2008 Champions League Twenty20

Cricket tournament; cancelled 2008 Champions League Twenty20 CLT20.svg BCCI Cricket Australia Cricket South Africa Twenty20 Round-robin and knockout 8 2005 International 20:20 Club Championship 2009 2009 Champions League Twenty20 The 2008 Champions League Twenty20 was scheduled to be the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was due to be held in India between 3 and 10 December 2008,http://www.espncricinfo.com/t20champions/content/story/365001.html Champions League will start on December 3 2008-08-14 ESPN CricInfo 2012-05-14 where the winners were to earn around US$6 million. The 2008 Mumbai attacks just one week prior to the tournament resulted in its postponement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/middlesex/7751583.stm Champions League cricket on hold Oliver Brett Simon Austin BBC Sport 2008-11-27 2012-05-14 It was proposed that the tournament be held in early 2009, but dates for its rearrangement could not be found and the tournament was cancelled on 12 December.http://www.espncricinfo.com/t20champions/content/story/381840.html Champions League pushed back to October 2009 2008-12-12 ESPN CricInfo 2012-05-14 The league's first season was held in 2009. Eight teams from five nations were invited for the tournament. + Qualified teamshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7441994.stm Cricket Champions League unveiled 2008-06-07 BBC Sport 2012-05-14 Team Country Domestic tournament Position Group Chennai Super Kings India 2008 Indian Premier League Runner-up A Dolphins South Africa 2007–08 Standard Bank Pro20 Runner-up B Middlesex Crusaders England 2008 Twenty20 Cup Winner A Rajasthan Royals India 2008 Indian Premier League Winner B Sialkot Stallions Pakistan 2008–09 RBS Twenty-20 Cup Winner B Titans South Africa 2007–08 Standard Bank Pro20 Winner A Victorian Bushrangers Australia 2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Winner A Western Warriors Australia 2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Runner-up B The tournament organisers stated that any team competing would be banned from fielding players who had competed in the Indian Cricket League, a rival to the Indian Premier League, an annual T20 competition in India.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7468041.stm Champions League bans ICL players 2008-06-22 BBC Sport 2012-05-14 As a result of this, the participation of English teams in the tournament was put in jeopardy: during the 2008 English season, 15 of the 18 county teams fielded players from the ICL.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/359566.html Top officials meet for 'basic discussions' Ajay Shankar 2008-07-03 ESPN CricInfo 2012-05-14 On 24 July 2008, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi confirmed their stance by stating that only Middlesex and Essex stood a chance of being invited to the Champions League because they did not have ICL links.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/362345.html Modi reiterates stand against teams with ICL links 2008-07-24 ESPN CricInfo 2012-05-14 Subham rout the first player to score 910runs from Odisha warriors References External links CricInfo Champions League Twenty20 minisite Category:Champions League Twenty20 Champions League Twenty20, 2008