Champions League Twenty20 2010 to Take Place in South Africa

Champions League Twenty20 2010 will take place in South Africa. The news was confirmed by Lalit Modi, the chairman of this competition, following Saturday’s board meeting held at the BCCI head office. However, Modi was not present at the meeting.

Earlier, Cricket South Africa launched an invitation to organize the tournament this year and it was accepted at the board meeting. Last year, South Africa staged IPL as there was lack of security arrangements in India. In 2007, South Africa organized the inaugural twenty20 world cup. So, Cricket South Africa has the experience of staging major twenty20 events.

Champions League Twenty20 2009, the first edition of the tournament, took place in India in October last year. The tournament featured 12 teams including 3 teams from IPL. Now, the second edition of the tournament will take place in South Africa from 10 September to 26 September.

New South Wales Blues from Australia won the first Champions league twenty20 tournament in 2009. Now, let us see who wins this year’s tournament.

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Champions League T20: A Failure in All Fronts?

I was reading some news reports in different websites about Champions League T20. It seems that the tournament failed in both ways- TV ratings and ticket sales. Well, BCCI officials are perhaps not that much worried because TV rights have been already sold to ESPN in advance for many years. It is ESPN officials who are perhaps very worried now. On the other hand, Set Max TV channel’s owners are perhaps very happy that they did not get the TV rights of Champions League T20. Set Max has IPL rights and they had very good viewership in 2008 and 2009.

What about the ticket sales then? I guess that most people are tired of too much cricket. Some people had this thing in mind surely that from just after few days, India-Australia ODI series would start. So, it is better to spend the money on that instead of Champions League T20 matches.

Tomorrow, Royal Challenger Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils match would take place. Many TV experts would have a keen eye on the TV rating of that match. Hopefully, all the tickets will be sold for the first time in the tournament. 

Champions League T20 2009: A Distraction to International Cricket?

Champions League T20 is going to start from tomorrow. It is taking place in India. It is a club based competition and 12 clubs of 7 countries are taking part in it and 3 of them are from India. I am not happy with this event because it is taking place at the expense of international cricket. It is taking place only because BCCI officials want to earn more money from Indian market. Only last week, India got out of the first round from Champions Trophy 2009 which was an ICC organized event and in terms of prestige, it is next World Cup Cricket. Indian players perhaps did not feel too much unhappy with the early exit because they could get some important rest ahead of this T20 event. Anyway, if you want to know about TV coverage of Champions League T20 2009 then you should visit this entry: Champions League Twenty20 2009 Live in Which TV Channels?

This is the tragedy of International cricket today. BCCI is trying to make room for IPL and Champions League in international cricket calendar. It is getting support from the leading players of every country because the players earn a lot of money from these two events.