Bangalore Royal Challengers spent huge money on Kallis, Ross Taylor and Cameron White in order to play for them. Vijay and Siddarth Mallya are taking serious measures to win 2010 Champions League T20 Cricket tournament. Along with Victoria & Wayamba, Bangalore Royal Chalengers are the only teams that also played in the 2009 CLT20 tournament. In 2009, Bangalore exited from group stage by winning just 2 matches. History may not repeat this time. Group B teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians, South Australia, Highveld Lions & Guyana Schedule of CLT20 matches: Vs Guyana (September 12), Vs South Australia (September 17), Vs Mumbai Indians (September 19) & Vs Highveld Lions (September 11) CLT20 team rating: 9/10 Crucial players: Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa & Ross Taylor CLT20 history: Exited from group stage in the 2009 Champions League tournament. Qualification for 2010 CLT20 tournament: Third place in the 2010 Indian Premier League (IPL). They defeated Deccan Chargers in the crucial game. Bangalore Royal Challengers CLT20 team: Coach: Ray Jennings Captain: Anil Kumble Batsmen: Rahul Dravid, Ross Taylor, Manish Pandey & Virat Kohli All-rounders: Jacques Kallis, Cameron White, Dillon Du Preez & Akhil Balachandra Wicket-keeper: Robin Uthappa Bowlers: Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun & Nayan Doshi Significant events: 1. Bangalore paid $ 2 lakh to Victoria to grab Cameron White. 2. They paid $ 2 lakh to Central stags for Ross Taylor and another 2 lakh US dollars for Jacques Kallis. 3. Robin Uthappa recovered from surgery and fit to play in the Champions League. Royal challengers T20 team analysis: Strengths: 1. South African stars: Coach is a South African. Best all-rounder, Kallis is a South African. Best bowler, Dale Steyn is a South African. They know local conditions well. 2. Captain: Anil Kumble is one of the best … [Read more...]
Champions League teams: Nashua Titans
South African T20 team Nashua Dolphins announced their 15-member squad for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament. Titans are runners-up in the domestic Twenty20 tournament and the winners of the Standard Bank Pro20 Series. ICC Test Player of the Year 2008 Dale Steyn and All-rounder Morne Morkel along with AB De Villiers are crucial players for Titans in the Champions League. Titans will play in the Champions League without their all-rounder Albie Morkel as he opted for Chennai Super Kings. This is a huge blow for their hopes. Nashua Titans are placed in Group A along with Chennai Super Kings, Victoria Bushrangers and Middlesex Crusaders. Titans are looking strong in the bowling department with pace bowlers like Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and spinner Paul Harris (injured). AB De Villiers is their batting star along with wicket keeper batsman HG Kuhn. They will play their first match with Middlesex Crusaders on December 5 in Chennai. Titans will face stiff competition from Victoria and Chennai Super Kings in Group-A and they may find it difficult to reach their target of semi-finals. Morne Morkel won the South African player 2008 award while MV Jaarsveld won the PCA player of the year 2008 award. India born GH Bedi won the 2007 Player of the year award. Pretoria Titans T20 Squad: Captain: Pierre Joubert. Champions League team: AB De Villiers, HG Kuhn (Wicket keeper), Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, MV Jaarsveld, GH Bedi, RE van der Merwe, Md Imran Tahir, EN Mbhalati, , Francois du Plessis, BD Walters, Farhaan Behardien, Paul Harris, and MA Phangiso. Note: Terrorist attacks in Mumbai are big blow to the Champions League tournament organizers. Terrorists attacked famous Taj and Oberoi hotels and held many foreigners as hostages for almost 10 hours. We have to see how foreign teams will react to this news. Middlesex already cancelled their Mumbai flight. … [Read more...]
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