Champions T20 League starts from September 29

The tournament would be completed on October 8 and is followed by the India-Australia Test series from the very next day.

Ignoring the ICC’s objection on the scheduling of the Champions Twenty20 League, the cricket boards of India, Australia and South Africa decided to hold the multi-million dollar event from September 29, just a day after the end of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

The tournament would be completed on October 8 and is followed by the India-Australia Test series from the very next day. The ICC had objected to its start date, citing rules that require a seven-day break between two international tourneys.

The choice of the venue for the league, involving eight teams with six of them from the founding member boards, has been kept open though according to Indian board’s Lalit Modi ‘ideally we want it to be held in India but there have been offers from various others too’.

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On the danger of a clash of interests in the players’ loyalty ahead of the India-Australia Test seies, Modi and Cricket Australia’s James Sutherland emphasised that international commitments would be paramount.

“Only one or two players would be impacted because of the India-Australia Test series and we are clear that the ICC’s FTP (Future Tours Programme) takes precedence over all else. Like it happened in the Indian Premier League those players would be released for international commitments,” they said.

India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who would be representing IPL runners-up Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League, and Australia’s Michael Hussey would be impacted by the clash of dates between the League and India-Australia Test rubber.

It was also announced that the League, which carries a prize money of USD six million, would be expanded next year to include 12 teams and would be played in September when no FTP commitments are scheduled.

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