Champions League Twenty20 AD
The Official ESPNSTAR Champions League Twenty20 Advertisement:
The Champions League Twenty20 will be aired live on Star Cricket from the 3rd of December, 2008.
The Official ESPNSTAR Champions League Twenty20 Advertisement:
The Champions League Twenty20 will be aired live on Star Cricket from the 3rd of December, 2008.
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:
Players who can perform and deliver under pressure are more important than superstars. What are the other mantra’s to success in CLT20?
Here is a video featuring the Western Australia Warriors…
The Western Warriors from Perth in Australia gear up for the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20…
For a lot of young Australians in the Western Warriors squad, this is the first time they are going to be touring abroad. Luke Ronchi, Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach all have IPL experience and they’ll help the other youngsters in the team to adapt to the Indian conditions. One player who is surely going to be missed is Michael Hussey, who is going to play for the Chennai Super Kings in this tournament.
No. 2 in Australia’s Twenty20 cricket, the Western Warriors prove that they have what it takes to get to the top. They are the only team to have beaten the Victorian Bushrangers in 3 years.
Here is a look at how they finished Runners-up in the domestic Australian Twenty20 Championship and thereby qualified for the Champions League: