Trinidad and Tobago vie for a place in Champions League T20
SOUTH AFRICANS will be exposed to yet another sporting spectacle after the FIFA World Cup 2010 in the coming September. One of the most awaited tournaments Airtel Champions League Twenty20 has the best ten teams battling it out for the top spot in league cricket. As of now, nine teams have already been selected and Trinidad and Tobago will battle it out for the final spot as they are already being touted as the favourites in the Caribbeans.
This year, Trinidad and Tobago will face Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Guyana, Windward Islands, Barbados and Combined Campuses and Colleges and an international team from Canada much with the support of their Caribbean fan following to secure a place at the T20 Champions League in South Africa. The teams facing the favourites will have to go through a Herculean task as team Trinidad and Tobago has already proved their mettle by clinching Stanford T20 to qualify for the Champions League in the last season.
Meanwhile, English all rounder and Lancastrian, Andrew Flintoff is set to make a comeback to Chennai Super Kings following their victory in the last season win in the IPL T20 Championship which was held in India. Flintoff who had a brief stint with the Super Kings will re-join the team since he was sidelined because of a knee surgery that kept him away. Before Super Kings, Flintoff has prior commitments with county Lancashire for whom he will play in the coming two weeks. However, Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan will not participate in the upcoming Airtel Champions League Twenty20 for Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of the participants, because of team England's commitments.
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India vs Sri Lanka ICC T20 World Cup match: Latest updates
THE 23rd T20 Match between India and Sri Lanka will be played on Tuesday (May 11) at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia at at 22:30 IST, 13:00 local, 17:00 GMT.
With their last Super Eight game against Sri Lanka, India has one more chance to save their pride and help them to qualify for the semi finals of ICC World twenty20. In today’s match India doesn’t need to show any miracle as they just need to win by a margin of 20 runs or they have to chase down the score in 17.3 overs or less, as this match is the last and final chance for both the teams.
India must make use of the chance given by Sri Lanka to them after losing their game against Australia by huge 81 runs margin. But on the other hand, Sri Lankan bowling looks more versatile than Indians.
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Commonwealth Games village all set to lure buyers
THE COMMONWEALTH Games Village is located adjacent to the world renowned Akshardham Temple. It has convenient access to and from Central and South Delhi, and is just minutes away from the Central Business District of Connaught Place. It is conveniently located just off the Ring Road, and adjacent to the Metro Station and DDA Sports Complex.
The Commonwealth Games Village Project has 1168 apartments ( 2 to 5 Bedrooms), spread across 34 Towers and 27 acres of land. The sizes of the apartments for a typical two bedroom will be approximately 1443 square feet, for a three bedroom will be approximately 2092 square feet, for a four bedroom will be approximately 2535 square feet and for a five bedroom will be approximately 3278 square feet.
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ICC Twenty20 World Cup: Complete Schedule, fixture
The ICC T20 World Cup will be played at three venues Bridgetown (Barbados), Guyana and St Lucia. There will be 27 matches. In this tournament 10 regular teams, two associate teams, Afghanistan and Ireland will also take part in the ICC T20 World Cup 2010.
Group A – Pakistan , Australia and Bangladesh
Group B – Sri Lanka , New Zealand and Zimbabwe
Group C – South Africa , India and Afghanistan
Group D – West Indies , England and Ireland
Fri Apr 30
17:00 GMT | 13:00 local | 22:30 IST 1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri Apr 30
21:00 GMT | 17:00 local | 02:30 IST D/N 2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sat May 1
13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST 3rd Match, Group C - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
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