Royal Challengers Banglaore (RCB) take on Cape Cobras - Champions League Twenty20 2009 1st Match Preview, Squad & match timings

The much awaited Champions League Twenty20 trophy begins today with the Top T20 clubs teams of every cricket playing nations take part in this ICC tournament to emerge world chamions of this shorter version of the Cricket Game.

Todays tie is between Royal Challengers Bangalore who were runners up of IPL 2009 & Cape Cobras of South Africa who emerged leaders in South Africa local championships. Royal Challengers beign the host (as the match is in Bangalore) and also studded with stars like Jacques Kallis, Kumble, Dravid, Ross Taylor . For Cape Cobras, H. Gibbs chose to play for the national team wince he was a part of both the sides.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad:

A Kumble*, B Kumar, B Akhil, R Bishnoi, MV Boucher†, R Dravid, JH Kallis, V Kohli, P Kumar, MK Pandey, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar

Cape Cobras squad:

AG Puttick*, D Brand, RCC Canning†, H Davids, JP Duminy, SA Engelbrecht, HH Gibbs, CW Henderson, RK Kleinveldt, CK Langeveldt, RE Levi, JL Ontong, VD Philander, FC Plaatjies, M Zondeki

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Champions League Twenty20 Teams - 2009 CLT20 Squads

Inaugural Champions League Twenty20 have 12 teams, 3 teams from India, 2 teams each from Australia, South Africa and England and 1 team each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. 12 Teams have been divided into 4 groups with 3 teams in each group.

Deccan Chargers CLT20 Team:

Adam Gilchrist (capt), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.

Royal Challengers Bangalore CLT20 Team:

Anil Kumble (capt), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.

Delhi Daredevils CLT20 Team:

Virender Sehwag (capt), AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.

New South Wales CLT20 Team:

Simon Katich (capt), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Aaron Bird, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steve Smith, Daniel Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.

Victoria Bushrangers CLT20 Team:


Cameron White (capt), Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.

Cape cobras CLT20 Team:

Graeme Smith (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies.

Wayamba CLT20 Team:

Jehan Mubarak (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, K Lokuarachchi, J Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatte, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, S Karunanayake, Isuru Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, C Welegedara, Michael Vandort.

Otago Volts CLT20 Team:

Craig Cumming (capt), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek deBoorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Matt Harvie, James McMillan.

Trinidad & Tobago CL T20 Team:

Daren Ganga (capt), Samuel Badree, Adrian Barath, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Rayad Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Dave Mohammed, Sunil Narine, William Perkins, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Navin Stewart

Sussex Sharks CL T20 Team:

Michael Yardy (capt), Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright, James Kirtley, Piyush Chawla, Ed Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan.

Diamond Eagles CL T20 Team:

Boeta Dippenaar (capt), Dillon du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.

Somerset Sabres CLT20 Team:

Justin Langer (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Phillips.

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Champions League Twenty20 Schedule - CL T20 Timing India

Champions League Twenty20 is finally going to kick start from October 8th in India. 12 teams from around the world participating in this tournament with 3 teams from India, 2 teams each from Australia, South Africa and England and 1 team each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

2009 Champions League Twenty20 Schedule:

Thursday, 8th October, 2009

Group C - Day/Night

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT

Friday, 9th October, 2009

Group B

Diamond Eagles v New South Wales

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group D - Day/Night

Delhi Daredevils v Victoria Bushrangers

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT

Saturday, 10th October, 2009

Group C

Cape Cobras v Otago Volts

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group A - Day/Night

Deccan Chargers v Somerset Sabres

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Sunday, 11th October, 2009

Group B

New South Wales v Sussex Sharks

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group A - Day/Night

Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Monday, 12th October, 2009

Group A

Somerset Sabres v Trinidad & Tobago

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group C - Day/Night

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago Volts

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Tuesday, 13th October, 2009

Group D

Victoria Bushrangers v Wayamba

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group B - Day/Night

Diamond Eagles v Sussex Sharks

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Wednesday, 14th October, 2009

Group A - Day/Night

Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

2nd Round League Stage

Thursday, 15th October, 2009

League B - Day/Night

C1 v D2

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Friday, 16th October, 2009

League A

A2 v B2

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League A - Day/Night

A1 v B1

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Saturday, 17th October, 2009

League B

C2 v D2

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League B - Day/Night

C1 v D1

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Sunday, 18th October, 2009

League A

A2 v B1

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League A - Day/Night

A1 v B2

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Monday, 19th October, 2009

League B - Day/Night

C2 v D1

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

CLT20 2009 Semi-Finals Schedule:

1st Semi-Final - Day/Night

Wednesday, 21st October, 2009

Winner B v Runner up A

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

2nd Semi-Final - Day/Night

Thursday, 22nd October, 2009

Winner A v Runner up B

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

CLT20 2009 Final

Friday, 23rd October, 2009

Winner of 1st SF v Winner of 2nd SF

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

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