ICC Champions league Twenty 20 - 2013 Match Scehdules and venues

The qualifying matches for ICC champions league twenty 20 will start from September 17 till September 20.  A total of 6 matches will be played in these three days. All the matches will be played at the same location Hyderabad and at same ground i.e. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

The teams that will compete for qualifying for the group stage matches include:

1. Faisalabad Wolves
2. Otago
3. Kandurata Maroons
4. Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad team might have the home advantage here but since this is T20 any of the teams can qualify for the group stage. We'll need to wait and the matches and see which 2 teams qualifies for the group stages.

The Group stage matches of the ICC Champions League Twenty 20 will start immediately after the qualifting matches from September 21. The first match being played between the IPL winners Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Interestingly two great players from both the team Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid would be playing last time in the Champions league. Both of these have already announced their retirement from the IPL.

The tournament final will be played on October 6. Listed below are the match schedules for the tournament.

Tue Sep 17          
16:00 IST    Faisalabad Wolves v Otago
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Tue Sep 17          
20:00 IST    Kandurata Maroons v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Wed Sep 18          
16:00 IST    Kandurata Maroons v Otago
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Wed Sep 18          
20:00 IST    Faisalabad Wolves v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Fri Sep 20          
16:00 IST    Faisalabad Wolves v Kandurata Maroons
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Fri Sep 20          
20:00 IST    Otago v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Sat Sep 21          
20:00 IST    Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Sun Sep 22          
16:00 IST    Brisbane Heat v Trinidad & Tobago
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi   

Sun Sep 22          
20:00 IST    Chennai Super Kings v Titans
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi   

Mon Sep 23          
16:00 IST    Lions v Perth Scorchers
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad   

Mon Sep 23          
20:00 IST    Mumbai Indians v Qualifier team
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad   

Tue Sep 24          
16:00 IST    Brisbane Heat v Titans
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Tue Sep 24          
20:00 IST    Trinidad & Tobago v Qualifier team
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Wed Sep 25          
16:00 IST    Perth Scorchers v Qualifier team
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Wed Sep 25          
20:00 IST    Lions v Rajasthan Royals
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Thu Sep 26          
20:00 IST    Chennai Super Kings v Qualifier team
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi   

Fri Sep 27          
20:00 IST    Lions v Mumbai Indians
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad   

Sat Sep 28          
16:00 IST    Titans v Qualifier team
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Sat Sep 28          
20:00 IST    Brisbane Heat v Chennai Super Kings
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Sun Sep 29          
16:00 IST    Lions v Qualifier team
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Sun Sep 29          
20:00 IST    Rajasthan Royals v Perth Scorchers
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Mon Sep 30          
16:00 IST    Titans v Trinidad & Tobago
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Mon Sep 30          
20:00 IST    Brisbane Heat v Qualifier team
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   

Tue Oct 1         
20:00 IST    Rajasthan Royals v Qualifier team
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Wed Oct 2          
16:00 IST    Mumbai Indians v Perth Scorchers
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   

Wed Oct 2
20:00 IST    Chennai Super Kings v Trinidad & Tobago
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   

Fri Oct 4          
20:00 IST    Semi-Final 1
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   

Sat Oct 5          
20:00 IST    Semi-Final 2
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   

Sun Oct 6          
20:00 IST    Final
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   


Please keep visiting and we'll be posting more updated of the teams, players and match analysis etc. 

Two important series that can decide Indian cricket team for World Cup 2015

There is still around a year and half left for the ICC cricket world cup 2015 to start, however the cricket tournaments that would be played in these 18 months period would be crucial for every players from every participating nation.  Players form and fitness in these tournaments can be the deciding factor if the player will get selected for the world cup team or not. In this post I am posting about two important cricket series for the Indian cricket team .

Before the ICC cricket world cup 2015 Indian cricket team has two play two important series. One is a home series against Australia and second in the Indian cricket team tour to South Africa. The home series against Australia will consist of one twenty twenty match and seven ODI matches.  Since this series is being played at home grounds many of the blog readers might thing that its an insignificant game, but I've two valid points one that the oppostion team is Australia, which is co-host for the 2015 cricket wold cup and secondly the players form in this series can get them selected for the South African tour thus indirectly the series against Australia will decide a players inclusion in the list of probables for the world cup 2015.

The tour of South Africa is a long one which will include 2 T20 games, 7 ODI and 3 test matches. Apart from these matches there would be practice matches against domestic teams of South Africa. So tour of South Africa will give a nice exposure to Indian players of bouncy, fast pitches and nay players who performs here would get the ticket for the world cup where pitch conditions are almost the same.

Match details of Australia vs India (Australia team tour of India)

• Thu Oct 10         
  19:00 IST     Only T20I - India v Australia
  Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot   
   
• Sun Oct 13         
  14:30 IST     1st ODI - India v Australia
  Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune    
   
• Wed Oct 16        
  14:30 IST     2nd ODI - India v Australia
  Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   
  
• Sat Oct 19        
  14:30 IST     3rd ODI - India v Australia
  Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh   
     
• Wed Oct 23        
  14:30 IST     4th ODI - India v Australia
  JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi    
  
  
• Sat Oct 26        
  14:30 IST     5th ODI - India v Australia
  Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   
     
• Wed Oct 30        
  14:30 IST     6th ODI - India v Australia
  Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur   
  
     
• Sat Nov 2        
  14:30 IST     7th ODI - India v Australia
  M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore    

   

I'll post match details on India Vs South Africa (India tour of South Africa) later as that series starts November. Till then enjoy the current matches and book your match tickets in advance for the India Vs Australia series.