Cape Cobras and Royal Challengers Bangalore,  will clash in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 on Thursday at Bangalore’s  hinnaswamy Stadium. THhe 23 matches in the 16-day tournament are spread between Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad will write a new chapter in cricket history and fills boards coffers with a new money spinner a inter-club tournament at global level

Bangalore Royal Challengers surprised everyone at IPL2  with their fighting spirit and entered finals. The same kind of fighting spirit needs to be displayed to improve their home record. kumble’s captaincy and  Manoj Pandey’s batting play a critical role in this royal challengers squad.

Cobra’s on the other hand is full batting all rounders

Thursday’s game Royal Challenger Bangalore v Cape Cobras, Group C
Start time 20.00 (14.30 GMT)

Hang on for a while, we will provide few links from where you can watch live stream of this inaugural encounter

The weakest team on paper Trinidad & Tobago is lead by Darren gange who is more of test cricker, will lead a low profile Trinidad side.

Trinidad hopes rely on performance of Dave Bravo and Wset Indies wicket keeper Denesh Ramdin who had a strike rate of 149 !

Batting looks quite familiar but bowling is a worry.

Samuel Badree will lead bowling attack who had a economy rate of 4 in Twenty 20 format and supported by Dave mohammed who also
had a economy rate of less than 4 in t20 cricket

Trinidad & Tobago 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.

Schedule:

12 oct Somerset CCC vs. Trinidad & Tobago [A] Bangalore | 16:00 IST

14 Oct Deccan Chargers vs. Trinidad & Tobago [A] @Hyderabad | 20:00 IST

The Otago Volts is powered by almost a full squad of allrounders and seven international players,
including Brendon McCullum, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ian Butle.

Otago Volts are in a tough pool against the Cape Cobras and the fourth-seeded Royal Challengers Bangalore,

Somerset Champions League Squad:

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

Star batsmen: McCullum and Mascarenhas, well every one can contribute with bat in this side

Star Bowlers: None, thats the biggest problem with Otago Volts

Otago Volts Champions league schedule:

10Oct(20:00) @ Hyderabad Cape Cobras Vs Otago Volts

12 0Oct @ Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore
vs. Otago Volts

Stratign a new series for cricstar users,”Cricket Tips & Techniques” in which we cover tips about cricket be it Fast bowling, Sping bowling, how to bat  etc

To strat with lets see few videos on Tips and Techniques on swing  Bowling

Shoaib Akthar tips on swing bowling:

Wasim Akram tips about Swing Bowling

Nothing excite a fast bowler than taking a wicket with a yorker and this is one ball which always surprises a batsmen. Watch out some oth the greatest yorkers bowled. My personal favorite Shoaib Akthar’s yorker dismissing Rahul Dravid at Eden gardens

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

Stumbled across a nice song made for deccan chargers team by a fan

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