2011 Champions League Twenty20
The 2011 Champions League Twenty20 was the third edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 19 September to 9 October 2011.[1] It was the first edition after Nokia replaced Bharti Airtel as the tournament's title sponsor. The defending champions were the Chennai Super Kings.
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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 | Mumbai Indians (1st title) |
| Participants | 10 (group stage) 13 (total) |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Player of the series |  Lasith Malinga (MI) |
| Most runs | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} David Warner (358, NSW) |
| Most wickets |  Ravi Rampaul (12, T&T) |
| Official website | www.clt20.com |
The Mumbai Indians emerged the winners of the tournament, defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. David Warner from the New South Wales Blues won the Golden Bat Award, while Ravi Rampaul was awarded the Golden Wicket Award and Lasith Malinga was declared the Player of the Tournament.
Format
The tournament was the first edition to feature a qualifying stage, which consists of six teams competing for three spots in the main tournament. The main tournament had the same format as the previous year. It consists of 23 matches, and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. 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 two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advance 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.[2]
Points awarded in the group stage:
| Result | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money
Same as the previous tournaments, the total prize money for the competition is US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team in the main tournament receives a participation fee of $500,000.[3] The prize money will be distributed as follows:[4]
- $200,000 – Each team eliminated in the group stage
- $500,000 – Each semi-finalist
- $1.3 million – Runners-up
- $2.5 million – Winners
Teams
The following tournaments were the qualifying tournaments:
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | Teams |
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| 2011 Indian Premier League | India | 3 (top three teams)[5] |
| 2010–11 Standard Bank Pro20 |  South Africa | 2 (winners and runners-up)[6] |
| 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Australia | 2 (winners and runners-up)[7] |
The following teams qualified for the competition:
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance | Qualified |
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| Southern Redbacks | 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Winners | 2nd | 29 January 2011 |
| New South Wales Blues | 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | Runners-up | 2nd | 1 February 2011 |
| Warriors | 2010–11 Standard Bank Pro20 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 March 2011 |
| Cape Cobras | 2010–11 Standard Bank Pro20 | Winners | 2nd | 9 March 2011 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2011 Indian Premier League | Runners-up | 3rd | 22 May 2011 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 2011 Indian Premier League | Winners | 2nd | 22 May 2011 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2011 Indian Premier League | Third place | 2nd | 25 May 2011 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Qualifying stage | Pool B winners | 2nd | 20 September 2011 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Qualifying stage | Pool A runners-up | 1st | 21 September 2011 |
 Somerset | Qualifying stage | Pool A winners | 2nd | 21 September 2011 |
Squads
Eight players were originally nominated for two squads and the players were allowed to decide which team they would play for in the tournament. All players chose to play for their Indian Premier League team.[8] The tournament rules state each team may only field four overseas players but an exception was made for the Mumbai Indians. They were allowed to field five overseas players as many of their Indian players were unable to play due to injury. Without the exception they would have been unable to construct a team of eleven.[9]
Venues
The tournament was hosted at three venues across India with the qualifying stage to be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. Both the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore played some of their group stage matches at their home grounds.
The Chennai Super Kings would play their semi-final in Chennai if they qualify. Similarly, unless they play against the Chennai Super Kings, the Royal Challengers Bangalore would play their semi-final in Bengaluru if they qualify. Chennai will host the final.[10]
| Chennai | Bengaluru | Hyderabad | |
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| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Capacity: 38,190 |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Capacity: 45,000 |
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 55,000 | |
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Qualifying stage
Format
A six-team qualifying stage was held in Hyderabad from 19 to 21 September. The teams were divided into two groups of three, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top teams in each group and the best performing team from the remaining teams qualified from this tournament. The following teams participated in the qualifying stage:[2]
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position |
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| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2011 Indian Premier League | Fourth place |
| Auckland Aces |  2010–11 HRV Cup | Winners |
| Ruhuna | 2011 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 | Winners |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20 | Winners |
| Leicestershire Foxes | 2011 Friends Life t20 | Winners |
| Somerset | 2011 Friends Life t20 | Runners-up |
Fixtures
- All match times in Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30).
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Somerset |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.300 |
| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.225 |
| 3 | Auckland Aces |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.075 |
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Auckland won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Somerset won the toss and chose to bat.
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.659 |
| 2 | Ruhuna |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.275 |
| 3 | Leicestershire Foxes |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.375 |
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- Ruhuna won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.
- The Trinidad and Tobago opening partnership of 139 between Lendl Simmons and Adrian Barath is the 2nd highest in the history of Champions League Twenty20
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- Leicestershire won the toss and chose to field.
Fixtures
- All match times in Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | New South Wales Blues |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.627 |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −0.280 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.176 |
| 4 | Cape Cobras |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.229 |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.712 |
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
- Match abandoned due to rain
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Warner became the second man and the first Australian to score a century in a Champions League Twenty20
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Somerset |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −0.557 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.325 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.306 |
| 4 | Warriors |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.246 |
| 5 | Southern Redbacks |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −0.533 |
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- Warriors won the toss and chose to field.
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- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Southern Redbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field.
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- Southern Redbacks won the toss and chose to field.
- Match abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field.
- Rain ended the match after 9 overs in the Kolkata Knight Riders' innings. Their target was 62 runs from 9 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
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- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
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- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Southern Redbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
The top two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals.
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| A1 | New South Wales Blues
| 203/2 (20 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore
| 204/4 (18.3 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore
| 108 (19.2 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | Mumbai Indians
| 139 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | Mumbai Indians
| 160/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
| B1 | Somerset
| 150/7 (20 ov) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- David Warner became the fourth man and second century in Champions League Twenty20
David Warner became the first man to score back to back centuries in Champions League Twenty20
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
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| David Warner | New South Wales Blues | 328 | 135* | 109.33 | 172.63 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 257 | 92 | 42.83 | 178.47 | 0 | 2 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 232 | 84* | 46.40 | 145.91 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Kallis | Kolkata Knight Riders | 223 | 74* | 74.33 | 120.54 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon-Jon Smuts | Warriors | 184 | 88 | 46.00 | 114.28 | 0 | 1 |
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR |
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| Ravi Rampaul | Trinidad and Tobago |
12 | 4/14 | 12.50 | 6.25 | 12.00 |
| Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago |
10 | 3/8 | 10.50 | 4.37 | 14.40 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians |
10 | 4/20 | 11.70 | 5.85 | 12.00 |
| Abu Nechim | Mumbai Indians |
8 | 3/23 | 16.50 | 7.47 | 13.20 |
| Alfonso Thomas | Somerset |
8 | 2/16 | 21.25 | 7.08 | 18.00 |
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- "All you wanted to know about the Champions League". CricInfo. ESPN. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Chennai to host IPL opening game and final". CricInfo. ESPN. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- Moonda, Firdose (18 March 2011). "Cobras edge Warriors to take Pro20 title". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- Coverdale, Brydon (4 February 2011). "South Australia aim to end trophy drought". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- "Players choose IPL franchises for Champions League". CricInfo. ESPN. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- "Mumbai allowed to field five overseas players". CricInfo. ESPN. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- "2011 Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule" (pdf). Champions League Twenty20. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- Monga, Sidharth (7 October 2011). "RCB rip through second consecutive 200-plus target". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
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