Airtel Champions League T20 2010 Fixtures

The second edition of Champions League twenty20 will be hosted by South Africa. The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 will see two groups of five teams each competing in a round-robin format, with the top two sides from each group going through to the semi finals.

Despite the changes in the format the tournament will feature the same number of games 23 as it was in 2009 twenty20 Champions League. The IPL 2010 runners-up Mumbai Indians will open the event on September 10th against the South African side Lions at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, which will also host the final of CL twenty20 on September 26^th 2010.

Mumbai Indians, Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Australia and a team from West Indies are put into Group B, while the 2010 IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, Victoria, Warriors, Wayamba and Central Districts.

Many players will have dilemma to select which team to play for as there are many players whose more than one team will take part in the tournament.

Here are the detailed Group Stage for Champions League 2010:

Group Stage

Group A: Chennai Super Kings, Victoria, Warriors, Wayamba and Central Districts

Group B: Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Australia, Lions and one team from West Indies

Here are the full CL T20 2010 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing	Teams	Venue
Fri 10 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	1st Match, Group B - Mumbai Indians v Lions	New Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg
Sat 11 Sep 17:00 PM	2nd Match, Group A - Warriors v Wayamba	St George's Park,Port Elizabeth
Sat 11 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	3rd Match, Group A - Central Districts v Chennai Super Kings	Kingsmead,Durban
Sun 12 Sep 17:00 PM	4th Match, Group B - Lions v South Australia	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 12 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	5th Match, Group B - Royal ChallengersBangalore v TBC	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Mon 13 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	6th Match, Group A -Victoria v Warriors	St George's Park,Port Elizabeth
Tue 14 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	7th Match, Group A - Mumbai Indians vSouth Australia	Kingsmead,Durban
Wed 15 Sep 17:00 PM	8th Match, Group A - Central Districts vVictoria	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Wed 15 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	9th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Wayamba	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Thu 16 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	10th Match, Group B - Mumbai Indians v TBC	Kingsmead,Durban
Fri 17 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	11th Match, Group B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v South Australia	Kingsmead, Durban
Sat 18 Sep 17:00 PM	12th Match, Group A - Central Districts v Warriors	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Sat 18 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	13th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Victoria	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Sun 19 Sep 17:00 PM	14th Match, Group B - Lions v TBC	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sun 19 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	15th Match, Group B - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kingsmead, Durban
Mon 20 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	16th Match, Group A - Victoria v Wayamba	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Tue 21 Sep 17:00 PM	17th Match, Group B - South Australia v TBC	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Tue 21 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	18th Match, Group B - Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Wed 22 Sep 17:00 PM	19th Match, Group A - Central Districts v Wayamba	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Wed 22 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	20th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Warriors	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Fri 24 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	1st semi-final - TBC v TBC	Kingsmead, Durban
Sat 25 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	2nd semi-final - TBC v TBC	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 26 Sep (D/N) 21:00 PM	Final - TBC v TBC	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

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Sri Lanka Beat India Tri-Series Final

India's rollercoaster ride in the Sri Lankan tri-series culminated with a 74-run loss in the final at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium. Tillakaratne Dilshan's fluent 110 and skipper Kumar Sangakkara's aggressive 71 helped Sri Lanka post 299-8. Predictably, India found the going tough under lights, finishing with 225.


Losing the toss has been akin to losing the game in this tournament. Once Sangakkara had chosen to bat, India's best chance lay in hurting their opponents with new ball. But after Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene had laid a solid 121-run foundation, it was Sri Lanka's game to lose.


India's innings followed a path not unexpected. Dinesh Karthik capped a miserable series --- 33 runs in five innings --- with a duck, wrongly given out caught behind off his thigh pad. Virender Sehwag scored a quick 28 before getting run out straying out of his crease during an appeal for LBW. Sri Lanka's seamers India's middle order --- Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina --- offered the collective tensile strength of a glucose biscuit and only captain MS Dhoni held on, refusing to let go till the end.


Comprehensive middle order failure


Sri Lanka's seamers were expected to dominate the evening session, and they did. Suraj Randiv claimed Raina and Rohit, while dibbly dobbler Thisara Parera (3-36) accounted for Kohli and Yuvraj.


Yuvraj had a charmed innings of 26, once surviving a huge caught-behind appeal and then been caught off a no-ball. Kohli mistimed a slog to third-man while Yuvraj inside-edged to Sangakkara.


Raina and Dhoni seemed like restoring parity as they added 47 runs for the fifth wicket. With Rohit still left, India could have hoped for a miracle. But Raina skied a catch to cover trying to clear the mid-off off Randiv.


Kohli finished the tournament with 45 runs in three innings, Raina 69 in five, Rohit 20 in four and Yuvraj 75 in four. However, one can't read too much into these figures.


Weak bowling


With the exception of Munaf Patel (2-42) India's four-seamer attack fared poorly today. The tidy part-time spin of Yuvraj and Sehwag, however, minimised damages.


India needed new ball wickets and didn't get any. Things, however, could have been very different in the first over of the match. Praveen Kumar's fourth ball pitched in line and cut in as Jayawardene, playing across, was hit in front. Praveen's reluctant appeal for LBW wasn't upheld. Replays suggest the ball was going to knock off the leg bail.


Resultantly, Jayawardene played a steady 39 while his opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered a 36-ball fifty en route to his eighth ODI hundred. The opening stand was followed by another meaty 85-run stand with Sangakkara (71 off 62).


No 200+ target was chased down in this tournament yet. Only Sehwag could have changed that statistic, and his departure more or less sealed India's fate.


SL dominate noon session


Jayawardene fell trying to flick Ishant Sharma. An edge flew to Karthik at sweeper cover. Upul Tharanga (6) edged Yuvraj into Dhoni's gloves allowing India the briefest of comebacks. Sangakkara snatched the advantage back with his knock even as Dilshan slowed down while approaching his hundred.


Having got the landmark off 107 balls, Dilshan pulled Praveen into the hands of Ishant at deep backward square-leg. Munaf did India a huge favour when got Sangakkara to miscue a loft over cover.



Sri Lanka vs India, Final
Tri-Series in Sri Lanka, 2010: August 28, 2010
Venue: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Toss:SL won the toss and elected to bat
Sri Lanka:299/8 (50.0 Ovs)
India:225-all out (46.5 Ovs)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 74 runs

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Sri Lanka triangular series 2010: India v New Zealand, 6th ODI

India and New Zealand both faced a must-win situation entering the sixth match of the triangular series. India had only five points to New Zealand's seven; the situation was even more critical for the Indians. A no-result would have been of tremendous benefit for the Kiwis, making the weather and the pitch equally important for this fixture. Both teams vied for the right to play Sri Lanka in the final. India won the toss and elected to bat first on a dicey pitch.

MS Dhoni's decision looked equally dicey when Kyle Mills dismissed Dinesh Karthik for nought in the first over. Twenty-seven runs later, Virat Kohli became the first of four victims for Tim Southee on the day; India was 27/2 in the sixth over. Virender Sehwag continued to bat with authority, while Yuvraj Singh made six uncertain runs in a 34-run third-wicket partnership. Singh's misery ended with the score on 61. New Zealand reduced India to 66/4 before MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag combined for a 107-run fifth-wicket partnership that rescued the Indians.


Sehwag's departure in the 33rd over precipitated a collapse that saw India move from 173/4 to 207/9. Sehwag made a brilliant century – 110 off 93 balls, with 16 fours and one six. MS Dhoni contributed a valuable 38 runs; Ravindra Jadeja was the only other batsman to cross double figures, with 17 runs. India reached 223 all out off 46.3 overs. Bowling for New Zealand, Tim Southee scalped 4/49 off ten overs and offspinner Nathan McCullum took 3/35 off his allotment.


New Zealand struggled from the start of their innings. Guptill, Watling, Taylor and Styris were all back in the pavilion with the total on 22. Praveen Kumar's medium pace bowling destroyed the New Zealand top order. Things got even worse for the Kiwis when the score reached 41/4. The Indians reduced them to 53/8. Munaf Patel's three wickets was chiefly responsible for the mid-innings destruction of the Kiwi run chase.


Only a combative half-century from number nine batsman Kyle Mills spared the Kiwis' blushes. Mills scored 52 runs from just 35 balls as New Zealand struggled to 118 all out. Mills was the last batsman out, as New Zealand lost by a whopping 105 runs. Bowling for India, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel took three wickets each. Virender Sehwag was the player of the match for his century that propelled India to their match-winning total.



Match Summary (India Won by 105 Runs)
India– 223/10 in 46.3 Overs
V.Sehwag- 110 M.S.Dhoni– 38
T.Southee- 10-2-49-4 N.McCullum– 10-0-35-3
New Zealand– 118/10 in 30.1 Overs
K.Mills- 52 K.Willimason– 13
M.Patel- 7-1-21-3 P.Kumar– 8-2-34-3

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