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 Champions League Twenty20 rescheduled to December
14th Aug 2008 18:01 IST
Agencies
In a goodwill gesture to the ICC's request, the founding member boards of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 today decided to reschedule the mega event from September-October to early December this year.
The Twenty20 event will now be played from December 3-10 where eight teams will compete, including squads from South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, England and India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa today said in a joint statement in Melbourne.
The tournament was earlier scheduled to start a day after the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan is over but the ICC expressed its reservations over the fixture and requested the Governing Council to consider alternative dates for the Champions League.
"While the Champions League Twenty20 is a domestic tournament not affected by ICC Event rules, we have agreed to the ICC request as a gesture of goodwill," the statement said.
Chairman and Commissioner of Indian Premier League and BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi also expressed happiness and said December would be a good time to host the event as the two finalists of the IPL would be available at this time.
"We are happy that we were able to find a window during the first week of December for the inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20," he said.
"There was a gap in between the One-Day Internationals and Tests against the touring England squad and that will enable both the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings to regroup and focus on the inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20," he added. |
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