The Champions League Twenty20 (CL T20) 2013 will be the fifth edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It will be held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013
The tournament features a qualifying stage and group stage. The qualifying stage consists of four teams playing a round-robin tournament from which the top two teams qualify for the group stage. These two teams join the eight teams that received direct entry in the group stage. The group stage has the teams divided into two groups of five teams and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winners of the competition. Matches ending with the scores level are decided by a Super Over, where the winners of the Super Over are declared winners of the match.
Otago Volts, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Faisalabad Wolves and the winner of Sri Lanka's domestic T20 tournament, which is yet to take place, will play the Qualifiers beginning on September 17 in Hyderabad. The two top-ranked sides will progress to take the one spot remaining in each group.
Qualifier Teams: Q1 - Otago Volts (New Zealand) Q2 - Sunrisers Hyderabad (India) Q3 – SLC1 (Sri Lanka) Q4 - Faisalabad Wolves (Pakistan).
CLT20 2013 Group Matches Schedule
Champions League Twenty20 2013 Teams, Squads Players list
CLT20 2013 Qualifier Matches Schedule:
Date and Time | Match Teams and Venue |
Tue Sep 17 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 4 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 1 - Faisalabad Wolves Vs Otago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Tue Sep 17 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 8 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 2 - Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Wed Sep 18 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 4 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 1 - Otago Vs TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Wed Sep 18 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 8 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 2 - Faisalabad Wolves Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Fri Sep 20 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 4 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 1 - Faisalabad Wolves Vs TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Fri Sep 20 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 8 PM IST | Qualifying Pool 2 - Otago Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |