2009 Champions League Twenty20
The 2009 Champions League Twenty20 was the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was held in India between 8 October and 23 October 2009 and featured 12 domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.[1] The New South Wales Blues were the winners of the tournament, defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI, CA, CSA |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} New South Wales Blues (1st title) |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Player of the series | Brett Lee |
| Most runs |  JP Duminy (224) |
| Most wickets |  Dwayne Bravo (12) |
| Official website | www.clt20.com |
Format
The tournament consisted of the 12 domestic teams from seven countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament has 23 matches, and is divided into three stages: the group, league and knockout stages. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.
The group stage has the teams divided into four equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the league stage. The league stage merges the remaining teams from Groups A and B to form League A, and the remaining teams from Groups C and D to form League B. Another round-robin tournament is played in each league. Teams that have faced each other from the group stage will not play each other again, but have the result from their first meeting carried forward. The top two teams from each league advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one league facing the second-placed team from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the final to determine the winners of the competition.[2]
Points awarded in group and league stages:
| Result | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money
The total prize money for the competition was US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000.[3] The prize money was distributed as follows:[4][5]
- $100,000 – Each of the four teams eliminated in the group stage
- $200,000 – Each of the four teams eliminated in the league stage
- $500,000 – Each semi-finalist
- $1.3 million – Runners-up
- $2.5 million – Winners
Qualification
This tournament featured 12 teams, an increase from the eight teams for the planned 2008 tournament, with the added participation of teams from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the West Indies. Pakistan's participation was removed due to the decline between Pakistan and India's cricket boards arising from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which caused the 2008 tournament to be cancelled. Lalit Modi, the chairman of the tournament, claimed the Pakistan government was unwilling to give Pakistan players clearance to travel to India.[1] Representatives of the Pakistan Cricket Board claimed they were not contacted on the matter.[6]
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | Teams |
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| 2009 Indian Premier League | India | 3 (top three teams) |
| 2008–09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Australia | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2008–09 Standard Bank Pro20 | South Africa | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2009 Twenty20 Cup |  England | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2008–09 State Twenty20 |  New Zealand | 1 (winners) |
| 2008 Stanford 20/20 |  West Indies | 1 (winners) |
| 2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 |  Sri Lanka | 1 (winners) |
Teams
There are players who are a part of more than one qualified team. In that case, a player can play for his "home" team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket) without consequence. If he plays for any other team, that team must pay the home team US$200,000 as compensation. Only Dirk Nannes was named in more than one preliminary squad – that of the Delhi Daredevils and his "home" team the Victorian Bushrangers. Delhi paid Victoria US$200,000 to retain Nannes.[8]
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Blues | 2008–09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Winners | B |
| Victorian Bushrangers | 2008–09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Runners-up | D |
| Cape Cobras | 2008–09 Standard Bank Pro20 | Winners | C |
| Diamond Eagles | 2008–09 Standard Bank Pro20 | Runners-up | B |
| Otago Volts | 2008–09 State Twenty20 | Winners | C |
| Deccan Chargers | 2009 Indian Premier League | Winners | A |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2009 Indian Premier League | Runners-up | C |
| Delhi Daredevils | 2009 Indian Premier League | Third place | D |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2008 Stanford 20/20 | Winners | A |
| Wayamba | 2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 | Winners | D |
| Sussex Sharks | 2009 Twenty20 Cup | Winners | B |
| Somerset Sabres | 2009 Twenty20 Cup | Runners-up | A |
- ^ The Delhi Daredevils were the best performing semi-finalist in the group stage of the 2009 Indian Premier League.
Venues
| Bangalore | Delhi | Hyderabad | |
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| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Matches: 6 |
Feroz Shah Kotla Capacity: 48,000 Matches: 8 |
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Matches: 9 | |
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Reception
The tournament was low in popularity due to the lack of team recognition outside the three teams from the host nation India. Matches not involving these teams drew low television ratings and attendances. The Indian teams also had poor performances.[9]
Fixtures
- All times shown are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.175 |
| 2 | Somerset Sabres |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.000 |
| 3 | Deccan Chargers |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.175 |
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- Somerset Sabres won the toss and chose to field.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | New South Wales Blues |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.200 |
| 2 | Diamond Eagles |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.325 |
| 3 | Sussex Sharks |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.875 |
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to bat.
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Cape Cobras |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.529 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.839 |
| 3 | Otago Volts |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −3.350 |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Otago won the toss and chose to field.
- Andrew Puttick became the first to score a century in the Champions League Twenty20.
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Delhi Daredevils |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.700 |
| 2 | Victorian Bushrangers |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.136 |
| 3 | Wayamba |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.875 |
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- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Wayamba won the toss and chose to bat.
League A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.378 |
| 2 | New South Wales Blues |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.843 |
| 3 | Diamond Eagles |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.110 |
| 4 | Somerset Sabres |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.005 |
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- Somerset Sabres won the toss and chose to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to field.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.
League B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Victorian Bushrangers |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.911 |
| 2 | Cape Cobras |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.219 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.114 |
| 4 | Delhi Daredevils |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.398 |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Victoria won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to field.
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| B1 | Victorian Bushrangers
| 90/9 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | New South Wales Blues
| 169/7 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | New South Wales Blues
| 159/9 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A1 | Trinidad and Tobago
| 118 (15.5 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | Cape Cobras
| 175/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A1 | Trinidad and Tobago
| 178/3 (19.2 ov) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to bat.
Final
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to field.
Final standings
| Pos. | Team |
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| 1 | New South Wales Blues |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 3 | Victorian Bushrangers |
| 4 | Cape Cobras |
| 5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils |
| 7 | Diamond Eagles |
| 8 | Somerset Sabres |
| 9 | Wayamba |
| 10 | Deccan Chargers |
| 11 | Sussex Sharks |
| 12 | Otago Volts |
Statistics
Most runs
| Player[10] | Team | Runs | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
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| JP Duminy | Cape Cobras | 224 | 112.00 | 140.00 | 0 | 2 |
| David Warner | New South Wales Blues | 207 | 34.50 | 140.81 | 0 | 1 |
| Phillip Hughes | New South Wales Blues | 202 | 40.40 | 108.02 | 0 | 2 |
| Ross Taylor | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 152 | 76.00 | 190.00 | 0 | 2 |
| Kieron Pollard | Trinidad and Tobago | 146 | 36.50 | 197.29 | 0 | 1 |
Most wickets
| Player[11] | Team | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
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| Dwayne Bravo | Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 15.83 | 8.63 | 11.0 |
| Moisés Henriques | New South Wales Blues | 10 | 11.60 | 7.03 | 9.9 |
| Clint McKay | Victorian Bushrangers | 10 | 12.00 | 6.00 | 12.0 |
| Dirk Nannes | Delhi Daredevils | 9 | 8.77 | 5.26 | 10.0 |
| Stuart Clark | New South Wales Blues | 9 | 12.44 | 4.90 | 15.2 |
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- "T20 Champions League winners to get USD 2.5 million". The Indian Express. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- Samiuddin, Osman (26 May 2009). "Pakistan not consulted over Champions League exclusion". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Meet the teams". CricInfo. ESPN. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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- "Champions League Twenty20 has challenges - Sundar Raman". CricInfo. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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