CLT20 Venues Decided

The venues for the inaugural Champions League T20 has been decided. The ICC decided to host all the 23 matches of first edition of the inaugural tournament in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi. The tournament is scheduled to kick-off from October 8 to 23 and will feature 12 teams.

The teams that are eligible to play the tournament are the IPL 2009 winners Deccan Chargers, losing finalist Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi ,which stood third on the leaderboard of IPL 2009.

The other teams include Victorian Bushrangers and New South Wales Blues from Australia, Cape Cobras and Diamond Eagles from South Africa, Otago Volts from New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies, Wayamba from Sri Lanka and England's Twenty20 Cup finalists will be decided on August 25, 2009.

The teams willl be divided into four groups of three each.The top two teams from each group will be selected for the second stage and top four teams from second stage will make it to semis.