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 26th 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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