The inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 scheduled to be played in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai from December 3 to 10, has been postponed following Wednesday night’s terror attacks in Mumbai. However, organisers are confident that it can be rescheduled for early next year.

The decision was taken on Thursday by the Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 after consultations among the three founding board members of the tournament - Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.

Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Champions League 20-20, said,

“We held consultations among all the stakeholders including the founding members, the participating teams and members of the Governing Council after the unfortunate terrorist attacks in Mumbai on Wednesday night. It was agreed that in the best interests of all concerned, the inaugural edition of the Champions League T20 should be postponed.”

However, Modi is confident the tournament will go ahead sometime in 2009. “We are confident we can hold the tournament early next year,” he said. “India will remain the venue, as there was never a problem with hosting it here. All the teams agreed that they wanted to come for the tournament. But we had a problem with finding a third venue after Mumbai. There was no way we could have shifted the venue to Bangalore or Chennai, considering the state of the wickets and the grounds would not have accommodated all the matches.”

Everyone strongly condemns this dastardly and heinous criminal act of a few which has resulted in the loss of precious lives and injury to hundreds. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and we are with them in their hour of grief.

Via: NDTV

Here are a couple of Champions League Twenty20 Wallpapers…

Jab Champions Takrayein. Toh Game Hi Badal Jaye…

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Champions League Twenty20…

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Will add more wallpapers soon!

The official website of the Champions League Twenty20 is going to be http://www.clt20.com

Currently the website has a “Coming Soon” message.

CLT20.com was initially booked by CricketM.com (CricHome.com) on April 19, 2008. This was then sold/transferred to Mr Lalit Modi on November 21, 2008.

Lalit Modi is the Chairman of the Champions League.

ChampionsLeagueTwenty20.com will also be one of the Top Websites covering the CLT20…

Here are few important links which will help you follow the tournament:

Teams:
Chennai Superkings
Rajasthan Royals
Sialkot Stallions
Victorian Bushrangers
Western Warriors
Pretoria Titans
Natal Dolphins
Middlesex Crusaders

Live Scores

Video Highlights

The Official ESPNSTAR Champions League Twenty20 Advertisement:

The Champions League Twenty20 will be aired live on Star Cricket from the 3rd of December, 2008.

Champions League Twenty20 signed music maestro A.R.Rahman to compose the official tournament anthem.

ESPNSTAR - “Champions League Twenty20 represents modern cricket. It is premium, aspirational, world class and the highest honour the game has to offer. It is to cricket what A R Rahman is to music. This anthem will reverberate not just around India, but will transcend language barriers across the global cricketing fraternity.”

Download FREE Ringtone of the CLT20 Anthem

On paper the Rajasthan Royals seems mediocre but when the Royals step on the field, the unity which they exhibit is amazing. Lead by the charismatic Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals have a very balanced squad.

Graeme Smith and Mohd Kaif are the experienced lads in the batting line-up. Shane Watson and Yousuf Pathan are classy all-rounders. Sohail Tanveer and Munaf Patel are very accurate with the ball while Shane Warne is the Wizzard of Spin. These players form the backbone of the Rajasthan Royals squad and along with other youngsters in their team, they spell SUCCESS on a T20 pitch!

The un-fancied Rajasthan Royals pulled of a major heist as they won the inaugural season of the IPL. Here is a look at their road to success and also a berth in the Champions League Twenty20.

After a hugely successful IPL season, the Rajasthan Royals are looking forward to conquering the Twenty20 Champions League crown. They will be looking at capitalizing on home conditions and will definitely be one of the favourites to lift the trophy!

After getting mauled by Delhi Daredevils in their first game of the inaugural season of the IPL, no one gave Rajasthan Royals a chance to even qualify for the semi-finals. The team from Jaipur proved all their critics wrong and won 11 of the next 13 matches!

Without any superstars barring Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals gelled as a unit and out-performed the other teams. Here is one team which adapted beautifully to the Twenty20 version of the game…

Based out of Jaipur, the Rajasthan Royals was founded in 2008 before the IPL. They were tagged the underdogs before the tournaments even started and no one gave them a chance. The lacked superstars, but that gave the other stars a chance to shine brightly.

Here’s a little more about the club: