Champions League T20 cricket is gradually emerging as the most prestigious tournament after ICC Cricket world cup in terms of prize money. CLT20 also produced stars like Kieron Pollard of Trinidad and Tobago. ESPN bought TV rights for Rs. 3,300 crore for 10 years. Airtel bought Title sponsor rights for 5 years but exited after 2 years. Now, Nokia is the title sponsor of the Champions League and bought the rights for 2011 CLT20 Prize money: Total prize money: Rs. 28 crore ($ 6 million) Winners: Rs. 11.6 crore ($ 2.5 million) Runners-up: Rs. 6 crore ($ 1.3 million) 2 losing Semi-finals: Rs. 2.3 crore each. 5th – 10th place teams: Rs. 95 lakh each. Teams who failed to reach group stage will receive participation fee but they need to share it with the board. But, Champions League is struggling in getting good TV viewership ratings when compared to Indian Premier League (IPL). Average TRP of CLT20 matches is just 1 while average TRP of IPL matches is 4. Good news: ICC allotted permanent slot for Champions League T20 in ICC future tours programme. … [Read more...]
Points Table
2011 Champions League T20 - Group matches points table: CL T20 SquadPlayedWonLostDraw/no resultPoints Group A: Chennai Super Kings 4 1 3 - 2 Mumbai Indians 4 2 1 1 5 Cape Cobras 4 1 2 1 3 New South Wales 4 3 1 - 6 Trinidad & Tobago 4 2 2 - 4 (+0.17) Group B: Royal Challengers 4 2 2 - 4 (+0.32) Warriors 4 2 2 - 4 (+0.25) South Australia 4 1 2 1 3 Kolkata Knight Riders 4 2 2 - 4 (+0.3) Somerset 4 2 1 1 5 Trinidad & Tobago qualified to main draw from Pool B to group A. Somerset & Kolkata Knight Riders qualified from pool A to group B. 3 teams from qualifying round will reach the group stage of 2011 CLT20 cricket tournament. Top team from each pool qualifies to group stage while third team will be determined by run rate. 2011 Champions League T20 - Qualifying round games points table: CL T20 SquadPlayedWonLostDraw/TiePoints Pool A: Kolkata Knight Riders 2 1 1 - 2 Somerset 2 2 - - 4 Auckland 2 - 2 - - Pool B: Leicestershire 2 - 2 - - Trinidad & Tobago 2 2 - - 4 Ruhunu 2 1 1 - 2 Unfortunate Auckland Aces lost 2 tight games against good teams. … [Read more...]
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