Somerset qualified into champions league will join Sussex from England in Champions league, lead by
Marcus Trescothick who will return to international cricketing after 18 months with his county side Somerset

Somerset CCC is part of Group A along with -  Deccan Chargers  and Trinidad & Tobago.

I dont think somerset can make a significant impact in India, partly because of lack of strike bowler and hard hitting batsmen.Langer & Trescothick opening combination helped them win few silvervare in domestic season but Twenty 20’s are all together different. There fortune to enter second round largely depend on their tie with Trinidad & Tobago.

Somerset Champions League Squad:

Justin Langer (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter,
Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler,
Ben Phillips.

Star batsmen:Trescothick

Star Bowlers: Charl Willoughby

Somerset head coach Andy Hurry
Somerset Champions league schedule:

10Oct(20:00) @ Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Vs Somerset CCC

12 0Oct @ Bangalore Somerset Sabres Vs Trinidad & Tobago

Airtel Champions league Squad

Trinidad & Tobago Daren Ganga (capt), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.

Victoria Cameron White (capt), Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.

Delhi Daredevils Virender Sehwag (capt), AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.

New South Wales Simon Katich (capt), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Aaron Bird, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steve Smith, Daniel Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.

Otago Craig Cumming (capt), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek deBoorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Matt Harvie, James McMillan.

Cape Cobras Andrew Puttick (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies.

Wayamba Jehan Mubarak (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatte, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isuru Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanaka Welegedara, Michael Vandort.

Sussex Michael Yardy (capt), Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright, James Kirtley, Piyush Chawla, Ed Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan.

Diamond Eagles Boeta Dippenaar (capt), Dillon du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.

Somerset Justin Langer (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Phillips.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Anil Kumble (capt), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.

Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist (capt), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.

Deccan Chargers go to champions league with huge expectations and make a point that their win in IPL 2nd versions is
not just a one of win. Deccan Chargers will go to champions league with almost same squad, except for gibbs who will play for cape cobras in champions league. Dwayne Smith has opted to play for Sussex, rather than his IPL side Deccan Chargers.

Deccan Chargers is part of Group A along with – Somerset CCC and Trinidad & Tobago.

Whats surprising is Deccan Chargers did not included ICL players who signed contracts with BCCI. Players like
Ambarti Rayddu, Abu solem would have added depth to this DC side

Deccan Chargers Champions League Squad:

Adam Gilchrist (c), VVS Laxman,  Rohit Sharma,  Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards,  Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha,  Y Venugopal Rao,  T Suman,  Azhar Bilakhia,  Harmeet Singh and SM Shoaib

Deccan Chargers Champions league schedule:

10Oct(20:00) @ Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Vs Somerset CCC

14 0Oct(20:00) @ Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Vs Trinidad & Tobago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAlPH0Hd5kM

Airtel Champions Trophy theme song composed by A.R. Rehman

Cape Cobras, champions of Standardbank pro 20 champions are represnting South Africa in the inagural version of Airtel Champions League. Cape Cobra is in ‘C’ group along with Bangalore Royal Challengers and Otago Volts

Cape Cobras squad is full of good batting all rounders and might enter league stages along with Royal Challengers.

Andrew Puttick, the Cape Cobras batsman, will replace the injured Graeme Smith as the side’s captain who was not even in the original 15 man squad.

Players like Herschelle Gibbs, Justin Kemp and JP Duminy represent Cape Cobras

Squad:

Derek Brand, Monde Zondeki, A Puttick (C), Vernon Philander, Francois Plaatjies, Justin Ontong, Richard Levi, Charl Langeveldt
,Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan Canning, Henry Davids,  Jean-Paul Duminy, S Engelbrecht, Herschelle Gibbs, Claude Henderso

Cape Cobras coach Shukri Conrad

Star Players: With Gramee Smith missing CL T20, cobra’s will relay on Gobss and Duminy’s batting talent and Charl Langeveldt swing bowling

Justin Ontong and Henry Davids are two players worth watching players. Richard Levi and Derek Brand are famous for their hard hitting

Pros: A good ammount of batting allrounders

Cons: Only JP and Charl Langevedlt played in Indian conditions, Missing Gramee Smith
Cape Cobra’s  Champions League Schedule: (Group stages)

Date
Oct 8 (16:30 IST)    Royal Challengers     v     Cape Cobras     @    M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Oct 10 (12:30 IST) Cape Cobras     v     Otago     20/20     Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Champions League Twenty20 Schedule:

GROUPS:

LEAGUE STAGE

SEMI FINALS

GRAND FINAL