20. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of losses, then by alphabetical order. League and group stages are considered equivalent.

Team[60] Appearances Best result Statistics
Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Teams currently eligible to qualify
India Chennai Super Kings 3 2010 2012 Champions (2010) 14 8 5 1 0 60.71
 Trinidad and Tobago+ 2 2009 2011 Runners-up (2009) 10 7 2 1 0 75.00
India RCB 3 2009 2011 Runners-up (2011) 15 7 8 0 0 46.66
Australia Sydney Sixers 1 2012 2012 Champions (2012) 6 6 0 0 0 100.00
South Africa Highveld Lions+ 2 2010 2012 Runners-up (2012) 10 6 4 0 0 60.00
South Africa Warriors 2 2010 2011 Runners-up (2010) 10 6 4 0 0 60.00
India Mumbai Indians 3 2010 2012 Champions (2011) 14 6 6 0 2 50.00
India Delhi Daredevils 2 2009 2012 Semi-finals (2012) 8 4 3 0 1 57.14
South Africa Cape Cobras 2 2009 2011 Semi-finals (2009) 9 4 4 0 1 50.00
India Kolkata Knight Riders 2 2011 2012 Group stage (2011) 8 3 4 0 1 42.86
England Somerset 2 2009 2011 Semi-finals (2011) 9 3 5 0 1 37.50
South Africa Titans+ 1 2012 2012 Semi-finals (2012) 5 2 2 0 1 50.00
South Africa Diamond Eagles 1 2009 2009 Group stage (2009) 4 1 2 1 0 37.50
New Zealand Auckland Aces 1 2012 2012 Group Stage (2012) 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
Australia Perth Scorchers+ 1 2012 2012 Group Stage (2012) 4 1 2 0 1 33.33
England Sussex Sharks 1 2009 2009 Group stage (2009) 2 0 1 1 0 25.00
New Zealand Otago Volts 1 2009 2009 Group stage (2009) 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
England Yorkshire Carnegie 1 2012 2012 Group Stage (2012) 4 0 3 0 1 0.00
New Zealand Central Districts Stags 1 2010 2010 Group stage (2010) 4 0 4 0 0 0.00
Australia Brisbane Heat+ - - -
Teams now defunct and cannot qualify for CLT20
Australia NSW Blues 2 2009 2011 Champions (2009) 11 7 3 1 0 68.18
Australia Southern Redbacks 2 2010 2011 Semi-finals (2010) 9 5 3 0 1 62.50
Australia Victorian Bushrangers 2 2009 2010 Semi-finals (2009) 9 4 4 1 0 50.00
Sri Lanka Wayamba Elevens 2 2009 2010 Group stage (2010) 6 2 4 0 0 33.33
India Deccan Chargers 1 2009 2009 Group stage (2009) 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
 Guyana 1 2010 2010 Group stage (2010) 4 0 4 0 0 0.00
  • Teams are placed in this table on the number of matches they have won and aftermath the win% and tied matches.
  • This table only includes the matches played in Main Draw and not the Qualifying phase.
  • + Brisbane Heat and Perth Scorchers are the only teams to qualify for CLT20 2013 as of January 17, 2013.

Qualifier results summary

Team[60] Appearances Qualified Statistics
Played Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Teams currently eligible to qualify
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 66.67
New Zealand Auckland Aces 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 50.00
England Somerset 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
England Yorkshire Carnegie 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
India Kolkata Knight Riders 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
Pakistan Sialkot Stallions 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
Sri Lanka Uva Next 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0.00
England Hampshire Royals 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
England Leicestershire Foxes 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
New Zealand Otago Volts+
Pakistan Faisalabad Wolves+
Teams now defunct and cannot qualify for CLT20
Sri Lanka Ruhunu Elevens 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 50.00

Statistics and records

Main article: List of Champions League Twenty20 records and statistics

As of the 2012 edition, 23 teams have competed in 75 matches.[60] Individual players have appeared in as many as three editions and 16 matches.[61] Four players have scored centuries,[62] One player taken Hat-trick.15 players have taken four wickets in an innings and three player has taken five wickets in an innings.[63][64]

Media coverage

Television
Country Broadcaster(s) Ref
Arab League Arab World Satellite: ART CricOne (2009–2018)
 Australia Cable/satellite (pay): Fox Sports (2011—present)
Free-to-air: One (2009–2010) 		[65]
 Bangladesh Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 Bhutan Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 Canada Cable/satellite (pay): CBN
 China Cable/satellite (pay): ESPN
 Europe Cable/satellite (pay): Eurosport 2 [66]
 Hong Kong Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 India Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 Indonesia TPI (2009–2018)
 Malaysia Satellite (pay): Astro
 Maldives Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
   Nepal Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 New Zealand Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sport
 Pakistan Cable/satellite (pay): PTV Sports, STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 Singapore Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 South Africa Supersport 2009–2018
 Sri Lanka Cable/satellite (pay): STAR Cricket (2009–2018) [20]
 United Kingdom Cable/satellite (pay): British Eurosport [67]
 United States Internet (pay): ESPN3 (2012–2015)
Internet: Willow Cricket (2009–2011)
Cricket West Indies West Indies Cable/satellite (pay): ESPN (2010–2015) [68]

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External links

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