Champions League T20 2013 Schedule

The 2013 Champions League T20 will be the fifth edition which will be held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013.

Ten teams will be play in this CLT20 which are divided into two groups i.e Group A and Group B. 5 teams will be in one group and 5 teams will be in another group. Every team in each group wii play with every team of another group.

The top two teams of each group advances to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winners of the competition. Matches ending with the scores level are decided by a Super Over, where the winners of the Super Over are declared winners of the match.

Total number of matches are 39 (including 6 qualifier matches).

Champions League T20 2013 Qualifier Schedule

Date	IST	GMT	Match	Details	Venue
17-Sep	16:00	10:30	Qualifying Pool 1	Faisalabad Wolves vs Otago	Hyderabad
17-Sep	20:00	14:30	Qualifying Pool 2	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs TBC	Hyderabad
18-Sep	16:00	10:30	Qualifying Pool 1	Otago vs TBC	Hyderabad
18-Sep	20:00	14:30	Qualifying Pool 2	Faisalabad Wolves vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad
20-Sep	16:00	10:30	Qualifying Pool 1	Faisalabad Wolves v TBC	Hyderabad
20-Sep	20:00	14:30	Qualifying Pool 2	Otago v Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad

CLT20 2013 Schedule

Date	IST	GMT	Match	Details	Venue
21-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 1	Group A : Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
22-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 2	Group B : Brisbane Heat vs Trinidad and Tobago	Ranchi
22-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 3	Group B : Chennai Super Kings vs Titans	Ranchi
23-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 4	Group A : Highveld Lions vs Perth Scorchers	Ahmedabad
23-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 5	Group A : Mumbai Indians vs TBC	Ahmedabad
24-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 6	Group B : Titans vs Brisbane Heat	Hyderabad
24-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 7	Group B : Trinidad and Tobago vs TBC	Hyderabad
25-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 8	Group A : Perth Scorchers vs TBC	Jaipur
25-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 9	Group A : Rajasthan Royals vs Highveld Lions	Jaipur
26-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 10	Group B : Chennai Super Kings vs TBC	Ranchi
27-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 11	Group A : Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions	Ahmedabad
28-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 12	Group B : Titans vs TBC	Hyderabad
28-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 13	Group B : Chennai Super Kings vs Brisbane Heat	Hyderabad
29-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 14	Group A : Highveld Lions vs TBC	Jaipur
29-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 15	Group A : Rajasthan Royals vs Perth Scorchers	Jaipur
30-Sep	16:00	10:30	Match 16	Group B : Titans vs Trinidad and Tobago	Hyderabad
30-Sep	20:00	14:30	Match 17	Group B : Brisbane Heat vs TBC	Hyderabad
1-Oct	20:00	14:30	Match 18	Group A : Rajasthan Royals vs TBC	Jaipur
2-Oct	16:00	10:30	Match 19	Group A : Perth Scorchers vs Mumbai Indians	Delhi
2-Oct	20:00	14:30	Match 20	Group B : Chennai Super Kings vs Trinidad and Tobago	Delhi
4-Oct	20:00	14:30	1st Semi Final T20	TBC vs TBC	Jaipur
5-Oct	20:00	14:30	2nd Semi Final T20	TBC vs TBC	Delhi
6-Oct	20:00	14:30	Final T20	TBC vs TBC	Delhi

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Mumbai take on Rajasthan in CLT20 opener

Mumbai Indians, the Pepsi IPL 2013 winners, will play Rajasthan Royals, who finished third in the same competition, in the inaugural Group Stage match of the CLT20 2013, on Saturday, 21 September 2013. The game will be played at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Stadium, the home venue of the Rajasthan Royals.

The CLT20 2013 final will be played on Sunday, 6 October 2013, at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground, Delhi, which hosted Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator in the Pepsi IPL 2013. The Kotla will also host the second semi-final of the tournament, on Saturday, 5 October 2013. The first semi-final will be played at Jaipur on Friday, 4 October 2013.

The opening Group Stage encounter will be followed by a double-header at Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex, on Sunday, 22 September 2013.

Brisbane Heat, the winner of Australia’s KFC T20 Big Bash League, will play Trinidad and Tobago, the domestic T20 Champion in the West Indies, in the first game, to begin at 4:00 pm IST. It will be followed by a duel between Chennai Super Kings, the Pepsi IPL 2013 runners-up, and the Titans, South Africa’s domestic T20 runners-up, at 8:00 pm IST.

Delhi, Jaipur and Ranchi apart, the CLT20 2013 matches will be played at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, and the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad.

The Qualifier Stage of the tournament will be played from Tuesday, 17 September 2013 to Friday, 20 September 2013, at Hyderabad, which was one of the venues in the 2009 and 2011 editions of the competition. The only other CLT20 2013 venue to have hosted the tournament in the past is Delhi’s Ferozeshah Kotla Ground, where eight matches were played in 2009.

The CLT20 2013 will follow a format similar to the two previous editions, with a Group Stage preceded by a Qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the tournament by the best domestic T20 teams from around the world, for total prize money of US$6million.

The CLT20 2013 Qualifier will feature four teams: Q1 - Otago Volts (New Zealand’s HRV Cup champions), Q2 – Sunrisers Hyderabad (Fourth-ranked team in the Pepsi IPL 2013), Q3 – The winner of Sri Lanka’s domestic T20 competition, and Q4 - Faisalabad Wolves (Pakistan’s domestic T20 Champions).  

The teams will play each other once, with the top two advancing to the Group Stage. Q1 / Q3 will enter Group A, if either of them makes it to the Group Stage. Q2 / Q4 will enter Group B, if either of them makes it. If Q1 and Q3 both make it to the Group Stage, then Q1 will enter Group A, and Q3 will enter Group B. If Q2 and Q4 both make it to the Group Stage, then Q2 will enter Group B, and Q4 will enter Group A.

The Group Stage will feature ten teams. Group A will comprise Mumbai Indians (winner of Pepsi IPL 2013), Rajasthan Royals (third-ranked team in the Pepsi IPL 2013), Highveld Lions (winner of South Africa's domestic T20 competition), Perth Scorchers (KFC T20 Big Bash League runner-up), and a team from the Qualifier.

Group B will comprise Brisbane Heat (KFC T20 Big Bash League champion), Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies T20 champion), Chennai Super Kings (runner-up in the Pepsi IPL 2013), Titans (South Africa’s domestic T20 runners-up), and a team from the Qualifier.

The top team from Group A will play the second-ranked team from Group B in the first semi-final, at Jaipur on 4 October 2013. The top team from Group B will play the second-ranked team from Group A in the second semi-final, at Delhi on 5 October 2013. The winners of the semis will play in the CLT20 2013 Final on 6 October 2013.

Group Stage      

Group A    

Mumbai Indians (India)  
Highveld Lions (South Africa)  
Perth Scorchers (Australia)  
Rajasthan Royals (India)  
A team from the Qualifier

Group B

Chennai Super Kings (India)
Titans (South Africa)
Brisbane Heat (Australia)
Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
A team from the Qualifier  
   
Qualifier      

Q1 - Otago Volts (New Zealand)    
Q2 - Sunrisers Hyderabad (India)    
Q3 – SLC1 (Sri Lanka)
Q4 - Faisalabad Wolves (Pakistan)    

About Champions League Twenty20

CLT20 is a sub-committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The tournament will be broadcast around the world by Star Sports, who are also the commercial rights holders for the event.

Previous Champions

2009 - NSW Blues (Australia)
2010 - Chennai Super Kings (India)
2011 - Mumbai Indians (India)
2012 - Sydney Sixers (Australia)

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